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For many organizations, cloud storage and processing seems to be increasing, so it might surprise you that enterprise data centers and colocation data center providers still hold the majority of workloads. According to Uptime Institute, 65% of workloads are in enterprise-owned/operated data centers, a percentage maintained since 2014. Thus, even if cloud storage and processing solutions continue to be prevalent, it’s safe to assume that most organizations maintain at least some of their mission-critical applications in house.
Why might data center managers stick with their enterprise data centers? Consider these five reasons to keep your enterprise data centers in favor of or in addition to...
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In today’s world, it is more important than ever before to consider the amount of energy we use and how we are impacting the environment, and data centers are no exception. The “green data” revolution is in full effect, and data center managers need to optimize their data centers to be more efficient and comply with government regulations—without increasing costs.
To celebrate Earth Day, we’ve rounded up our favorite resources to help you learn how to “green” your data center.
Companies like Facebook and Apple are two of the top Green Data Centers Around The World. Check out our infographic and see what steps the top data centers leading the green movement are making.
Worldwide, data c...
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Sunbird will be at DCD>Enterprise in New York on May 1-2 at the Marriott Marquis. Stop by Booth #92 for a demonstration of our award-winning second-generation DCIM software.
Register for free if you're a qualified end-user or consultant and join over 1,500 of your colleagues for this event that will cover how enterprise data centers are being re-defined and re-shaped.
Heading to DCD>Enterprise and want to chat one-on-one with a DCIM expert? Sunbird representatives also will be available for individual meetings. Let us know if you’d like to meet.
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Modern data center environments are becoming increasingly complex and difficult to manage. Traditional enterprise data centers are now being combined with or replaced by colocation facilities and private/public clouds. Today’s data center managers need to modernize their facilities and operations to address the challenges of managing these complex hybrid environments, or risk losing their relevance in this new world.
How can data center professionals adapt so they will thrive, not just survive, in a world where cloud is king? What tools do they need to accurately manage physical infrastructure, IT service management, and virtual assets? And how can Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM...
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When you initially consider data center training programs, you might first think of popular data center professional certifications, such as Cisco’s CCNA credential or BICSI’s popular RCDD designation. These industry-recognized certifications have several benefits to both trainees and organizations, including higher job satisfaction, faster work performance, and improved efficiency.
Training is also an effective method of motivating your team, especially if it helps them keep their jobs. According to PwC’s Workforce of the Future survey, about 75 percent of respondents said that they were ready to learn new skills or completely re-train to stay employable in the future.
Professional certific...
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Sunbird will be at Datacenter Forum in Helsinki on April 26 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Stop by Stand 4 for a demonstration of our award-winning second-generation DCIM software.
You don't want to miss Niall Bannon, DCIM Technical Sales EMEA, present "Reducing the Complexity of Datacenter Management with Second-Generation DCIM" at 10:15. Learn how you can modernize your operations to tackle the challenges of modern data centers.
If you're involved with the managing and operations of your organization's IT infrastructure, register for free to join 200 of your colleagues from the data center sector in Finland and the Baltics.
Heading to Datacenter Forum and want to chat one-on-one with a DCIM e...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for April is now available: Version 3.103. Download and update to Version 3.103 to get all the most recent model data!
Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 30,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free.
Can’t find a specific make and model? C...
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When choosing a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, you might think that the most difficult part of the process would be documenting requirements, comparing vendors, or even the deploying the data center software itself. However, for many data center professionals, the challenges start much earlier: when you’re pitching the idea of data center management software to your boss.
Indeed, deciding to use a DCIM solution might be the easy part. According to a survey by Intel and Dell, over 50 percent of IT managers are already using DCIM systems. But for those who aren’t yet utilizing data center management tools or who are looking for a second data center software to replace a...
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For many data center managers, moving your data center assets to a colocation data center may seem like an obvious choice. After all, carrier hotels and other colocation facilities provide data center managers with scalability, reliability, and security for applications, data, and systems—without the pressure to build, staff, and maintain increasingly complex enterprise data centers environments. These benefits, coupled with market expansion into new geographic areas, are driving the growth of the colocation data center at a CAGR of 15.4%.
Once you’ve decided that moving to a colo facility is right for you, it might be tempting to sit back, relax, and wait for your colocation data center pro...
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Modern data center managers have a difficult job. They need to maintain uptime, drive efficiency, and boost team productivity while dealing with the ever-growing demand for just-in-time provisioning of IT resources. They need to manage increasingly complex environments, including colocation data centers, hybrid public and private clouds, and edge sites. And they are expected to meet resource demand and optimize operations while under pressure to do more with fewer resources.
