Critical infrastructure solutions provider Emerson Network Power is combining its Trellis platform with IBM IT service management (ITSM) software in an effort to optimize the management of data center resources. The company intends for the integrated data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution to deliver increased energy and operational efficiency and improved IT service delivery.
Integrating IBM software with Emerson’s Trellis platform will provide managed services providers with real-time visibility of IT applications, infrastructure components, and even the power grid, enabling holistic management of the data center ecosystem. This information can be used to improve energy efficiency and space and capacity utilization, enable rapid problem management and resource provisioning, and improve operational efficiency.
“Aligning our DCIM capabilities with IBM’s software capabilities enables data center managers and IT and facilities leaders to see, decide, and act across all resources,” says Steve Hassell, president of Emerson Network Power’s Avocent business. “This collaboration with IBM is a strong validation of our DCIM strategy and the ability of the Trellis platform to improve how data centers are currently managed and operated.”
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 such metrics as watts per workload. The integration will also help channel pros calculate resource demands and dynamically provision physical and logical resources.
“Managing the physical constraints of available space and power in the data center is becoming a greater challenge for organizations,” says Jamie Thomas, IBNM’s vice president, Tivoli strategy and development. “This, combined with the increasing demand on the SMB for reliable and agile IT services, makes finding a cost-effective solution critical for our customers.”
As part of this collaboration, IBM will resell the Emerson Trellis platform as its DCIM solution.
