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Herman Chan , President , Sunbird Software
their pain points . Interestingly , we kept hearing the same stories .
The tools are difficult to deploy or require additional clients . Critical features are missing , incomplete , or do not work as expected . Features are modularised and require additional purchases . The user interfaces are outdated and hard to use . The performance is slow . They cannot scale to accommodate the number of devices in modern data centres . The support is terrible . We listened to these pain points and wanted to do something about them . That ’ s when secondgeneration DCIM was created . tools . When shopping for DCIM software , data centre professionals can more easily spot the difference .
Today ’ s data centre managers have moved beyond traditional data centre management tools . They expect solutions that meet the requirements of modern data centre environments and leverage new technology to maintain uptime , drive efficiency and boost productivity . They need second-generation DCIM that is easy , fast and complete .
What are the pain points and pitfalls of first-generation DCIM ?
When Sunbird was formed , we spoke to many customers of first-generation DCIM tools to learn about
What sets second-generation DCIM apart ?
While legacy DCIM tools are adequate for some of the most common daily tasks faced by today ’ s data centre managers and operators , second-generation DCIM improves on its first-generation counterpart with enhanced versions of the monitoring and operations features in legacy DCIM tools as well as new functionality for modern data centre environments Second-generation DCIM deploys in half the time of first-generation tools and requires significantly fewer resources for a fast return on investment .
It ’ s extremely easy to use with an elegant , intuitive design that simplifies a data centre manager ’ s most common tasks .
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