How can modern data center managers address this increasing demand with responsiveness and agility? Our President Herman Chan shared his thoughts on this topic in a recent article in Data Center Frontier, an online data...
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Today’s data center managers—facing data center uptime expectations, PUE compliance, budget concerns, and a general expectation to do more with less—are hard pressed to find creative, cost-effective solutions to the challenges of power management. So it’s no surprise that many forward-looking data center managers are turning to intelligent rack PDUs to provide power-metering data that can inform decision making, saving costs and improving efficiency in their data centers.
But how can you be sure that the time, money, and other resources dedicated to your iPDUs are well spent?
That’s where DCIM tools can make a difference. Whether you are just starting to roll out your iPDUs or have been...
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03/20/2018
Power IQ DCIM Monitoring
We’re thrilled to announce the release of Power IQ® 6.1, Sunbird’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Monitoring software. If you’re ready to upgrade to the latest version, simply download the update files from Sunbird’s support portal. If you’d like more information, check out our release notes or continue below to read our DCIM software highlights.
What’s New in Power IQ
Power IQ 6.1 continues to further Sunbird’s mission of developing fast-to-deploy, easy-to-use, complete data center management software.
Mass Configuration of iPDUs
Deploy, manage, and update facility items faster with Power IQ’s mass configuration features. In Release 6.1, users can now bulk update IP addres...
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With more organizations on their second rounds of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, it’s more important than ever for data center professionals to ensure that the data center management solution they select is the correct one. But how do you avoid buyer’s remorse when choosing and deploying B2B technology like DCIM software? How do you avoid major pitfalls and obstacles that can derail the implementation? And what are the must-have capabilities that you should look for in a DCIM software solution?
These questions and others are difficult to answer without significant experience with buying, implementing, and using DCIM software in a real-world environment. That’s why Sun...
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Certifications are one of most rewarding ways for a data center professional to stand out from the crowd. Completing a data center certification will help you gain knowledge, learn new skills, and prove to yourself and your colleagues that you have valuable expertise.
However, contrary to popular belief, data center certifications don’t benefit just the individuals who complete them. Among IT leaders, 68 percent do not believe they have the skills in-house required to address their needs. Data center managers and technology leaders who struggle to find and retain talent can bridge the IT skills gap by recommending certifications to team members or making a specific credential a data center j...
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Next week, Sunbird will be busy attending three tradeshows in the span of two days! If you're in London, Oslo, or Paris, be sure to stop by to meet us.
London: Data Centre World (Stand D245)
We'll be at Data Centre World from March 21-22 at ExCeL London. Stop by Stand D245 to meet us and explore how to radically simplify your data center management. Register for free to join the world's largest independent data center event with over 20,000 of your peers, hundreds of leading data center and technology providers and hundreds of the world's brightest minds & industry practitioners. If you'd like to set up an individual meeting, let us know.
Oslo: Datacenter Forum (Stand 3)
On March 21, we...
For many organizations, cloud storage and processing seems to be increasing, so it might surprise you that enterprise data centers and colocation data center providers still hold the majority of workloads. According to Uptime Institute, 65% of workloads are in enterprise-owned/operated data centers, a percentage maintained since 2014. Thus, even if cloud storage and processing solutions continue to be prevalent, it’s safe to assume that most organizations maintain at least some of their mission-critical applications in house. Why might data center managers stick with their enterprise data centers? Consider these five reasons to keep your enterprise data centers in favor of or in addition to...
In today’s world, it is more important than ever before to consider the amount of energy we use and how we are impacting the environment, and data centers are no exception. The “green data” revolution is in full effect, and data center managers need to optimize their data centers to be more efficient and comply with government regulations—without increasing costs. To celebrate Earth Day, we’ve rounded up our favorite resources to help you learn how to “green” your data center. Companies like Facebook and Apple are two of the top Green Data Centers Around The World. Check out our infographic and see what steps the top data centers leading the green movement are making. Worldwide, data c...
When you initially consider data center training programs, you might first think of popular data center professional certifications, such as Cisco’s CCNA credential or BICSI’s popular RCDD designation. These industry-recognized certifications have several benefits to both trainees and organizations, including higher job satisfaction, faster work performance, and improved efficiency. Training is also an effective method of motivating your team, especially if it helps them keep their jobs. According to PwC’s Workforce of the Future survey, about 75 percent of respondents said that they were ready to learn new skills or completely re-train to stay employable in the future. Professional certific...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for April is now available: Version 3.103. Download and update to Version 3.103 to get all the most recent model data! Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 30,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free. Can’t find a specific make and model? C...
