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We’re proud to announce the general availability of dcTrack® 6.1.1, the latest version of Sunbird’s DCIM Operations software. This maintenance release features enhancements designed for compliance with United States Department of Defense Certificate to Field requirements.
dcTrack 6.1.1 Availability
This dcTrack 6.1.1 update is available worldwide on a cabinet/month subscription or perpetual license basis to all customers with valid maintenance contracts. Simply download the update file from Sunbird’s support portal to upgrade today.
What’s New in dcTrack 6.1.1: Security Enhancements
Sunbird has implemented Linux-hardening techniques to comply with United States Department of Defense Cert...
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Sunbird will be at DCD Dallas >Colo+Cloud on October 30th held at the Hyatt Regency Dallas, Texas. Stop by Booth 28 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 e...
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Modern data center environments are more complex and difficult to manage than ever before. As a result of supporting transformative technologies like AI, machine learning, big data, and IoT, today’s data centers need to store and analyze massive volumes and varieties of structured and unstructured data to support business innovation.
The IT resources required to meet these demands are forcing organizations to be more creative and analytic about data center capacity planning. Data center managers need to make smarter decisions about how they operate their facilities, whether these be traditional enterprise data centers, colocation data centers, edge deployments, private/public clouds, or a hy...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for October is now available: Version 3.109. Download and update to Version 3.109 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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Sunbird will be at Critical Facilities Summit on October 14th- 16th located at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Stop by Booth 408 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 combinat...
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Top Tips for Data Center Cable Management
For many data centers, managing cables is an afterthought. But as the number of devices in data centers rises, managing power and network cords becomes problematic. Not having a proper cable system in place creates issues like these:
Decreased airflow and increased temperatures inside of cabinets
Increased complexity during moves, adds, or changes (MAC)
Inaccurate counts of switches/storage ports available
"Spiderwebs" and "spaghetti cabinets" resulting from cabling that is too long for its designated space
Another factor in cable management that’s often neglected is its effect on downtime. A poor cable system can increase d...
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Modern data centers are complex, distributed environments. As a result, most organizations require a large number of disparate systems that store massive amounts of data for effective data center management.
However, the different databases used to manage today’s data centers often lead to inaccurate data and reduced productivity from entering the same data multiple times, functional silos that hinder access to all available data, and a host of other challenges.
How can data center professionals leverage information from IT service management (ITSM), configuration management databases (CMDBs), and other data center management systems to better correlate and gain value from their data? What c...
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Sunbird will be at Data Center World Singapore on October 10th-11th located at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore. Stop by Stand G62 for a demonstration of our award-winning Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution from our very own Sunbird Software President, Herman Chan!
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 b...
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When you consider key use cases for data center power management, one of the first things you might think of is energy efficiency. After all, the more you can control your data center energy consumption, the more money you can save, the better you can utilize your existing resources, and the more strictly you can adhere to industry guidelines for safe environments for your IT equipment or for green data center initiatives. That’s why data center monitoring combined with the ability to set thresholds and send traps, alerts, and notifications is so useful for today’s data center managers.
But what if your intelligent PDUs can’t send traps? What if there is a network or power outage? These are...
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Edge data centers are among the hottest topics in data center management today. But what exactly is an edge data center? How can you tell if a facility is truly an edge data center, or if it’s simply a data center in an underserved market?
Unsurprisingly, it’s difficult to nail down a standard definition. That’s due in part to the relative infancy of edge data centers as an established trend. Another reason may be that data center professionals tend to define edge data centers from the perspectives of their own roles, industries, or priorities. While some may say that an edge data center is one that serves up large amounts of online content to the majority of the user population, others focu...
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Sunbird is excited to be attending Datacenter Forum Copenhagen on September 20, 2018 at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel. Stop by stand 5 to meet our data center experts and get a demo of the new features and enhancements in our award-winning Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution.
Interested in learning more about Reducing the Complexity of Data Center Management with Second-Generation DCIM? Then you don’t want to miss our DCIM expert, Niall Bannon's presentation from 13:00-13:40 in Hall 1. During his presentation attendees will learn:
Why data center operations is a data and analytics problem.
Best practices for creating dashboards that track the most useful metrics for...
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Power Distribution Units (PDUs) are a critical aspect of your data center power management. Alongside your UPSs, CRACs, patch panels, and other items in your data center, they help ensure a reliable supply of power to your devices.
Back when data centers were still called data rooms, basic or “dumb” PDUs were sufficient for most power distribution needs. However, as data centers have become increasingly complex and dense, data center managers have found that they need newer, more functional power solutions designed for modern data center environments.
