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Decrease Costs and Gain a Competitive Advantage By Improving DCIM
January 9th, 2013 : Bill Kleyman
With the evolution of the modern data center come some very real – and very new – management challenges. In an effort to be competitive in the industry, many organizations have deployed new technologies in their environment. The issue is that these new tools and platforms become management challenges. The problem became apparent when numerous moving parts within a data center had to be managed by various people or numerous different software tools. Read More
Ten Predictions: Why 2013 Will Be a Big Year for DCIM
January 3rd, 2013 : Jason Verge
Will 2013 be the year of Data Center Infrastructure Management? Sales picked up in the second half of 2012, and many vendors report that customers are finally starting to understand the value. Here is 10 predictions for DCIM in 2013 Read More
Data Center Modernization: From Smart Data Centers to Enterprise Smart Grids
December 18th, 2012 : Bill Kleyman
The evolution of the modern data center has taken place on numerous levels. Now, data center managers are looking for ways to optimize their environments and gain an upper hand on cost management. One of the biggest ways to create a more robust environment while still controlling costs is to examine how power consumption is being used within a given environment. Read More
iTRACS and Power Assure Team Up on DCIM Offering
December 4th, 2012 : Jason Verge
iTRACS has collaborated with Power Assure on an integrated DCIM solution, integrating Power Assure’s PAR server performance metrics with iTRACS’ open systems Converged Physical Infrastructure Management (CPIM) in a DCIM suite. Read More
Retailer Web Sites, Apps Brace for Black Friday
November 21st, 2012 : Jason Verge
The shopping holiday season is heating up, and we’re about to hit the major black Friday and Cyber Monday peak. Never has uptime been more important and downtime more costly for retailers than during this season. Here's a look at key factors in retail performance, and how major players are preparing their infrastructure. Read More
Cisco to Buy Cloupia to Boost UCS Automation
November 15th, 2012 : Jason Verge
Cisco Systems today announced its intent to acquire Cloupia, a software company that automates converged data center infrastructure. Cloupia speeds the deployment and configuration of physical and virtual infrastructure from a single management console. Read More
Nlyte Offering Targets Aperture DCIM customers
November 9th, 2012 : Jason Verge
The DCIM wars are heating up. Data Center Infrastructure Management player Nlyte has launched a program that targets users of Emerson Aperture DCIM customers migrate (or “trade up” in the company’s parlance) to Nlyte. Read More
Shands HealthCare Manages Data Center Resources with dcTrack DCIM Solution
October 11th, 2012 : Bill Kleyman
This white paper from Raritan examines how Shands HealthCare, a premier healthcare provider, has leveraged DCIM (data center infrastructure management) to gain a better understanding and clearer picture of its data center resources and make better decisions for improving performance and capacity planning. Read More
Joyent Uses Trellis to Peer Into App Power Use
September 26th, 2012 : Rich Miller
A new partnership between Joyent and Emerson Network Power is providing a more granular picture of the entire power path, providing deeper insights into the power used by indvidual applications. Read More