Data Center Infrastructure Management Software

Data Center Management Software Can Make a Difference

Many organizations are hesitant to invest in data center infrastructure management solutions. They feel confident that the processes that they have put into place with regards to managing their data center are sufficient enough and that they wont see the return on investment (ROI) to justify and costs and time that will be dedicated with the deployment of a data center infrastructure management solution (DCIM solution).

With these concerns in mind our team at AlphaPoint Technology has made great strides to produce a data center infrastructure management solution that is both intuitive to implement and one that also offers organizations the ability to realize the ROI in a short amount of time. Below is an industry graphic of the various stages of DCIM maturity and at what stage an organization can expect to see a demonstrable ROI from implementing a DCIM solution.

AlphaPoint Technology’s solutions are developed with these concerns in mind and our commitment is to deliver solutions that are focused on demonstrating a data center management ROI that is both obtainable and sustainable.

What is Data Center Infrastructure Management?

DCIM, or Data Center Infrastructure Management, is defined as a comprehensive solution that directly addresses the major issues of asset management, asset deployment, space and resource utilization and future capacity planning.

Data center infrastructure management is vital, as even at the highest level the enterprise data center should be organized and operated to deliver quality service reliably, securely and economically to support the corporate mission. However, the natural evolution of roles and responsibilities among three principal groups within the data center – facilities, networking and systems – has in itself made this objective less achievable. Responsibilities have historically been distributed based on specific expertise relating to the physical layers of the infrastructure:

• Facilities: Physical space, power and cooling
• Networking: Fiber optic and copper cable plants, LANs, SANs and WANs
• Systems: Mainframes, servers, virtual servers and storage

One major challenge with implementing a DCIM software solution is bridging the responsibilities and activities among various data center functions to minimize the delays, waste, and potential operational confusion that can easily arise due to each group’s well-defined, specific roles. Data center infrastructure management software is the solution to these shortcomings.

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