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Data Center Infrastructure Management 101: Defining DCIM in 2019

By Voices of the Industry - August 29, 2019

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Look up the definition of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) from a few different sources and you’ll get different definitions from each. Herman Chan, president of Sunbird Software, explores what data center infrastructure management really means and what it entails for modern enterprises and data centers. 

Tagged With: Data Center Infrastructure Management, DCIM, DCIM software, Sunbird Software

AFCOM: No, the Cloud Isn’t Replacing The Data Center

By Rich Miller - March 21, 2019

Bill Kleyman of Switch delivers the keynote address Wednesday at Data Center World in Phoenix. (Photo: Rich Miller)

At Data Center World, keynote speaker Bill Kleyman of Switch summarized AFCOM’s State of the Data Center survey, which says the cloud is complementing on-premises data centers, not replacing them.

Tagged With: Data Center Infrastructure Management, DCIM

DCIM Software: What’s Driving User Satisfaction in 2018?

By Voices of the Industry - September 6, 2018

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Herman Chan, President of Sunbird Software, discusses the current state of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software adoption and how second-generation DCIM is providing value for its growing group of end users.

Tagged With: Data Center Infrastructure Management, DCIM, DCIM software, Sunbird Software

Three Key DCIM Goals to Help You Determine Deployment Success

By Voices of the Industry - May 22, 2017

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Although DCIM has been widely used in the past several years by many organizations across the entire spectrum, surprisingly, very few consider their deployments to be successful. In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Ashish Moondra, Senior Product Manager, Power, Electronics & Software, at Chatsworth Products discusses three key DCIM goals to gauge deployment success.

Tagged With: Chatsworth Products, Data Center, Data Center Infrastructure Management, DCIM

Data Center Health Management

By Voices of the Industry - November 21, 2016

In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Jeff Klaus General Manager of Intel Data Center Solutions, discusses an approach to data center health management .

Tagged With: Data Center Infrastructure Management, Intel

The Importance of Data Center Infrastructure Management and System Monitoring

By Voices of the Industry - June 6, 2016

In this week’s Voices of the Industry, Bryon Miller, Senior Vice President of Operations at FORTRUST, discusses the 5 critical components of a Data Center Infrastructure Management and Systems Monitoring.

Tagged With: Data Center Infrastructure Management, DCIM, Fortrust, Systems Monitoring

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Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center

Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center The data center industry continues to experience significant global supply chain problems. Brett Williams of Service Express, explores the importance of leveraging the secondary hardware market to overcome supply chain roadblocks.

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Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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