IBM announced it has <A HREF="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19153.wss">acquired CIMS Lab,</A> a privately held software company based in Roseville, California. Financial details were not disclosed. CIMS Lab is a leading provider of software that helps businesses track the usage of computing resources across virtualized technology environments--such as servers, storage, email, networks, databases, applications and operating systems.