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How to Take Control of Chaos in a Lights-Out Data Center
2016 November
SpeakersJennifer Cooke, Research Director, Datacenter Management, IDC
Michael Piers, Senior Manager, Deployment & Infrastructure
Joseph Keena, Manager - Data Center Operations, UF Health Shands
Agenda• Objectives• Speaker Introduction• Analyst Industry Discussion• DCIM Expert Insight• Q&A• Learn More
Webinar ObjectivesLearn about• Best practices for efficient capacity
utilization. • Tips to avoid downtime during a move to a
lights-out data center. • Benefits of using DCIM for remote
monitoring and asset management processes.
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DCIM Expert Insights
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Jennifer Cooke, Research Director, Datacenter Management, IDC will lead this interactive, one-hour DCIM
webinar that will identify the benefits of using DCIM as a single source of truth to manage data centers of all sizes.
Problems in the Data Center
N = 406Source: IDC Enterprise Datacenter survey, December 2015
Q: Have you experienced any of the following in the past 12 months?
% of respondents
None of the above
Run out of IP addresses
Downtime due to natural disasters
Insufficient bandwidth into or out of the datacenter
Security breaches
Regulatory or compliance issues
Latency issues
Downtime due to system failure
Downtime due to human error
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Top Datacenter Initiatives for 2016
N = 321Source: IDC Enterprise Datacenter survey, December 2015
Improve cooling efficiencies
Improve flexibility to move workloads as needed
Reduce downtime
Reduce power consumption
Improve asset management
Increase availability of compute resources
Improve workflow management
Speed time to deploy IT services
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0
Q: Thinking of the challenges in your organization’s datacenters, please rank the top 3 most important initiatives for the next year
Agility and Speed Drive Infrastructure Innovation
IT Impact
Guidance
DC decisions become more complex in terms asset placement Edge and IoT buildouts drive need for control of remote datacenters
Investment in smart datacenter technologies are a critical part of SDDC transformation
Remove siloes across critical facilities, network, and IT management
IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Datacenter 2017 PredictionsIn 2017, only 20% of enterprises will deploy software-defined datacenter technology on schedule because capacity constraints in critical facilities delay transformation efforts
Dynamic Connectivity:
Building and Managing the Edge
Drivers• Mobile, social, big data/analytics driven
workloads• IoT looming on the horizon• Speed/latency• Reducing bandwidth costs
Challenges• Remote management and maintenance• Scale and repeatable infrastructure• Data sovereignty and security• Capital cost
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DCIM Expert Insights
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Michael Piers, Senior Manager, Deployment & Infrastructure will share how DCIM has helped him manage
a number of data centers, including identifying problems before they happen, and how the integration of multiple
tools has helped to eliminate manual efforts.
DCIM Expert Insights
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Joseph Keena, Manager - Data Center Operations, UF Health Shands will share his experiences in the implementation and deployment of data center
infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions, and how the Shands’ data center has become one of the most efficient in
terms of managing data center resources.
Questions
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Additional Takeaways• Timing is key. DCIM enables the
identification of issues before they become severe problems.
• DCIM is a comprehensive data center infrastructure management tool as it providing linkages with other systems and eliminates manual steps.
• Vendor support is essential to success.
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Learn More• Visit www.sunbirddcim.com• Take a Test Drive -
http://info.sunbirddcim.com/dctrack-test-drive
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