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DCIM tools are becoming essential to meeting customer expectations, maintaining uptime and achieving ROI.

What is Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)?

DCIM systems offer the ability to manage complex data center deployments at scale across every element of the data center stack: the basic space, power and cooling elements, network connectivity and cabling systems, and physical IT devices.


DCIM is less a single system and more a conglomerate of tools that integrate across the whole data center ecosystem, providing a complete picture of data center activities. 


But visibility is only one aspect of DCIM. As the name suggests, management is where this tool comes into its own. A true DCIM system empowers operators with the capabilities to control the entirety of their infrastructure, across multiple sites, from a single, unified portal. 


What does defining DCIM mean?

What are the benefits of DCIM?

DCIM has been misguidedly used as a catch-all term since Gartner coined it over a decade ago. As the phrase grew in popularity, many vendors jumped on the bandwagon, using the DCIM banner to market lesser-grade tools like BMS systems or simple asset management solutions.


As a result, many organizations have bought into poor enactments of DCIM, and the solution has earned an unfairly poor reputation.


It’s time to separate the hype from reality and provide a helpful working definition of what DCIM really is and, importantly, the features and services it should deliver. 


True DCIM plays a powerful role in managing data center operations, bringing granular visibility into IT and facilities components across the data center estate. 


Harnessing the power of analytics and machine learning, DCIM brings together previously siloed data points into one intuitive, centralized portal. 


For operators, the result is a simplified management process for even the most complex, distributed and hybrid architectures. With DCIM in place, they can effortlessly manage resource efficiency, optimize costs and improve availability. 



Data center environments are growing in complexity by the day. With proliferating volumes of data from multiple sources, it is increasingly difficult for operators to be confident in the accuracy and reliability of stored information. 


At the same time, operators are under more pressure than ever to carefully balance capacity constraints with growth requirements. Many providers feel stuck between a rock and a hard place: attempting to maximize efficiency, boost availability and optimize costs all at once. 


Of course, attempting to achieve this without specialist tools and reliable data is cumbersome and risk-laden. Problems such as resource wastage, stranded capacity, ineffective cap-ex deployments, customer dissatisfaction and, worst of all, service outages all plague the modern data center. 


Thankfully, DCIM makes it possible to overcome these challenges. Through big data analytics and machine learning, DCIM aggregates real-time data from live systems across the data center ecosystem, enabling operators to make reliable, data-driven decisions and control the data center environment from a single interface. 


The result, at its simplest, is an overarching competitive advantage, enabling operators to seamlessly manage distributed and hybrid architectures while improving cost efficiency. 



FAQ

What does defining DCIM mean? 

DCIM has been misguidedly used as a catch-all term since Gartner coined it over a decade ago. As the phrase grew in popularity, many vendors jumped on the bandwagon, using the DCIM banner to market lesser-grade tools like BMS systems or simple asset management solutions.


As a result, many organizations have bought into poor enactments of DCIM, and the solution has earned an unfairly poor reputation.


It’s time to separate the hype from reality and provide a helpful working definition of what DCIM really is and, importantly, the features and services it should deliver. 


True DCIM plays a powerful role in managing data centre operations, bringing granular visibility into IT and facilities components across the data centre estate. 


Harnessing the power of analytics and machine learning, DCIM brings together previously siloed data points into one intuitive, centralized portal. 


For operators, the result is a simplified management process for even the most complex, distributed and hybrid architectures. With DCIM in place, they can effortlessly manage resource efficiency, optimize costs and improve availability. 



FAQ

What are the benefits of DCIM?

Data centre environments are growing in complexity by the day. With proliferating volumes of data from multiple sources, it is increasingly difficult for operators to be confident in the accuracy and reliability of stored information. 


At the same time, operators are under more pressure than ever to carefully balance capacity constraints with growth requirements. Many providers feel stuck between a rock and a hard place: attempting to maximize efficiency, boost availability and optimize costs all at once. 


Of course, attempting to achieve this without specialist tools and reliable data is cumbersome and risk-laden. Problems such as resource wastage, stranded capacity, ineffective cap-ex deployments, customer dissatisfaction and, worst of all, service outages all plague the modern data centre. 


Thankfully, DCIM makes it possible to overcome these challenges. Through big data analytics and machine learning, DCIM aggregates real-time data from live systems across the data centre ecosystem, enabling operators to make reliable, data-driven decisions and control the data centre environment from a single interface. 


The result, at its simplest, is an overarching competitive advantage, enabling operators to seamlessly manage distributed and hybrid architectures while improving cost efficiency. 



Beijing Subway

“The value that RiT Tech and their DCIM software, XpedITe has brought to our operations is not only top-level technology and high quality products but the most important achievement is the impact it has had on our day-to-day provisioning and work orders. Through the software, we can design and simulate all connectivity tasks that are integrated with our intelligent hardware - avoiding human error and making our operations safe and efficient.”


- Ms. Zhao, Chief Technical Officer, Beijing Metro Network Control Center

Key Features

Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)

Through Integration, Automation and Transparency, XpedITe helps to reduce costs and run operations more efficiently. In order to help you Data Center achieve maximum uptime.

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XpedITe is the only data center infrastructure management system (DCIM) on the market which gives our clients a solution that connects infrastructure and network in one platform. Our multi award-winning XpedITe provides the integration capabilities needed to enable universal intelligent infrastructure management (UIIM). XpedITe is used by progressive data centers across the globe from colocation to enterprises, including large corporations, government agencies, financial institutions, airport authorities, healthcare organizations, educational facilities and telecommunications.

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