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than ever for data center teams to break
down organizational silos and share
a single source of truth via common
views of dashboards and reports that
are updated and visible in real time. A
modern, second-generation DCIM solution
will enable data-driven collaboration of
remote workers with business intelligence
dashboards that can be created, edited
and securely shared with respect to
granular, role-based access controls. You
can manage consistent KPIs across your
functional teams with preconfigured
widgets and reports for every data center
scenario. Categorise all assets in your data
center and easily save and share asset and
site views with the various groups in your
organization, whether server, network,
storage or infrastructure teams, ensuring a
common approach and process for remote
management of all equipment.
• Ensure physical security of data
centers. DCIM software has user
reporting, audit logs, physical cabinet
lock management and surveillance
feeds to allow you to monitor and
manage who has access to different
areas of your data center. You can
even remotely unlock cabinet doors for
remote hands to service equipment
while keeping an eye on them with
remote in-rack camera feeds.
The new normal may present a unique set
of challenges, but the objectives remain
the same: improve uptime, utilization and
productivity. Now more than ever, data
center professionals need a complete
remote data center management
toolkit with DCIM to bridge information
across organizational domains including
operations, facilities and IT, and have
the information they need to manage all
physical, virtual and logical data center
assets; quickly plan and provision new
equipment; accurately make changes
as needed; improve data center design;
increase operational efficiency and
confidently plan capacity for future
growth while increasing utilization of
existing assets. •
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DATA CENTER
PROFESSIONALS
NOW NEED
TO LEVERAGE
A WIDE RANGE
OF TECHNOLOGIES
IN THEIR
REMOTE
DATA CENTER
MANAGEMENT
TOOLKIT.
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