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Follow on Google News | Schneider Electric StruxureWare Enhancement Enables Holistic Data Center Infrastrure ManagementNew management capabilities break down barriers between IT, facility and executive stakeholders.
“Data center environments traditionally rely on siloed IT and facility management tools that alienated the executive team and made it difficult to optimize physical infrastructure while balancing efficiency and financial demands,” said Soeren Brogaard Jensen, Vice President, Solution Software, Schneider Electric. “With StruxureWare (http://www.schneider- Bridging the gap between IT, facilities and the c-suite executive, StruxureWare for Data Centers v2.0 is an open, modular, fully scalable and integrated DCIM solution that breaks down the typically siloed information that often prevents a holistic and intelligent view of the mechanical, electrical and IT aspects of center operation. According to a recent Gartner Market Trends report, the challenge is for companies to find funding for (DCIM) for an existing data center. The reasons revolve around tight budgets and budget ownership. The facilities team has its budget, and so does the IT department. Both would benefit from DCIM, but neither has prebudgeted for it, and therefore neither wants to take money away from another project to pay for it. Therefore, the impetus often has to come from the executive level to get this done.* Application programming interfaces (APIs) and EcoStruxure™ The StruxureWare for Data Centers suite has been extended with several applications aimed at providing facility managers with in-depth support through building management systems, utility, power and power distribution monitoring and management, reinforcing the balance between IT and facilities, and enabling the business to make informed decisions based on shared data. The StruxureWare for Data Centers suite consists of: ● Resource Advisor for tracking and managing enterprise energy and carbon costs. ● Data Center Operation for managing data center assets, and operational and capital costs; incorporates multi-tenant, space and cage management as well as integrated tenant billing. ● Data Center Expert for monitoring and controlling data center power, cooling and security. ● Power Monitoring Expert for advanced power monitoring, analysis and power quality. ● Cooling Monitoring Expert for advanced cooling monitoring and automation. StruxureWare for Data Centers has also been strengthened on the IT side by enabling Data Center Operators to further control power consumption at the server level through power capping capabilities provided through Intel DCM technology – resulting in reduced OpEx, optimized utilization of existing servers and delayed equipment investment. An end-to-end DCIM (http://www.apc.com/ StruxureWare for Data Centers serves as one facet of Schneider Electric’s global StruxureWare initiative. The complete line of StruxureWare solutions are designed to provide an integrated software platform intended to simplify energy management and optimize energy usage in all types of buildings, data centers and industrial facilities. Currently available through Schneider Electric or its partners, all new offerings and updates within the StruxureWare for Data Centers suite continue to be compatible with existing components of the InfraStruxure Management Software portfolio. *Gartner: Market Trends: Total Addressable DCIM Market Will Reach $1.7 Billion by 2016, November 2012 For more information on Schneider Electric’s complete line of DCIM solutions, visit http://www.apc.com/ About Schneider Electric As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructure, Industries & Machines Manufacturers, Non-residential Building, Data Centers & Networks and in Residential. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the company's 140,000 plus employees achieved sales of 30.8 billion US dollars (24 billion euros) in 2012, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy. schneider electric.com Press Contact: SPA Communications Damien Wells Phone: +44 (0) 7900 302102 Email: dwells(at)spacomms( End
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