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DCIM Helps Cut Your Losses during Downtime

12/06/2013

Data centers have seen an explosion of enterprise software, mobile applications, and data storage over the past five years. So it should come as no surprise that the cost of data center downtime has risen dramatically alongside the bevy of interconnected devices and mission critical systems that have inundated facilities nationwide. According to a recent Emerson Network Power report, 91% of U.S. data centers have experienced an unplanned outage in the past two years, with data centers losing an average of $690,204 per outage. Additionally, unplanned data center outages over the past year alone have cost 67 of the report participants a collective loss of over $46.2 million dollars. At a...

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Choosing a Reliable DCIM Service Provider

06/18/2013

While datacenters are continuing to evolve, the list of pain points around managing the necessary resources and changes to datacenter assets continues to grow. But how do you decide whether Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) is the right choice for you, and if so, whether a specific solution can meet your needs? Sunbird’s new website, sunbirdDCIM.com, makes learning about DCIM, the components to consider when selecting a DCIM provider, the benefits from a DCIM and more importantly, how to get started easy. We know that datacenter managers have many choices in how to best approach infrastructure management, and at raritanDCIM.com, visitors can learn why our customers believe that...

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