The document discusses IBM's Tivoli Development Cloud Initiative. It describes how IBM used cloud computing to improve its software development and testing environment. Previously, setting up test environments was slow and inefficient. IBM created a private cloud using virtualization that allows developers to quickly and easily provision virtual test environments on demand. This has significantly reduced costs and improved productivity by reducing environment setup times from weeks to hours. Key benefits included optimized resource utilization, reduced administration costs, and an ability to rapidly scale test capabilities up or down as needed.