Putting DCIM to Work for You
At Symposium 2013, Erik Ko of Twitter, Hewlett-Packard’s Ken Jackson, and James Pryor of Regions Bank discussed the experience of selecting and implementing DCIM solutions from the end user...
View ArticleThe Calibrated Data Center: Using Predictive Modeling
Better information leads to better decisions By Jose Ruiz New tools have dramatically enhanced the ability of data center operators to base decisions regarding capacity planning and operational...
View Article“Ask the Expert”: Data Center Management Q&A with Uptime Institute CTO, Chris...
On April 24th, Uptime Institute CTO, Chris Brown, participated in an “Ask the Expert” session on Data Center Infrastructure Management with BrightTALK senior content manager Kelly Harris. The 45-minute...
View ArticleDCIM as a Hub: Integrations Make all the difference
Today, the role that the physical data center plays in software-defined data centers, particularly facility design and operational management, is often overlooked. However, this is likely to change. As...
View ArticleThe Evolving Data Center Management Maturity Model, A Quick Update
Uptime Institute has long argued that, although it may take many years, the long-term trend is toward a high level of automation in the data center, covering many functions that most managers currently...
View ArticleSurveillance Capitalism and DCIM
2019In her book “Surveillance Capitalism,” the Harvard scholar Shoshana Zuboff describes how some software and service providers have been collecting vast amounts of data, with the goal of tracking,...
View ArticleVertiv’s DCIM ambitions wither on Trellis’ demise
Operators often say that data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software is a necessary evil. Modern facilities need centralized, real-time management and analytics, but DCIM is notoriously...
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