Emerson and IBM collaborate for DCIM

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

 

Emerson Network Power(NYSE: EMR) will combine the capabilities of its Trellis platformwith IBM IT service management (ITSM) software to significantly optimize the management of data center resources.This integrated data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution will deliver increased energy and operational efficiency and improved IT service delivery. 

DCIM is an essential component for businesses that have high quality of service demands for information technologies and need to scale quickly.  An estimated $450-million market today, DCIM is expected to grow to $1.7 billion by 2016, according to industry analyst firm Gartner.Integrating IBM software with Emerson’s Trellis platform will provide real-time visibility from IT applications, through infrastructure components, and all the way to the power grid, enabling holistic management of the data center ecosystem. 

The combined capabilities of Emerson’s Trellis platform and IBM software will also enable data center managers to understand the true costs of running an application with metrics like watts per workload, calculate its resource demands in real-time, and dynamically provision physical and logical resources to support the application efficiently and cost-effectively.

“Managing the physical constraints of available space and power in the data center is becoming a greater challenge for organizations. This, combined with the increasing demand on the enterprise for reliable and agile IT services, makes finding a cost-effective solution critical for our customers,” said Jamie Thomas, Vice-President, Tivoli strategy and development, IBM.  “The combination of Emerson Network Power’s market-leading DCIM solution – the Trellis platform – along with our solutions for IT service management and systems management, is an ideal way to meet these customer needs with innovative capabilities.”

Steve Hassell, President of Emerson Network Power’s Avocent business, added, “Aligning our DCIM capabilities with IBM’s

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