PRAGUE / FRAMINGHAM, Mass, October 23, 2015 – Datacenter managers are under increasing pressure to support 3rd Platform technologies and IT projects, yet many are doing so with limited visibility and control over the critical facilities as well as the physical IT and connectivity equipment that supports these workloads. Datacenter infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions have emerged as an essential tool to develop more efficient datacenters. (TZ)
As the software-defined IT environment evolves, the underlying physical resource management has evolved to support it. However, the DCIM solutions on the market today are varied in their approach to improving management of datacenter resources. To help datacenter managers, facility managers, and CIOs understand and evaluate the DCIM vendor landscape, International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new report, IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Datacenter Infrastructure Management 2015 Vendor Assessment (Doc #259603), that evaluates 15 DCIM vendors, including ABB, CA Technologies, CommScope iTRACS, Cormant, Device42, Emerson NetworkPower, FieldView Solutions, FNT, Modius, Nlyte, Panduit, RF Code, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and Sunbird Software.
The vendors evaluated in the report approach DCIM from a number of angles: some are focused on addressing IT asset management and connectivity challenges in managing datacenter resources, whereas others are more focused on the critical infrastructure and building controls. Some are software-only, others are highly oriented toward services. Selecting the most appropriate solution requires an honest assessment of internal skills and clear goals for the DCIM project. Considering the increasingly distributed nature of datacenter resources, with buildouts at the edge and equipment in both on-premise and co-located sites, IDC recommends that datacenter managers consider the following in choosing a DCIM solution:
- Ability to integrate and interact with the many other management tools in the datacenter. From disparate and legacy building management systems (BMS) to cloud-based IT service management (ITSM) solutions, the ability for the DCIM solution to either feed data into another management solution or serve as the aggregator for disparate sources of data will enhance the usefulness to the entire organization.
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