The Open Platform Colloquium

On Thurs 7th November, RiT held the first of a series of thought leadership events in London. The format is called the Open Platform Colloquium, and is intended to gather experts, stakeholders, end-users and vendors together to discuss a current issue, and investigate practical ways that companies can make progress.

The first subject was “Orchestrating the Software-defined Data Centre”(SDDC), and was co-hosted by Intel DCM, and sponsored by ExcelRedstone and PTS Consulting, who all presented. After the presentations, there was a lively debate, which will guide resulting publications from the event.

Some of the key take aways were as follows:

• DCIM is necessary for smooth operations of complex environments such as an SDDC

• A full DCIM implementation requires stakeholder involvement from around the business

• Leaders are working to fix the reputation of DCIM as it is evolving and its scope is widening

• A new name for DCIM? Data centre, Network & Infrastructure Orchestration (DNIO) is RiT’s progressive offering called XpedITe

• Accuracy of data is critical, using big data is important

• Real time data is critical for successful operations

• DCIM/DNIO is not an "Off the shelf" product – it requires integration work as well as configuration of processes

The next Open Platform Colloquium will be announced shortly. To take part or find out more, please contact us