AIT’s managed DCIM service, DCIM in the Cloud, provides you tangible cost savings and keeps you in control.
Using spreadsheets to plan capacity and identify where to put servers is becoming increasingly difficult but the much touted alternative of complex Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software is expensive and time consuming to implement and use.
AIT provides an alternative managed DCIM service approach for Data Centre and Facilities Managers that provides cost savings, drives best practice and delivers real control.
AITs DCIM in the Cloud reduces your workload and provides all the benefits of complex DCIM software without the expense and without giving your team more work to do! AIT’s team of data centre experts is experienced in the best practise design, installation and support of Data Centre Power, Cooling and IT systems so we understand the issues you are faced with every day. We collect and maintain the data required and work with you to provide you with the control and reporting the business needs.
Identifying Savings
The cloud based managed DCIM service provides a way to achieve significant savings AND manage your Data Centre assets with ease. As part of the service our team of experts perform an audit that identifies and maps data centre assets and infrastructure into our DCIM software. It also provides an efficiency report to provide quick and longer term cost saving recommendations. We are so confident that our service will deliver cost savings that we will guarantee that you will save more than the cost of the managed DCIM service if our recommendations are implemented!
Keeping Control
Our team then provide an on-going service to provide work-order orders to Data Centre staff as needed, audit and update the DCIM software to keep on-line database in-sync with reality, and create capacity and exception reports on a regular basis.
DCIM in the Cloud maintains an up to date model of your Data Centre assets and delivers the information you need when you need it to:
- Reduce risk of downtime with more effective system management.
- Reduce energy costs by improving power and cooling efficiency.
- Increase speed of deployment of new equipment.
- Provide accurate capacity and asset management reporting to enable the business to make informed decisions.
The Managed DCIM Service
The service includes:
- An initial audit to gather information and map your assets and infrastructure
- A report identifying low cost actions that will improve efficiency.
- A Return on Investment analysis of recommended efficiency improvements requiring CAPEX.
- Issuing of work-orders, mapping of all moves and changes, maintenance of an accurate model and a range of reports detailed in the table below.
- A monthly audit to keep the Data Centre model up to date.
To discuss DCIM in the Cloud please contact AIT on 0845 017 7017 or submit an enquiry form today.
[1]See our Data Centre Energy Calculator to calculate how much you use
Assuming 50 racks, 8p/kWh and medium density – energy costs £131k – £262k