DCIM Challenges and Opportunities
For most organizations, data center infrastructure management (DCIM) is a process starting with identifying and tracking assets and then transitioning into monitoring, analysis and planning tools. The underlying objective is to have all of these capabilities operating under an active, closed-loop system run under a single platform.
All levels of personnel within the organization are evaluating ways in which their data centers can operate more effectively and efficiently. With the right DCIM processes and automated solutions in place, organizations can achieve significant business benefits.
Here is what analysts are saying about DCIM.
“More and more organizations are seeking to eliminate the inefficiencies created when IT and facilities systems are managed separately,” explains Gartner’s David Cappuccio. “DCIM solutions that integrate IT and facilities systems into a single management platform will be essential to optimizing the performance of the data center in the future.”
“A unified approach to DCIM via a single platform and appliance can yield significant value, especially in the increasingly important mid-market, where firms often face a constant struggle to balance growing technology management requirements with limited staff and resources,” says Ryan Brock, Vice President at AMI-Partners of APAC.
DCIM tools are evolving rapidly and will become a key part of a data center manager’s arsenal during the next few years, providing valuable data needed to report on and improve energy efficiencies, identify potential infrastructure trouble spots and increase the effectiveness of capacity planning.
It all adds up to improved efficiency and capacity management with uncompromised availability. And the good news is it's all here today!
All levels of personnel within the organization are evaluating ways in which their data centers can operate more effectively and efficiently. With the right DCIM processes and automated solutions in place, organizations can achieve significant business benefits.
Here is what analysts are saying about DCIM.
“More and more organizations are seeking to eliminate the inefficiencies created when IT and facilities systems are managed separately,” explains Gartner’s David Cappuccio. “DCIM solutions that integrate IT and facilities systems into a single management platform will be essential to optimizing the performance of the data center in the future.”
“A unified approach to DCIM via a single platform and appliance can yield significant value, especially in the increasingly important mid-market, where firms often face a constant struggle to balance growing technology management requirements with limited staff and resources,” says Ryan Brock, Vice President at AMI-Partners of APAC.
DCIM tools are evolving rapidly and will become a key part of a data center manager’s arsenal during the next few years, providing valuable data needed to report on and improve energy efficiencies, identify potential infrastructure trouble spots and increase the effectiveness of capacity planning.
It all adds up to improved efficiency and capacity management with uncompromised availability. And the good news is it's all here today!
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