WHY UIIM?
WHY NOW?

There are myriad reasons for repositioning the concept of DCIM but chief among them is that data centers have never had a solution that delivered on the promise of effectively managing data center assets, resources and operational workflows.

As a sector we need to move on to a more sophisticated model. One with clear outputs and definitions and a better understanding of the necessary features and requirements for a system capable of managing data center infrastructure across the multiple silos and disciplines involved. Added to this is the need for the available data from a number of sources to be coordinated across a distributed estate and subject to intelligent analytics to turn the individual data sets into useful management information.

UIIM incorporates new technologies such as comprehensive integration of legacy systems, data analytics and machine learning. 

It is no longer sufficient to simply ‘monitor’ infrastructure. We need to turn the lakes of collected data into useful information and actionable insights. Furthermore, such insights should be exposed through preventive and detailed step-by-step recommendations and even potentially proactively implemented in process automation. Legacy DCIM solutions have not been able to deliver these capabilities and deliver a demonstrable ROI as evidenced by the fact that MS Excel remains the most widely used ‘DCIM’ tool. It is time to consign the old concept of DCIM and recognise that it should be consigned to the same fate as VHS in the streaming era.

The need for a federated platform capable of managing the interdependencies between the facility and IT layers of the infrastructure is now critical to enable data center operators to provide operational transparency to clients, governments, ESG regulators, third parties, sub-contractors, remote management with smart hands services and many more at the touch of a button without additional human resource overhead.