That’s where intelligent or “smart” PDUs (iPDUs) come in. With the global intelligent PDU market expected to reach $2.01 billion by 2023, it’...
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Modern data center environments are more complex than ever. They are becoming increasingly dense, have more instrumentation, sensors, and smart devices like intelligent PDUs, and are trending towards distributed, hybrid models that comprise traditional enterprise data centers, colocation data centers, and public/private clouds or managed services.
As a result, many modern data center professionals are turning to new, second-generation Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software to reduce the complexity of managing today’s data centers. Unlike many legacy tools, which lacked features, were difficult to use, and ultimately disappointed early DCIM adopters, second-generation DCIM soft...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for September is now available: Version 3.108. Download and update to Version 3.108 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 will be at 2018 BICSI Fall Conference & Exhibition on September 9-13 located at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. Stop by Booth 515 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...
We’re proud to announce the general availability of dcTrack® 6.1.1, the latest version of Sunbird’s DCIM Operations software. This maintenance release features enhancements designed for compliance with United States Department of Defense Certificate to Field requirements. dcTrack 6.1.1 Availability This dcTrack 6.1.1 update is available worldwide on a cabinet/month subscription or perpetual license basis to all customers with valid maintenance contracts. Simply download the update file from Sunbird’s support portal to upgrade today. What’s New in dcTrack 6.1.1: Security Enhancements Sunbird has implemented Linux-hardening techniques to comply with United States Department of Defense Cert...
Modern data center environments are more complex and difficult to manage than ever before. As a result of supporting transformative technologies like AI, machine learning, big data, and IoT, today’s data centers need to store and analyze massive volumes and varieties of structured and unstructured data to support business innovation. The IT resources required to meet these demands are forcing organizations to be more creative and analytic about data center capacity planning. Data center managers need to make smarter decisions about how they operate their facilities, whether these be traditional enterprise data centers, colocation data centers, edge deployments, private/public clouds, or a hy...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for October is now available: Version 3.109. Download and update to Version 3.109 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?...
Modern data centers are complex, distributed environments. As a result, most organizations require a large number of disparate systems that store massive amounts of data for effective data center management. However, the different databases used to manage today’s data centers often lead to inaccurate data and reduced productivity from entering the same data multiple times, functional silos that hinder access to all available data, and a host of other challenges. How can data center professionals leverage information from IT service management (ITSM), configuration management databases (CMDBs), and other data center management systems to better correlate and gain value from their data? What c...
When you consider key use cases for data center power management, one of the first things you might think of is energy efficiency. After all, the more you can control your data center energy consumption, the more money you can save, the better you can utilize your existing resources, and the more strictly you can adhere to industry guidelines for safe environments for your IT equipment or for green data center initiatives. That’s why data center monitoring combined with the ability to set thresholds and send traps, alerts, and notifications is so useful for today’s data center managers. But what if your intelligent PDUs can’t send traps? What if there is a network or power outage? These are...
Edge data centers are among the hottest topics in data center management today. But what exactly is an edge data center? How can you tell if a facility is truly an edge data center, or if it’s simply a data center in an underserved market? Unsurprisingly, it’s difficult to nail down a standard definition. That’s due in part to the relative infancy of edge data centers as an established trend. Another reason may be that data center professionals tend to define edge data centers from the perspectives of their own roles, industries, or priorities. While some may say that an edge data center is one that serves up large amounts of online content to the majority of the user population, others focu...
Power Distribution Units (PDUs) are a critical aspect of your data center power management. Alongside your UPSs, CRACs, patch panels, and other items in your data center, they help ensure a reliable supply of power to your devices. Back when data centers were still called data rooms, basic or “dumb” PDUs were sufficient for most power distribution needs. However, as data centers have become increasingly complex and dense, data center managers have found that they need newer, more functional power solutions designed for modern data center environments. That’s where intelligent or “smart” PDUs (iPDUs) come in. With the global intelligent PDU market expected to reach $2.01 billion by 2023, it’...
Modern data center environments are more complex than ever. They are becoming increasingly dense, have more instrumentation, sensors, and smart devices like intelligent PDUs, and are trending towards distributed, hybrid models that comprise traditional enterprise data centers, colocation data centers, and public/private clouds or managed services. As a result, many modern data center professionals are turning to new, second-generation Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software to reduce the complexity of managing today’s data centers. Unlike many legacy tools, which lacked features, were difficult to use, and ultimately disappointed early DCIM adopters, second-generation DCIM soft...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for September is now available: Version 3.108. Download and update to Version 3.108 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...
Sunbird will be at 2018 BICSI Fall Conference & Exhibition on September 9-13 located at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. Stop by Booth 515 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...
