With increased acceptance of virtualization, cloud computing, Web 2.0, and software as service, physical infrastructure management is becoming more critical and will only continue to increase in importance.
However, laptop computing, remote workforces, messaging, and peer-to-peer Internet applications have widened the scope of security risks.
Roughly 16 percent of data runs through virtualized machines, which simulate multiple servers, therefore making them more efficient. Last year, there were 5.8 million virtualized servers; Gartner predicts that number to rise ten-fold by 2012, the Dow Jones recently reported.
Real-time monitoring and visibility into the physical infrastructure allows IT managers to see what is occurring in their infrastructure - at any given moment.
A significant aspect of Panduit's PIM system is the combination of software and hardware that "empowers" enterprises to meet both current and future requirements for real-time monitoring of patch field connectivity speeds alerts of changes or security risks to administrators. This can also facilitate multiple notifications to other management systems via email or pager, according to Panduit officials.
This approach is ultimately changing infrastructure design and management strategies and synchronization of critical systems - communication, computing, power, control, and security - which is key to improving performance throughout the enterprise and managing risk.
The growing interdependence of systems and applications, and the increased demands that they place on physical infrastructures, requires the integration of traditionally disparate and proprietary systems. This trend is dramatically changing infrastructure design, management strategies and effective synchronization of critical systems, opening the door for seamless convergence and interoperability of all core business systems.
