DCIM

These two startups are applying in the data center technologies that were invented for something else entirely.

Critical Thinking: Fulcrum Collaborations has developed cloud-based tools to automate and standardize the manual processes integral to day-to-day data center management

Critical Thinking: Machine learning promises to usher in a new era of advanced data center management, but many facilities still have a long way to go from arcane, spreadsheet-based management habits to the automation Promised Land.

As vendors roll out cloud-based data center management services, many operators still not convinced they need even basic DCIM.

New breed of tools use machine learning techniques to add human knowledge to sensor data