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Sunbird will be at Critical Facilities Summit on September 24th- 25th at the Hilton Anatole, Dallas, TX. Stop by Booth 105 for a demonstration of our award-winning Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution.
You don’t want to miss this opportunity to network with like-minded professionals, get real-world tips from DCIM experts, and explore how Sunbird can help you simplify your data center management. See for yourself how easy power, network, and cable management can be with key features like:
· 3D data center health map with real-time power data.
· Ability to visually build data circuits, including structured cabling, between any combination of devices, netwo...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for September is now available: Version 3.120. Download and update to Version 3.120 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 mode...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for September is now available: Version 3.120. Download and update to Version 3.120 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 mode...
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Curious about Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) but not sure where to start? You’re not alone.
In a recent article on Data Center Frontier, we explored the reasons why DCIM can be such a confusing and daunting market to understand to prospective buyers. In a nutshell, when DCIM arrived in the late 2000s, organizational silos were typical between Facilities and IT Managers. Industry analysts were quick to hype DCIM, but each presented a different definition with their own spin for what DCIM was, how it bridged silos, and how it compared to existing data center management tools such as Building Management Systems (BMS) and IT Service Management (ITSM). The lack of a single definitio...
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According to the 1,300 scientists around the world that make up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), greenhouse gases produced by human activities are the major contributor to a rise in global temperatures that will continue for decades to come. The projected effects of increased temperatures, forecasted to be between 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century, include stronger and more intense natural disasters, more droughts and heatwaves, rising sea levels, changes in precipitation patterns, and other regional effects such as increased wildfires and erosion.
These effects will impact data centers worldwide in many ways, but it’s important to note that data centers...
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No one understands the importance of data more than a data center manager!
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are quantifiable measures used to evaluate the success of an organization in meeting objectives. Data center managers use KPIs to monitor their most important parameters and strategically use the data to help define best practices in their data center. Monitoring KPIs is essential for ensuring operational efficiency and maintaining the overall health of a data center.
Whether you are unsure of what data center KPIs you should be tracking, or if you want to be certain you are already monitoring the most important metrics, our new infographic on the Top 10 Data Center KPIs provides a so...
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As modern data center environments continue to grow increasingly complex, more data center professionals are turning to Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions to help manage their data centers. The benefits of DCIM can be found in time savings, improved people productivity, and cost savings.
All organizations should find DCIM valuable. If you are one of the remaining organizations that have yet to adopt DCIM software, here are the top 6 reasons your company needs DCIM software today:
Easily locate and understand your assets and connections: Do you use spreadsheets, Visio, or homegrown tools to track what assets are in your data center, where they are located, and how they...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for August is now available: Version 3.119. Download and update to Version 3.119 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?...
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As more enterprises are expected to move to colocation facilities, providers need to find new ways to monetize their infrastructure, improve efficiency, and better meet the needs of their tenants in order to attract new business and retain existing customers. Thus, Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software is increasingly used by colocation providers to help make more informed decisions about their infrastructure, capacity planning, and security.
Here are just some of the ways in which DCIM can help you manage your colocation facility:
Efficiently monetize colocation infrastructure: DCIM allows you to track and manage all your resources in real-time to drive efficient use of inf...
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Data centers are continuously exposed to security threats due to the large amount of valuable data they possess. Unauthorized access, both accidental and malicious, accounts for between 9 and 18 percent of all breaches and costs the global data center industry $400 billion every year.
It is no surprise then that data center security management, with increasingly stringent company requirements and industry regulations, is a top priority for modern data center professionals. Basic, low-level protection is no longer adequate for the complexities of modern data center environments, and data center managers need to ensure their security, while still allowing technicians and contractors the access...
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Data centers are continuously exposed to security threats due to the large amount of valuable data they possess. Unauthorized access, both accidental and malicious, accounts for between 9 and 18 percent of all breaches and costs the global data center industry $400 billion every year.
It is no surprise then that data center security management, with increasingly stringent company requirements and industry regulations, is a top priority for modern data center professionals. Basic, low-level protection is no longer adequate for the complexities of modern data center environments, and data center managers need to ensure their security, while still allowing technicians and contractors the access...
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Sunbird will be at DCD San Francisco on July 11th-12th held at the San Francisco Mariott Marquis. Stop by booth 27 for a demonstration of our award-winning Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution.
You don’t want to miss this opportunity to network with like-minded professionals, get real-world tips from DCIM experts, and explore how Sunbird can help you simplify your data center management. See for yourself how easy power, network, and cable management can be with key features like:
· 3D data center health map with real-time power data.
· Ability to visually build data circuits, including structured cabling, between any combination of devices, network equip...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for July is now available: Version 3.118. Download and update to Version 3.118 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? Co...
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As costs of managing and maintaining in-house data centers rise, enterprises are reconsidering their infrastructure and attempting to minimize on-premises data center space. Colocation data center providers are becoming a more attractive and cost-effective solution, offering physical locations as well as power, cooling, network, and security services for their customers. According to 451 Research, over 40 percent of enterprise end users are already renting space in a colocation facility and that number is expected to continue rising.
