Data center solutions that help businesses minimize risk to their physical infrastructure through troubleshooting and more comprehensive asset tracking quite simply results in greater business agility and operational efficiency.
A recent study revealed that the world's largest IT departments have millions of servers that are not doing anything useful, which proves the argument that enterprises need to consolidate and unify resources in the data center to effectively manage mission-critical data.
"With U.S. data center energy consumption at an all time high, it's only logical that we reconsider how we are using IT resources. An unnecessary amount of data servers are plugged in 24/7 in an age when power-saving tools are available to businesses," said Kateri Callahan, president of the Alliance to Save Energy.
A unified approach to physical and logical systems architecture is imperative to pave the way for solutions that address requirements for reduced risk, lower costs, increased agility and enhanced sustainability, according to the experts at Panduit.
Panduit's Physical Infrastructure Manager Software helps to ensure integrity throughout the enterprise, while providing asset and work order management, real-time change notifications and remote and on-site accessibility to network systems for enhanced visibility and control, company officials said.
The PIM Software Platform offers a Web-based management system that allows access to remote facility devices from one web access point, cost-effectively extending monitoring and management capabilities to offices or locations either regionally or globally.
The company is working with EMC to develop solutions that help customers manage risk within the physical infrastructure by intelligently converging physical and logical systems and provides EMC Ionix real-time information on the status of connectivity within the network cabling infrastructure. The PIM solution helps to drive operational and financial advantages across the enterprise, allowing businesses to improve reliability, reduce costs, heighten agility and support sustainability initiative.
