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23 Jan 2025
Data center management software: the evolving role of DCIM

Data center infrastructure management software is widely used but rarely utilized at full potential. Adopting the latest capabilities and optimizations could achieve better resiliency and efficiency.

9 Dec 2024
Data center management software: optimizing the IT

As operators expand their use of hybrid IT and cloud, optimizing the IT could help alleviate concerns over availability and efficiency. This report is part two of a four-part series on data center management software.

 
How tagging provides better management of cloud costs

Visibility into costs remains a top priority for enterprises that are consuming cloud services. Improving the tagging of workloads and resources may help them to spot, and curb, rising costs.

 
24 Sep 2024
Data center management and control software: an overview

Software for data center management and control is well established, if not always widely used. Some operators are also benefitting from integrated facility and IT software.

Briefing Reports 10 min read
 
Uptime Institute 2024 Global Data Center Survey - Supplier View [Results and Crosstab files]

The 14th edition of the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey highlights the experiences and strategies of vendors, product suppliers, engineering firms, and consultants in the areas of data center spending, customer challenges, supply chains, D...

21 Jun 2024
DCIM past and present: what’s changed?

Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software is evolving and improving. This report discusses where DCIM has made most progress, and why it is now considered a viable and worthwhile investment.

 
18 Jun 2024
Mitigating OT risk from third-party requests

Operators often resist giving third parties access to OT data to limit vulnerabilities. Nevertheless, some colocation customers require this access — as will emerging AI tools — but the OT air-gap should not be bridged lightly.

 
Five data center predictions for 2024

Uptime Intelligence looks beyond the more obvious trends of 2024 and identifies some challenging issues. Strong IT demand, high-density IT systems and tough sustainability requirements will drive a new wave of investment.

Keynote Reports 25 min read
 
20 Dec 2023
Data center management software is evolving — at last

A new approach to data center management, proposed by data scientists and statisticians, looks to augment the functionality of tools like BMS and DCIM software by focusing on data, not equipment.

 
Tracking of IT equipment varies widely and often falls short

Results from the Uptime Institute IT and Power Efficiency Survey 2023 suggest that many organizations may struggle to meet regulatory requirements for energy, carbon and IT life cycle tracking.

Data Reports 8 min read
 
Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2023: supplier view

As part of the Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2023, data center equipment vendors and consultants were asked about customer spending, supply chains and DCIM adoption. This report highlights the key findings.

Data Reports 9 min read
 
6 Dec 2022
DCIM and automated operations: an introduction

This report examines multiple applications of AI and automation within data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software. Greater automation can result in improved efficiency and free up staff to focus on more complex tasks.

Vertiv’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 difficult to deploy. The software is also not easy to ...

 
25 Nov 2019
Surveillance capitalism and DCIM

In her book “Surveillance Capitalism,” Harvard scholar Shoshana Zuboff describes how some software and service providers have been collecting vast amounts of data, with the goal of tracking, anticipating, shaping and even controlling the behavior of ...

 
Data center management software: Critical procurement considerations

The best-run data centers are those where managers have access to meaningful information about their facility’s assets and operational status. This report details the questions they need to ask when purchasing DCIM software.

Briefing Reports 25 min read
 
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