If you are considering using a colocation provider, choosing the right vendor for your data center needs can be a complicated decision with many factors that mu...
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Monitoring environmental conditions in the data center, such as temperature and humidity, provides many benefits in the increasingly complex environments of modern data centers. However, many enterprises do not consider the ramifications of poor environmental monitoring practices until they have already experienced a major problem.
There is a saying that “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” By monitoring environmental conditions, data center managers can improve operations in a number of ways. Here are some of the top reasons why all data centers need environmental monitoring:
Save money. Cooling costs are one of the biggest concerns of data center managers. Around half the power...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for September is now available: Version 3.120. Download and update to Version 3.120 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 mode...
Curious about Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) but not sure where to start? You’re not alone. In a recent article on Data Center Frontier, we explored the reasons why DCIM can be such a confusing and daunting market to understand to prospective buyers. In a nutshell, when DCIM arrived in the late 2000s, organizational silos were typical between Facilities and IT Managers. Industry analysts were quick to hype DCIM, but each presented a different definition with their own spin for what DCIM was, how it bridged silos, and how it compared to existing data center management tools such as Building Management Systems (BMS) and IT Service Management (ITSM). The lack of a single definitio...
According to the 1,300 scientists around the world that make up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), greenhouse gases produced by human activities are the major contributor to a rise in global temperatures that will continue for decades to come. The projected effects of increased temperatures, forecasted to be between 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century, include stronger and more intense natural disasters, more droughts and heatwaves, rising sea levels, changes in precipitation patterns, and other regional effects such as increased wildfires and erosion. These effects will impact data centers worldwide in many ways, but it’s important to note that data centers...
No one understands the importance of data more than a data center manager! Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are quantifiable measures used to evaluate the success of an organization in meeting objectives. Data center managers use KPIs to monitor their most important parameters and strategically use the data to help define best practices in their data center. Monitoring KPIs is essential for ensuring operational efficiency and maintaining the overall health of a data center. Whether you are unsure of what data center KPIs you should be tracking, or if you want to be certain you are already monitoring the most important metrics, our new infographic on the Top 10 Data Center KPIs provides a so...
As modern data center environments continue to grow increasingly complex, more data center professionals are turning to Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions to help manage their data centers. The benefits of DCIM can be found in time savings, improved people productivity, and cost savings. All organizations should find DCIM valuable. If you are one of the remaining organizations that have yet to adopt DCIM software, here are the top 6 reasons your company needs DCIM software today: Easily locate and understand your assets and connections: Do you use spreadsheets, Visio, or homegrown tools to track what assets are in your data center, where they are located, and how they...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for August is now available: Version 3.119. Download and update to Version 3.119 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?...
As more enterprises are expected to move to colocation facilities, providers need to find new ways to monetize their infrastructure, improve efficiency, and better meet the needs of their tenants in order to attract new business and retain existing customers. Thus, Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software is increasingly used by colocation providers to help make more informed decisions about their infrastructure, capacity planning, and security. Here are just some of the ways in which DCIM can help you manage your colocation facility: Efficiently monetize colocation infrastructure: DCIM allows you to track and manage all your resources in real-time to drive efficient use of inf...
Data centers are continuously exposed to security threats due to the large amount of valuable data they possess. Unauthorized access, both accidental and malicious, accounts for between 9 and 18 percent of all breaches and costs the global data center industry $400 billion every year. It is no surprise then that data center security management, with increasingly stringent company requirements and industry regulations, is a top priority for modern data center professionals. Basic, low-level protection is no longer adequate for the complexities of modern data center environments, and data center managers need to ensure their security, while still allowing technicians and contractors the access...
Sunbird will be at DCD San Francisco on July 11th-12th held at the San Francisco Mariott Marquis. Stop by booth 27 for a demonstration of our award-winning Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to network with like-minded professionals, get real-world tips from DCIM experts, and explore how Sunbird can help you simplify your data center management. See for yourself how easy power, network, and cable management can be with key features like: · 3D data center health map with real-time power data. · Ability to visually build data circuits, including structured cabling, between any combination of devices, network equip...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for July is now available: Version 3.118. Download and update to Version 3.118 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? Co...
As costs of managing and maintaining in-house data centers rise, enterprises are reconsidering their infrastructure and attempting to minimize on-premises data center space. Colocation data center providers are becoming a more attractive and cost-effective solution, offering physical locations as well as power, cooling, network, and security services for their customers. According to 451 Research, over 40 percent of enterprise end users are already renting space in a colocation facility and that number is expected to continue rising. If you are considering using a colocation provider, choosing the right vendor for your data center needs can be a complicated decision with many factors that mu...
Monitoring environmental conditions in the data center, such as temperature and humidity, provides many benefits in the increasingly complex environments of modern data centers. However, many enterprises do not consider the ramifications of poor environmental monitoring practices until they have already experienced a major problem. There is a saying that “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” By monitoring environmental conditions, data center managers can improve operations in a number of ways. Here are some of the top reasons why all data centers need environmental monitoring: Save money. Cooling costs are one of the biggest concerns of data center managers. Around half the power...