| | April 20176CIOReviewData center sits at the core of digital economy today. As global organizations chase agility and flexibility to revamp their businesses, data centers are expected to deliver the support that enterprises need to achieve their goals. With data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, IoT and the accompanying data traffic, the data centers should be powerful enough to provide the necessary bandwidth, automation, and centralized management capabilities--certainly a huge challenge for data center managers and operators. Furthermore, the growing interest around multi-cloud implementations by large organizations and the increased adoption of virtualization across compute, storage, and networking will add to the data center management complexity. Answering to this challenge, data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions have definitely gathered acceptance across data center environments. Alongside the ability to better manage assets, change and capacity, DCIM solutions provide intuitive dashboards streaming real time information about the power consumption and environmental variations inside the data center. Its ability to benchmark and monitor critical aspects of data center operations help a great deal in managing the growing data center complexity. Apart from these technology solutions, modern enterprises need expert advice to drive their data center ROI while supporting an organization's green initiatives and meeting compliance mandates pertaining to environmental safety. There is a plethora of data center solution providers that are providing cutting edge solutions backed by industry expertise to help companies excel in their data center journey. In this edition of CIOReview, we bring to you best of breed companies that are simplifying complexity in data center environments with their expert knowledge and technology solutions. Let us know your thoughts.Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comCopyright © 2017 ValleyMedia Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewAPRIL - 06 - 2017Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 April - 06 - 2017, Vol 06 SE 31 Published by ValleyMedia Inc.To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com DATA CENTER SPECIALCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesT: 510.722.8394 Jason Thomas Kathy Arnold Prodyut R. BorahSarah FernandezVivian MurrayEric Thomaseric@cioreview.comVisualizersMatt RyderAnil KumarManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeEditorialMitigating Data Center Complexity Aaron Pierce
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