Choosing a DCIM Software: The Devil is in the Details

Choosing a DCIM Software: The Devil is in the Details

By - August 23, 2019

There’s a saying that goes, ‘the best marketer always wins’. And, if you think about it, this kinda makes sense. Why, exactly? Well…if you’re buying software such as data center infrastructure management software (DCIM), you typically don’t really get into the details of a software until after you’ve actually bought it. If the best marketer…

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What Makes netTerrain DCIM Stand Out?

What Makes netTerrain DCIM Stand Out?

By - July 30, 2019

There many DCIM software vendors out there, and for our prospective customers, it can be a difficult task to discern which vendor is the best choice. During the sales process, we are often asked, ‘what makes netTerrain DCIM stand out’? Before I dive into the specifics, I’ll start with a little background info on our…

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netTerrain mobile app developed using the REST API

netTerrain mobile app developed using the REST API

By - July 16, 2019

In a previous blog, we discussed how a couple of customers had developed their own mobile apps for netTerrain DCIM. One of these customers, Acciona Energía (a global renewable energy provider from Pamplona, Spain) presented their results at our annual users summit (the summit took place between May 13th and 15th at the Bolger Center…

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Wanna excel academically? Use netTerrain DCIM!

Wanna excel academically? Use netTerrain DCIM!

By - July 15, 2019

At our recent users summit, one of our customers and a partner announced they had developed their own flavor of a mobile app for netTerrain DCIM. We will dig deeper into these implementations but, to briefly summarize: using our REST API , these customers developed a mobile app in which a user can scan devices…

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Is this the best DCIM implementation ever?

Is this the best DCIM implementation ever?

By - July 11, 2019

During our users summit this past May, we uncovered some truly fantastic projects from our customers. Over the course of the 3-day event, we saw great examples of automation using our API, we discussed some cool fiber plant deployments, touched upon CFD (computational fluid dynamics) integrations with netTerrain, but one project was, truly, the absolute…

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“netTerrain DCIM Won Fair and Square.”

“netTerrain DCIM Won Fair and Square.”

By - July 10, 2019

I recently had the pleasure of catching up with Javier Iriarte, Communications Manager at Acciona Energy, for a quick interview right after our users summit. Acciona Energía, a global supplier of clean energy based out of Pamplona, Spain, started using netTerrain DCIM recently and we have to say that the results are nothing short of…

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Make Your CA Spectrum Diagrams Sing

Make Your CA Spectrum Diagrams Sing

By - June 17, 2019

I remember way back in my Concord (and later when I worked for CA) days: I took a liking to the recently acquired Spectrum network discovery software (this was probably around 2004 or 2005). Spectrum was one of the first tools that I remember was capable of bringing in link data from an SNMP discovery…

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Convince Your Boss You Need DCIM Software

Convince Your Boss You Need DCIM Software

By - May 29, 2019

I’ve heard it before too many times to count: a well-meaning administrator knows their organization will benefit from the right DCIM solution. Afterall, their organization is struggling with prolonged troubleshooting times and associated expenses, wasted money on IT assets that weren’t actually needed due to improper utilization, cables that aren’t decommissioned, servers drawing power but…

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How DCIM Helps You Manage Your Infrastructure Cabling

How DCIM Helps You Manage Your Infrastructure Cabling

By - May 21, 2019

‘Spaghetti’: it’s a funny word for a not-so-fun problem facing many data center teams today. If your cabling is in a state of chaos aka spaghetti, you may need to consider DCIM to get your cabling under control. Data center cabling messes, or spaghetti, can truly wreak havoc on your operations: you end up dealing…

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Visualize your VCenter Environment Automatically

Visualize your VCenter Environment Automatically

By - April 29, 2019

As more and more IT information today resides within virtual environments, there is an increasing need to document this information within a visual repository. Because of this growing need, we are often asked if VMware data can be visualized in netTerrain. Why…? Here’s what we’ve gleaned from our customers: the main reason to visualize VMware…

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How DCIM Software Improves Data Center Security

How DCIM Software Improves Data Center Security

By - April 1, 2019

My colleague Jan Durnhofer wrote an article about how to secure your DCIM solution from security attacks (click here to read it). Continuing the discussion around DCIM and security, I’d like to discuss another key aspect of security for your data center: how DCIM can help managers secure the data center from within the organization….

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DCIM Software: Integration with Existing IT is Crucial

DCIM Software: Integration with Existing IT is Crucial

By - March 21, 2019

Part 1: integration methods In a recent survey of netTerrain users (from a variety of customers large and small), 100% of respondents said that they would recommend netTerrain to others. That’s right: our users use netTerrain! One of the key aspects for a successful DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) implementation is its ability to be…

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