The Engines Of Commerce: Driving Down Data Center TCO With Asset Intelligence
By Richard Jenkins, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Business Development, RF Code
Data centers are the engines of commerce. They enable every aspect of modern civilization, but in doing so they use massive amounts of corporate finance, much of which is wasted through inefficiency and asset underutilization.
Resellers and global system integrators are increasingly being asked to deploy technologies that enable their clients to unite availability with optimized efficiency for compliance and fiscal accountability.
This is because the total cost of ownership of a multi-million dollar asset extends far beyond its initial purchase price. Whether an asset is in the loading dock, in storage, fully deployed or in transit, it is costing the business money. Therefore if an organization is to manage the data center effectively, it must possess 100-percent visibility of an asset’s location throughout its entire lifecycle.
Monitoring The Savings
A recent asset report shared by a Fortune 250 customer highlights the advantages of an asset lifecycle management platform built on live, not aged data. In the report, the company had nearly 6,500 assets in storage for over 120 days, while 2,400 were held for 30 to 60 days.
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