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Just released updates to more than 25 various manufacturer PDUs, cabinets/racks, network devices, comm panels and much more.
Manufacturer updates include APC, Brocade, Cisco, EMC, F5 Networks, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Nokia, Oracle, Raritan, Siemens and many others.
To access these updates, you need to have a support login and valid maintenance contract. Click here to login or signup today: http://support.sunbirddcim.com/support/login.
Visit our NEW support portal and download Models Library Release 3.069 today.
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Sunbird Named a Major Player in IDC MarketScape on DCIM
SOMERSET, NJ, October 29, 2015 – Sunbird Software, a global innovator in software solutions that simplify how data centers are managed, is positioned as a Major Player in the report (IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Datacenter Infrastructure Management 2015 Vendor Assessment, doc #259603, October 2015) published last week. The IDC MarketScape report analyzed 15 companies that qualify as DCIM providers.
“We are delighted to be part of this important DCIM report, and to be among the top pure-play DCIM software companies and with one of the largest market shares,” said Herman Chan, President of Sunbird So...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunbird Software Introduces DCIM 5.0; Enables Smart Data-Aware and Efficient Data Centers -- Simplified views of data center health and faster analysis of infrastructure needs
SOMERSET, NJ, October 13, 2015 – Sunbird Software, a global innovator in software solutions that simplify how data centers are managed, announced today general availability of Sunbird DCIM 5.0 (data center infrastructure management) software. Sunbird DCIM 5.0 makes it easier to capture and visualize data center infrastructure information, automate administrative processes, and get answers quickly to capacity and health questions.
“In developing DCIM 5.0 we listened to our 850 DCIM customer...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEIntroducing Sunbird Software, a DCIM Global Leader -- Spin-off from Raritan completed; Sunbird Software continues to invest and deliver innovative solutions to customers
SOMERSET, N.J., September 28, 2015 – Sunbird Software, a global innovator in software solutions that simplify how data centers are managed, announced today the completion of its spin-off from Raritan Inc. As an independent pure-play software company, Sunbird will focus on growing its leadership position in the DCIM (data center infrastructure management) field, accelerating software development, and helping customers create and manage agile and efficient data centers.
“Sunbird Software will build on...
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Whether you are implementing data center infrastructure management software for the first time or taking advantage of an existing DCIM, you have the opportunity to learn from others' experience. Follow these DCIM best practices and take control of your data center.
Monitor Data Center Health
When every minute of an outage costs thousands of dollars, operating a reliable data center is crucial. While N+1 redundancy buys some time in an emergency, the approach is expensive and falls shorts under multiple failures. Instead of walking the floors and checking for trouble in the racks, technicians can monitor performance through Sunbird Power IQ.
This DCIM software delivers an interactive flo...
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With data center energy costs often accounting for 50% of total data center operating expenses, and the continual push to do more with less, energy management continues to be a focus of data center operators. With energy prices continuously in flux, reducing such significant costs would greatly improve savings of any company. According to BLS Strategies, “Data center operators and owners can minimize the impact of unpredictable energy markets by better understanding the markets and establishing smart energy procurement strategies.”
While often overlooked, understanding the market for energy has become more appealing to data center managers because it allows them to strategically manage...
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Every day your expanding business forces you to stay within budget while meeting endless customer and organizational demands. Intelligent capacity planning keeps operations running smoothly by helping you prepare for the future. Take action according to your needs by understanding your capacity limitations, getting the most out of current capacity and adding capacity in a deliberate way.
Determining Capacity
Before you can plan for extra capacity, you must understand your current capabilities. You need to know about servers, cables, routers, switches and storage devices. You need to track existing racks, power supplies, cooling capacity and floor space across all data centers. Without data...
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Raritan to spin off Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) business - Introduces Sunbird Software
Raritan signs definitive agreement to be acquired by Legrand, spins off DCIM business unit adding additional resources, focus, and agility in a high growth data center market opportunity.
Somerset, NJ, 06/16/2015 – Raritan announced today a plan to separate its DCIM software business from Raritan in a transaction that will result in two independent and highly focused companies. Raritan will continue to focus on its Power and KVM hardware business and Sunbird Software will become a new company to focus entirely on the DCIM market, accelerating growth of software...
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Con Edison and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) are now offering performance-based financial incentives for companies seeking to undertake data center efficiency projects.
Under the Data Center Efficiency Program (DCEP) and the Demand Management Program (DMP) funding might be obtained through eligible projects including:
IT infrastructure Upgrades
Facilities Improvements
Facilities improvements include UPS, VFD, CRAC and cooling system upgrades. The implementation of a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) provides for facility improvement, including substantial savings in energy and therefore may qualify under facilities impr...
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Over the past several years, we have seen an unprecedented increase in traffic, data center growth, and the infrastructure within. On one hand, these changes have led to new services and growth for businesses. On the other, the management of the data center has become more challenging as IT data center managers look to do more with less. The procurement of tools that could be used to quickly and cost-effectively help with implementation has been put off due to the millions of other things that need to be done within the data center.
The reality is that it has become harder and harder to continue to work this way. You know it, but do your executive and financial teams know the data cent...
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With your data center constantly changing to keep up with user needs, how do you know if you are managing all of the components effectively? If your situation falls into one of these four scenarios, DCIM may create the efficiency boost you need to handle future growth.
1. You rely on multiple spreadsheets in different locations to track assets.
Excel files and Google docs function well enough when storing static information, but their brilliance fades when tracking statuses, processes and assets that frequently change. A few forgetful employees and unsaved updates can corrupt records with incorrect, out of date or missing data. In addition, integrating these files with other systems is ofte...
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For the last several years, ASHRAE has been advocating that data centers allow temperatures to rise in order to save money on cooling resources. Now, an upcoming study will assert that data centers save even further by allowing humidity to drop to an RH of 8 percent.
In a recent interview with Data Center Dynamics, Dan Beaty, Cofounder of ASHRAE's TC 9.9 said, "We ran a test with different types of floor tiles and clothing, and we found that between eight percent and 20-25 percent, the difference in static electricity is insignificant."
The finding could lead to significant operational cost savings. According to EnergyStar.Gov[1]:
A typical data center uses a great deal of energy main...
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Running a data center is expensive. The cost of equipment, infrastructure, and personnel add up quickly and can make running a data center losing proposition for an organization. That’s why it is important to operate efficiently and eliminate unnecessary expenses wherever possible. Here are five key areas that data centers can address to keep operating expenses in-line:
Doing Things Manually
If your staff performs record keeping via Excel® spreadsheets, they may be spending hundreds of man hours per year on tasks that can easily be automated. Time that is better spent improving service offerings and making strategic decisions for the data center. DCIM software offers workflow management...
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Data center infrastructure management, or DCIM, is a category of solutions that extend the traditional data center management function to include physical assets and resources found in IT domains. It aims to integrate information technology and facility management disciplines to centralize monitoring, management and intelligent capacity planning of the critical systems within a data center. Complete DCIM services involve specialized software, intelligent asset tags and sensors and power solutions.
In 2014, Gartner recognized the DCIM market to be comprised of 75 vendor offerings.. If you are looking for DCIM vendors who can effectively manage your data center, here are some essential feature...
Just released updates to more than 25 various manufacturer PDUs, cabinets/racks, network devices, comm panels and much more. Manufacturer updates include APC, Brocade, Cisco, EMC, F5 Networks, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Nokia, Oracle, Raritan, Siemens and many others. To access these updates, you need to have a support login and valid maintenance contract. Click here to login or signup today: http://support.sunbirddcim.com/support/login. Visit our NEW support portal and download Models Library Release 3.069 today.