DCIM is simply defined as the integration of Facility Management and Information Technology practices to centralized discipline of monitoring, management, and intelligent capacity planning of the data center's mission critical components. PTI's DCIM tools bridge the gap between IT and Facilities by providing a real time monitoring and management platform for all interdependent components within the Data Center through use of hardware, software, and various sensors.

Intelligent Capacity Planning:

• Easily search for and reserve space, power and network connectivity for all IT assets
• Filtering allows quick search by several asset parameters
• Time-based reservations to support what-if capacity analysis
• Replace several inaccurate spreadsheets and files

Manage Assets:

• Rapidly locate servers, network and storage equipment
• Track detailed information on data Center equipment
• Ability to trace the physical and logical relationship between equipment