DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS
THE STATE OF DCIM IN THE NEW NORMAL ( PART 1 ): THE TRENDS RESHAPING DATA CENTRE MANAGEMENT
Modern data centre managers find themselves in a ‘ new normal ’ with unique challenges and opportunities . Herman Chan , President , Sunbird Software , tells us how the industry is pivoting to a remote data centre management model and how DCIM software enables teams to manage their sites remotely to enable Business Continuity .
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic , industry trends were pointing towards the need for data centres to be managed remotely . Increasing use of remote infrastructure models such as colocation , Edge Computing and retail digitisation necessitated the use of tools that enabled data centre and IT managers to monitor their assets , power infrastructure and environment conditions from any given location .
Then the pandemic struck and infrastructure management changed overnight . According to IDC , 78 % of organisations experienced an impact on their data centres due to supply chain constraints , limited physical access and higher demand for services . A total of 40 % reported that they were limited in their ability to manage their infrastructure . Many existing trends rapidly accelerated such as increased colocation to avoid costly new constructions and increased www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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