Managing the today's data center requires addressing people, process and technology issues. Integrating the Data Center Facilities and IT people and processes, and providing the appropriate tools is of the utmost importance.

Rigorous data center capacity planning and management is critical to insure that the data center can accommodate both the expected and unexpected needs of the business.

Data center management is tasked with keeping a finger on the pulse of an environment that is becoming increasingly complex and difficult to manage and an environment that is becoming much more critical to the survival and competitiveness of the enterprise. 

As organizations continue to strive for higher levels of business performance, many struggle with an IT infrastructure that provides only marginal levels of agility or adaptability.

Many organizations are currently performing significant data center infrastructure upgrades and replacements to support the growing demands of higher performance and higher availability requirements in conjunction with data center consolidation activities.

Today, there is increasing pressure on IT organizations to improve service levels, increase availability and reduce costs.

The demand for better performance and high reliability at lower costs within the data center is the ultimate goal for any organization. Technological advancements are continuously being introduced in order to meet these demands—by delivering faster servers, lower cost storage and more flexible networking equipment. Although these advancements have resulted in greater performance, it has come with a significant cost.

Planning a move of any sort can cause significant stress and anxiety for anyone. Planning for a data center move or relocation, however, has the added pressure of potential disruptions to critical business operations and/or data losses that can severely damage an organization's overall business and reputation.