When choosing a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, you might think that the most difficult part of the process would be documenting requirements, comparing vendors, or even the deploying the data center software itself. However, for many data center professionals, the challenges start much earlier: when you’re pitching the idea of data center management software to your boss. Indeed, deciding to use a DCIM solution might be the easy part. According to a survey by Intel and Dell, over 50 percent of IT managers are already using DCIM systems. But for those who aren’t yet utilizing data center management tools or who are looking for a second data center software to replace a...
For many data center managers, moving your data center assets to a colocation data center may seem like an obvious choice. After all, carrier hotels and other colocation facilities provide data center managers with scalability, reliability, and security for applications, data, and systems—without the pressure to build, staff, and maintain increasingly complex enterprise data centers environments. These benefits, coupled with market expansion into new geographic areas, are driving the growth of the colocation data center at a CAGR of 15.4%. Once you’ve decided that moving to a colo facility is right for you, it might be tempting to sit back, relax, and wait for your colocation data center pro...
Modern data center managers have a difficult job. They need to maintain uptime, drive efficiency, and boost team productivity while dealing with the ever-growing demand for just-in-time provisioning of IT resources. They need to manage increasingly complex environments, including colocation data centers, hybrid public and private clouds, and edge sites. And they are expected to meet resource demand and optimize operations while under pressure to do more with fewer resources. How can modern data center managers address this increasing demand with responsiveness and agility? Our President Herman Chan shared his thoughts on this topic in a recent article in Data Center Frontier, an online data...
Today’s data center managers—facing data center uptime expectations, PUE compliance, budget concerns, and a general expectation to do more with less—are hard pressed to find creative, cost-effective solutions to the challenges of power management. So it’s no surprise that many forward-looking data center managers are turning to intelligent rack PDUs to provide power-metering data that can inform decision making, saving costs and improving efficiency in their data centers. But how can you be sure that the time, money, and other resources dedicated to your iPDUs are well spent? That’s where DCIM tools can make a difference. Whether you are just starting to roll out your iPDUs or have been...
We’re thrilled to announce the release of Power IQ® 6.1, Sunbird’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Monitoring software. If you’re ready to upgrade to the latest version, simply download the update files from Sunbird’s support portal. If you’d like more information, check out our release notes or continue below to read our DCIM software highlights. What’s New in Power IQ Power IQ 6.1 continues to further Sunbird’s mission of developing fast-to-deploy, easy-to-use, complete data center management software. Mass Configuration of iPDUs Deploy, manage, and update facility items faster with Power IQ’s mass configuration features. In Release 6.1, users can now bulk update IP addres...
With more organizations on their second rounds of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, it’s more important than ever for data center professionals to ensure that the data center management solution they select is the correct one. But how do you avoid buyer’s remorse when choosing and deploying B2B technology like DCIM software? How do you avoid major pitfalls and obstacles that can derail the implementation? And what are the must-have capabilities that you should look for in a DCIM software solution? These questions and others are difficult to answer without significant experience with buying, implementing, and using DCIM software in a real-world environment. That’s why Sun...
Certifications are one of most rewarding ways for a data center professional to stand out from the crowd. Completing a data center certification will help you gain knowledge, learn new skills, and prove to yourself and your colleagues that you have valuable expertise. However, contrary to popular belief, data center certifications don’t benefit just the individuals who complete them. Among IT leaders, 68 percent do not believe they have the skills in-house required to address their needs. Data center managers and technology leaders who struggle to find and retain talent can bridge the IT skills gap by recommending certifications to team members or making a specific credential a data center j...
Next week, Sunbird will be busy attending three tradeshows in the span of two days! If you're in London, Oslo, or Paris, be sure to stop by to meet us. London: Data Centre World (Stand D245) We'll be at Data Centre World from March 21-22 at ExCeL London. Stop by Stand D245 to meet us and explore how to radically simplify your data center management. Register for free to join the world's largest independent data center event with over 20,000 of your peers, hundreds of leading data center and technology providers and hundreds of the world's brightest minds & industry practitioners. If you'd like to set up an individual meeting, let us know. Oslo: Datacenter Forum (Stand 3) On March 21, we...
