when in fact many have lost data |
audit can uncover significantly more |
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integrity through uncontrolled access |
IT assets than data centre owners |
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and DC changes taking place that |
previously assumed they had , |
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are not captured or reported . They |
including discovering hidden assets |
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fail to identify where there may be |
or ‘ ghost ’ devices . These can be |
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weaknesses in existing processes and |
redeployed or removed if redundant , |
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remedying them before implementing |
rather than wasting valuable space |
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‘ intelligent technology ’. |
and money , as shockingly one in |
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When wireless LAN appeared |
three data centre servers is a ghost / |
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on the market in the early 2000s , |
zombie device , ( Computer World |
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many vendors were unable to inter- |
June 2015 ). It is also the first step in |
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operate and customers were forced |
adopting BAU processes where a full |
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down proprietary technology routes . |
lifecycle management is maintained |
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Only when the Wi-Fi alliance helped the IEEE to define standards for the wireless LAN industry did technology adoption rocket and today we have ubiquitous Wi-Fi everywhere .
Long term this is exactly what
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in the data centre .
Trackit has been auditing data centres for some of the world ’ s biggest financial and telecom providers over the past nine years . In our experience , the
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data centres , as this is always going to be a combination of technical solutions and manual processes with a solution in place to identify any potential faults / locations and |
A full data centre asset audit will focus on the collection of all devices in a data centre environment . |
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needs to happen in the DCIM |
most optimised data centres and |
the manual intervention to rectify or |
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sector . Key providers need to work |
successful DCIM implementations |
to override . An audit minimises the |
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collectively , define the market , |
have been those that have been |
risk of breaches and outages in a |
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collaborate on and adopt standards |
built upon a solid foundation of |
data centre and allows data centre |
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as part of the DCIM solution ( such |
asset knowledge , and a data centre |
managers to rapidly discover a point |
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as ISO55000 ); working together |
asset audit is a core requirement |
of failure or security vulnerability . |
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to educate customers on what can |
in achieving this . Our audit team |
As the DCIM solutions and related |
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be a platform that drives significant |
routinely uncover 300 per cent more |
tools evolution continues along with |
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operational benefit to data centre |
IT assets than data centre owners |
organisations ’ ability to implement |
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owners / operators . |
previously assumed they had and |
them , this process will become |
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All too often there is a failure |
can provide customers with the |
more seamless – a necessity |
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to scope out whether full DCIM is |
insight to reduce power usage by |
of the increasing sophistication |
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actually required OR it ’ s implemented |
between 15 and 30 per cent . |
and complexity of data centre |
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without a solid foundation in place . |
Many data centre owners |
requirements in the digital age . |
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Both of which can only be achieved by having accurate and effective |
had been led to believe that data centre physical device audits are |
Effective asset management |
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asset management and its importance |
no longer necessary with tools |
Gartner states that , ‘ Enterprises that |
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must be recognised . |
like real time monitoring , such as |
systematically manage the lifecycle |
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Data centre asset audits |
network and temperature monitoring , and automatic discovery software |
of their IT assets will reduce cost per asset by as much as 30 per cent |
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A data centre asset audit consists |
being available . However , it is now |
during the first year , and between |
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of a physical site survey of all |
recognised that these types of |
five and 10 per cent annually during |
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assets an organisation may own in |
solutions cannot be solely relied upon |
the next five years .’ This validates |
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their data centre . This audit is the |
due to current technical constraints , |
that it ’ s more important than ever to |
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first step to achieving full visibility |
and only work when built upon an |
have effective asset management |
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of your data centre , empowering |
accurate inventory management |
software and processes to effectively |
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you with the knowledge to drive |
foundation of asset knowledge . |
manage assets within a data centre . |
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full data centre optimisation . A well |
This foundation will support the |
The physical auditing of IT assets |
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performed accurate and physical |
current and future management of |
using a data centre asset audit is |
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