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In part one of a two-part Q&A series about Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), Paul Goodison, VP of Infrastructure Solutions and Brad Beamish, Director of Professional Services, both from Cormant, a division of BGIS. How aware are professionals in the Critical Environments industry of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) and software tools? Brad: I think …

Q&A: Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Part 1 Read More »

If you lost mobile or internet service in July, you’re not alone Millions of subscribers found themselves without cellular and internet service starting July 8th, with some not having service restored before the weekend’s end. The cause? A massive network system failure related to a maintenance update in a provider’s core network. And while the …

Don’t Let an IT Outage Become Your Next PR Challenge Read More »

Over the past 18 years, at BGIS Cormant, we have migrated customers to Cormant DCIM from pretty much every DCIM solution out there, in some cases from solutions that don’t even exist anymore. I’m proud to say every customer we have migrated to Cormant-CS from a previous solution is still a customer today. These customers …

BGIS Cormant Secures Multiple Trellis™ to Cormant DCIM Migration Projects Read More »

In this blog post, Brad Beamish, Director of Consulting Services for Cormant, reviews why auditing is an essential part of a successful DCIM deployment. The Equipment Validation Challenge Cormant routinely manages DCIM deployments for customers where Cormant DCIM replaces an existing tool set for managing IT infrastructure.  In many cases, the current system (often spreadsheets …

Cormant DCIM Mobility Makes Asset Audits Work Read More »

Director of Professional Services, Brad Beamish, discusses Cormant’s Guaranteed Price Project Solution. To reduce the perception customers have that DCIM deployments are complex, uncertain and excessively long Cormant has been quoting many DCIM deployment projects recently with guaranteed pricing. Don’t get me wrong, DCIM projects can still be complex to fully deploy and integrate with …

Fixed Price Projects Read More »

Spreadsheets to DCIM in 20 Minutes, is the first in a series of live, web based information sessions presented by Cormant Inc., the developers of Cormant-CS.  This information session reviews how customers can get instant value from their existing spreadsheet records by importing these records into Cormant-CS.  This session covers topics such as: Reviewing typical spreadsheet records …

Cormant-CS Announces Monthly Webinars Read More »

The latest release of the Cormant-CS DCIM solution now includes additional out-of-the-box support for real time power and environmental queries.  With queried data available in Cormant-CS, users can configure reports, dashboards and alerts based on the desired threshold.  Cormant includes support for the following PDU manufacturers: Server Technology, Geist, Raritan, Eaton, APC and Tripp Lite. …

Cormant-CS Delivers Power Management Capabilities Read More »

In March various members of the Cormant team presented Cormant DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) at Data Center World San Antonio, TX, USA and Data Center World London, UK. Over two days at each event we met, literally, hundreds of people and had some great conversations. The DCIM (and beyond) interest at both shows was …

A View from Data Center Worlds – USA and UK Read More »

A personal note from Steve Allegretti. 2017 was another learning year for me in the world of DCIM.   All of the private companies I spoke with last year had the same basic challenges of: Optimizing Asset Management Efficiently Monitoring Power and Environmental Factors Creating Relevant Alerts Change Management Best Practices Streamlining Report Functionality Companies overall …

What I Have Come to Understand About DCIM Read More »