Your data center is a critical component around your entire business. You have entire business strategies now tied to the capabilities of your IT ecosystem. With that in mind – what are you doing to keep it all running efficiently? Do you have the right tools in place to create real transparency and visibility?
Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) has become more vital than ever to data center operations as efficiency and technology advancement cycles move at an increasingly rapid pace. The insight provided by these essential systems has historically only been accessible to the data center operations team, not the end user or for that matter – the colocated customer. Now that the technology sector as a whole is becoming increasingly user friendly, transparent and hands on, it makes sense for colocation data centers to offer a higher level of insight and transparency into their clients’ individual environments.
Here’s the reality: The insight that a robust and comprehensive DCIM system can offer a customer or end-user is incredibly valuable, and can help that business gain more granular control of their colocated IT environment.
This increase in transparency, management and visibility ensures the customers are getting the most out of their colocation investment.
In this whitepaper from FORTRUST, we learn about COLOVIEW, an advanced and innovative way to enable customers to gain the necessary oversight of their colocation environments through the use of a comprehensive DCIM system. These types of management systems offer a wealth of information not previously visible to customers, and the technology is fundamentally changing the way clients interact with and manage their colocated IT infrastructures.
Remember, when working with today’s rapid demands, business use-cases can change very quickly. For example, if a customer comes to the provider with plans for adding additional equipment to their environment how do they know how much to ask for? Providing the customer with visibility to their current and historical usage through DCIM tools allows the customer to order only what they truly need and decreases the chance of the customer ordering more resources than they need.
Customers are offered the highest level of transparency, ensuring peace of mind and that they are making the most of their colocation investment. Download this whitepaper today to learn how, via DCIM platforms like COLOVIEW, clients can better manage their capacity and make informed decisions about provisioning and planning.
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