Nearly 85 percent of organizations say that issues
with
as well as asset and uptime issuesresulted in
delayed or aborted application rollouts, reduced
ability to support customers, and unplanned
reallocation
strategic goals during the past year.
According to an IDC study these issues reduce
IT's ability to support business innovation and get
maximum business value from IT hardware and
software investments.
More than 500 IT and facilities professionals at
midsized and large organisations in North America,
Western Europe, and Latin America participated
in the study, entitled The Datacenters Role in
Delivering Business Innovation: Using DCIM to
Provide a Common Management Approach, which
was sponsored by CA Technologies.
Organizations are spending hundreds of billions
of dollars each year on the infrastructure deployed
in their datacenters, and even more on power and
cooling plus IT and Facilities support staff to
ensure that current and new applications are highly
available, said Richard Villars, Vice President
of Datacenter and Cloud at IDC and author of the
study. They must ensure this investment is being
spent efficiently and effectively, and supporting the
business'
products and services.
Unfortunately, as the study reveals, datacenter
infrastructure issues are significantly undermining
the business value returned by these investments.
Specific issues cited by the 84 percent of
respondents whose datacenter infrastructure is
under-performing include power (27%), space
(27%)
capacity across multiple sites.
The study revealed the most common reasons things
go awry in the datacenter. These include:
Outdated datacenters. 57 per cent of respondents
admit
only moderately efficient.
Fragmented datacenter operations. Because
IT and facilities staff manage different aspects of
datacenter operations, organizations are not able to
implement coherent processes, policies or metrics.
Inconsistent datacenter information. Without
clear visibility into key datacenter infrastructure
metrics, decision-makers can't accurately
plan capacity, pro-actively discover potential
problems, or optimize allocation of resources
such as power, cooling, network connectivity,
rack and floor space.
The study highlights the fact that datacenter
management tools are often manual and fragmented.
It suggests that a more unified approach to Data
Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) can
empower organizations to get more value from their
existing datacenter investments and better support
IT-based business innovation.
IT and Facilities must work together to deliver
the innovation that their C-level management
is demanding, said Villars. To help achieve
this, organizations should look to implement a
DCIM solution that takes a unified approach to
management across all aspects of the datacenter.
More than half of the datacenter managers surveyed
said there would be value in having an integrated
DCIM
solution included:
Real-time monitoring of power, temperature and
other variables;
Alerts and alarms for power and cooling;
Inventory and asset management; and
Capacity analysis and planning.
Data centers present major challenges for
organizations today, and these can have impacts
on the business, said Terrence Clark, general
manager, Energy and Sustainability solutions, CA
Technologies. Conventional approaches often
make
space, power, cooling and assets effectively. DCIM
addresses these challenges and helps organizations
to leverage data center infrastructure for higher
efficiency, reduced risk and the increased agility
needed to address expanding business demands.
Nearly 85 percent of organizations say that issueswithas well as asset and uptime issuesresulted indelayed or aborted application rollouts, reducedability to support customers, and unplannedreallocationstrategic goals during the past year.
According to an IDC study these issues reduceIT's ability to support business innovation and getmaximum business value from IT hardware andsoftware investments. More than 500 IT and facilities professionals atmidsized and large organisations in North America,Western Europe, and Latin America participatedin the study, entitled The Datacenters Role inDelivering Business Innovation: Using DCIM toProvide a Common Management Approach, whichwas sponsored by CA Technologies.Organizations are spending hundreds of billionsof dollars each year on the infrastructure deployedin their datacenters, and even more on power andcooling plus IT and Facilities support staff toensure that current and new applications are highlyavailable, said Richard Villars, Vice Presidentof Datacenter and Cloud at IDC and author of thestudy. They must ensure this investment is beingspent efficiently and effectively, and supporting thebusinessproducts and services.
Unfortunately, as the study reveals, datacenterinfrastructure issues are significantly underminingthe business value returned by these investments.Specific issues cited by the 84 percent ofrespondents whose datacenter infrastructure isunder-performing include power (27%), space(27%)capacity across multiple sites.The study revealed the most common reasons thingsgo awry in the datacenter. These include:
1. Outdated datacenters. 57 per cent of respondentsadmitonly moderately efficient.Fragmented datacenter operations. BecauseIT and facilities staff manage different aspects of datacenter operations, organizations are not able toimplement coherent processes, policies or metrics.
2. Inconsistent datacenter information. Withoutclear visibility into key datacenter infrastructuremetrics, decision-makers can't accuratelyplan capacity, pro-actively discover potentialproblems, or optimize allocation of resourcessuch as power, cooling, network connectivity,rack and floor space.
The study highlights the fact that datacentermanagement tools are often manual and fragmented.It suggests that a more unified approach to DataCenter Infrastructure Management (DCIM) canempower organizations to get more value from theirexisting datacenter investments and better supportIT-based business innovation.IT and Facilities must work together to deliverthe innovation that their C-level managementis demanding, said Villars. To help achievethis, organizations should look to implement aDCIM solution that takes a unified approach tomanagement across all aspects of the datacenter.
More than half of the datacenter managers surveyedsaid there would be value in having an integratedDCIMsolution included:
Real-time monitoring of power, temperature andother variables;
Alerts and alarms for power and cooling;
Inventory and asset management; and
Capacity analysis and planning.
Data centers present major challenges for organizations today, and these can have impactson the business, said Terrence Clark, generalmanager, Energy and Sustainability solutions, CATechnologies. Conventional approaches oftenmakespace, power, cooling and assets effectively. DCIMaddresses these challenges and helps organizationsto leverage data center infrastructure for higherefficiency, reduced risk and the increased agilityneeded to address expanding business demands.
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