Data centre infrastructure provider, Emerson Network Power has combined the capabilities of its Trellis platform with IBM IT service management (ITSM) software to optimise the management of data centre resources.
As part of this collaboration, IBM will resell the Emerson Trellis platform as its data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution.
In a statement, the companies say this integrated DCIM solution will deliver increased energy and operational efficiency as well as improved IT service delivery.
They note that 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.
According to the companies, integrating IBM software with Emerson's Trellis platform will provide real-time visibility from IT applications, through infrastructure components, all the way to the power grid, enabling holistic management of the data centre ecosystem.
This information can be used to improve energy efficiency and space and capacity utilisation, enable rapid problem management and resource provisioning, and improve operational efficiency, all of which reduce the risk of downtime and enhance the delivery of IT services, they add.
Industry analyst firm IDC, which has been studying the DCIM market since its inception, says this integration can deliver customer benefits.
"The combination of Emerson's real-time infrastructure optimisation capabilities in the Trellis platform and IBM's suite of enterprise system management capabilities has the potential to help IT and facilities teams deploy a comprehensive data centre infrastructure management solution to increase energy and operational efficiency," says Jennifer Koppy, research manager at IDC.
The companies add that the combined capabilities of Emerson'sTrellis platform and IBM software will enable data centre 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 centre is becoming a greater challenge for organisations. 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," says Jamie Thomas, VP, Tivoli strategy and development, IBM.
Steve Hassell, president of Emerson Network Power's Avocent business, adds: "Aligning our DCIM capabilities with IBM's software capabilities enables data centre managers and IT and facilities leaders to see, decide and act across all resources.
"This collaboration with IBM is a strong validation of our DCIM strategy and the ability of theTrellis platform to improve how data centres are currently managed and operated. Our collaboration will span engineering, development and go-to-market strategies, and we are making significant investments to realise the full potential of our work together."
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