An Objective View Into DCIM

How General Microsystems helps clients minimize operational costs

by Barbara Morris, Editor, The DCIM Advisory

Data center operators continue to be hit by rising power costs and challenged to manage complex facilities. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the cost to power a server over its lifetime will soon exceed the original capital expenditure. In addition, Gartner estimates that organizations underutilize between 40 and 60 percent of server rack space and waste up to 30 percent of available power. Both problems can cause unnecessary expenditures. Fortunately, new tools for data center infrastructure management (DCIM) have transformed data center management. Case in point: General Microsystems Inc. (GMI). Read more.

Minimizing operational costs … nlyte Express eases transition to DCIM

In this month’s feature story, IT consulting firm General Microsystems, Inc.’s director of technical sales, Diane Scott, discusses how nlyte Software has helped their clients understand and significantly minimize operational costs.

Last issue’s dilemma focuses on how data center managers can ditch the spreadsheets and Visio diagrams and take advantage of a low-risk first step into DCIM. nlyte Express offers rich DCIM functionality in an easy-to-implement, affordable subscription plan to help data center managers get started with DCIM.

Today marks the final issue of the DCIM Advisory e-newsletter. In an effort to bring you even richer educational material, nlyte Software is now a main sponsor of the DCIM Academy, a free educational website designed to help data center professionals learn everything they need to know about data center infrastructure management (DCIM). It provides free Web seminars and informational forums for data center professionals to learn from industry leaders and peers. Check out the topics below for the next webinars, and register now to reserve your space.

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