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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...
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Anyone involved in buying Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software or any B2B technology knows that selecting your final product can be a long, tedious, and risky endeavor. Despite many rounds of vendor assessments and lengthy Requests for Proposals (RFPs), choosing and implementing the right DCIM software can feel like a matter of luck. In fact, more and more modern data center managers are becoming dissatisfied with their initial data center management software solutions and are moving on their second rounds of DCIM software.
Their unhappiness with traditional DCIM tools stems from a variety of factors. In some cases, the software may be difficult to use, lack key functionalit...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for March is now available: Version 3.102. Download and update to Version 3.102 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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If you’re involved in data centers in the United States, you’ve probably heard about the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI), a comparatively new government mandate aimed at improving energy efficiency and reducing expenditures in physical federal data centers. But whether you’re managing a federal data center or simply want to learn more about boosting data center efficiency, knowing these five things about the DCOI will help you in your own data center optimization efforts. Here’s our list of five things that you should know about the DCOI:
1. What the DCOI is
The DCOI was established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum M-16- 19 in 2016 and supersedes the Feder...
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Sunbird will be presenting a customer case study with Chevron at Data Center World Global 2018 in San Antonio, TX from March 12-15 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. You won't want to miss Steve Lancaster, Chevron DCA Facilities Lead, present key learnings from five years of using Sunbird's Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software solution in Chevron's data centers. Sunbird's own James Cerwinski, Director of Product Marketing, will be facilitating this interactive discussion.
Steve has more than 18 years of experience in managing data centers and providing IT support. Steve has worked at Chevron for four years with primary responsibility for developing the San Antoni...
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Data center migrations are complex projects. In colocation data center moves, it’s especially difficult to manage the migration since the space isn’t your own. Colocation data center providers often offer moving services, but nothing is as reassuring as doing the data center move planning yourself.
Reducing risk is key to a successful data center move. So, when you’re moving to a colocation data center, what can you do to mitigate risks, simplify the transition, and give yourself the best chance of success?
Sunbird’s own President Herman Chan recently shared his thoughts on this topic in an article in The Stack, a London-based technology news site covering a range of verticals from the cloud...
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The rise of micro data centers as part of modern data center deployments may seem counterintuitive. After all, many organizations are consolidating large, complex deployments to reduce their data center footprints, reduce costs, and simplify their data center management. Yet, at the same time, organizations are increasingly leveraging micro data centers, to the point where sales are expected to grow from $18 million in 2017 to almost $30 million in 2018, and the global market for micro data centers is expected to grow to $6.3 billion by 2020.
Given the rising popularity of micro data centers, it’s important to consider this trend and how it might affect your own data center environments. L...
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The rise of micro data centers as part of modern data center deployments may seem counterintuitive. After all, many organizations are consolidating large, complex deployments to reduce their data center footprints, reduce costs, and simplify their data center management. Yet, at the same time, organizations are increasingly leveraging micro data centers, to the point where sales are expected to grow from $18 million in 2017 to almost $30 million in 2018, and the global market for micro data centers is expected to grow to $6.3 billion by 2020.
Given the rising popularity of micro data centers, it’s important to consider this trend and how it might affect your own data center environments. L...
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02/16/2018
dcTrack DCIM Operations | Power IQ DCIM Monitoring
Sunbird is thrilled to announce that we have just joined the VMware® Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program as an Access level partner.
"We welcome Sunbird as a valued member of the VMware TAP program," said Kristen Edwards, director, Technology Alliance Partner Program, VMware. "This membership means customers can take full advantage of a streamlined cloud infrastructure experience. By joining the program, Sunbird is working with VMware to develop technologies that can transform customers' environments."
As a member of the TAP program, Sunbird collaborates with VMware to deliver innovative solutions for virtualization and cloud computing through our Data Center Infrastructure Management...
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Many data center teams are so focused on data center monitoring and keeping an eye on the health of their data centers that they often neglect the softer side of things, like their emotional health.
But data center professionals have feelings, too.
This Valentine’s Day (or any day), make sure to share the love with that special data center someone. To make it fast and easy for you, here are our ten best data center management pickup lines:
1. You raise my temperature outside the ASHRAE allowable range.
2. Are you a critical event? Because you’re making me turn red.
3. You’ve got me tied in knots like spaghetti cabling.
4. You and I go together like two iPDUs in a rack.
5. Lik...
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...
Anyone involved in buying Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software or any B2B technology knows that selecting your final product can be a long, tedious, and risky endeavor. Despite many rounds of vendor assessments and lengthy Requests for Proposals (RFPs), choosing and implementing the right DCIM software can feel like a matter of luck. In fact, more and more modern data center managers are becoming dissatisfied with their initial data center management software solutions and are moving on their second rounds of DCIM software. Their unhappiness with traditional DCIM tools stems from a variety of factors. In some cases, the software may be difficult to use, lack key functionalit...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for March is now available: Version 3.102. Download and update to Version 3.102 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...
If you’re involved in data centers in the United States, you’ve probably heard about the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI), a comparatively new government mandate aimed at improving energy efficiency and reducing expenditures in physical federal data centers. But whether you’re managing a federal data center or simply want to learn more about boosting data center efficiency, knowing these five things about the DCOI will help you in your own data center optimization efforts. Here’s our list of five things that you should know about the DCOI: 1. What the DCOI is The DCOI was established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum M-16- 19 in 2016 and supersedes the Feder...
Data center migrations are complex projects. In colocation data center moves, it’s especially difficult to manage the migration since the space isn’t your own. Colocation data center providers often offer moving services, but nothing is as reassuring as doing the data center move planning yourself. Reducing risk is key to a successful data center move. So, when you’re moving to a colocation data center, what can you do to mitigate risks, simplify the transition, and give yourself the best chance of success? Sunbird’s own President Herman Chan recently shared his thoughts on this topic in an article in The Stack, a London-based technology news site covering a range of verticals from the cloud...
The rise of micro data centers as part of modern data center deployments may seem counterintuitive. After all, many organizations are consolidating large, complex deployments to reduce their data center footprints, reduce costs, and simplify their data center management. Yet, at the same time, organizations are increasingly leveraging micro data centers, to the point where sales are expected to grow from $18 million in 2017 to almost $30 million in 2018, and the global market for micro data centers is expected to grow to $6.3 billion by 2020. Given the rising popularity of micro data centers, it’s important to consider this trend and how it might affect your own data center environments. L...
Sunbird is thrilled to announce that we have just joined the VMware® Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program as an Access level partner. "We welcome Sunbird as a valued member of the VMware TAP program," said Kristen Edwards, director, Technology Alliance Partner Program, VMware. "This membership means customers can take full advantage of a streamlined cloud infrastructure experience. By joining the program, Sunbird is working with VMware to develop technologies that can transform customers' environments." As a member of the TAP program, Sunbird collaborates with VMware to deliver innovative solutions for virtualization and cloud computing through our Data Center Infrastructure Management...
Many data center teams are so focused on data center monitoring and keeping an eye on the health of their data centers that they often neglect the softer side of things, like their emotional health. But data center professionals have feelings, too. This Valentine’s Day (or any day), make sure to share the love with that special data center someone. To make it fast and easy for you, here are our ten best data center management pickup lines: 1. You raise my temperature outside the ASHRAE allowable range. 2. Are you a critical event? Because you’re making me turn red. 3. You’ve got me tied in knots like spaghetti cabling. 4. You and I go together like two iPDUs in a rack. 5. Lik...