Getting the Benefits from DCIM: Where Does One Start?

Most of us know that Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions provide a wide range of capabilities from power and environmental monitoring to asset and workflow management and even modeling and predictive analysis. The task of evaluating and implementing a DCIM solution can be challenging given the many vendors in the market.

But just as easily as you can find a laundry list of DCIM vendors on the web, you can also find ways to implement DCIM that provide you with immediate benefits and add additional capabilities over time to create even more value.

So, where do you start? We are happy to bring to you Gartner's research conducted in 2015 that can help you with this decision. In this report, IT Leaders listed power monitoring, environmental monitoring and resource (asset) management as the most common starting points. These capabilities can not only help reduce energy costs but also provide faster problem solving, reduce unexpected downtime and speed up asset deployment.

While starting with just these capabilities may make the decision to use a DCIM solution easier, many still have concerns over budget and want to see more real world examples of companies successfully using DCIM.

That's where our customers come in. Check out the links to testimonials and the ROI Infographic that provides real world scenarios and facts about the benefits of DCIM from IT and Data Center leaders from notable companies.

You may find a few things that you want on your priority list for 2016.