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Data Center Infrastructure Management, or DCIM, has become top-of-mind these days, and for good reason. There are a number of important trends out there fueling DCIM  market growth, including data center consolidation, the move toward virtualization and cloud computing, the need to accelerate service delivery growth, and the desire to reduce power consumption costs.

If you are attending the Gartner Symposium/ITXpo next week, you are in for a treat!

Renowned Expert and CTO, Dr. Joe Polastre, will present on the Modern Data Factory.  A winner of Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal 40 Under 40 award and named one of BusinessWeek’s Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs, Dr. Polastre will bring to center stage his innovative concept of managing data centers like modern factories: industrializing them to optimal output with minimized capital investment and operating costs. He will share best practices for data center managers faced with immense challenges in aligning activities with business objectives while keeping costs low.

Bring your questions and ideas to Dr. Polastre’s presentation. Also, come by the Sentilla booths to see a demonstration of Sentilla data center analytics!

Here's a sneak peak at an upcoming annoucement from Sentilla. We will be showcasing cloud analytics tool that will remove the rampant confusion around the cost and transition strategy to a cloud infrastructure (including hybrid cloud and private cloud).  Stay tuned, or visit us at Booth #352 at VMworld in Las Vegas, starting August 29!

Pssst, there's a chance to win a free license to Sentilla Analytics for Cloud and a data center assessment!

SENTILLA TO ANNOUNCE SENTILLA ANALYTICS FOR CLOUD AT VMWORLD 2011

Enter To Win Free License For First Ever Predictive and Financial Analytics Software that Enables Transition to Cloud Architecture

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—August 18, 2011

WHAT: Sentilla, the leading provider of data center analytics, will announce Sentilla Analytics for Cloud, with the first ever ability to perform predictive and financial analysis on transitioning from physical to virtual and cloud infrastructure.

More details on the new module and its capabilities will be announced and showcased on August 29^th at VMworld 2011, The Venetian and The Wynn, Las Vegas. Visit booth #352 during VMworld to see a demo and receive more information, August 29 – September 1, 2011.

The New York Times recently commissioned Jonathan Koomey to study the growth in data center electricity use between 2005 and 2010.  Koomey's study has a few key findings:

The 451 Group has named Sentilla a "Supplier to Watch" in their recent DCIM report by Andy Lawrence and John Stanley.  We are honored for 451 to recognize Sentilla's leadership in data center analytics software, including energy management and performance optimization.  The 451 Group includes Tier 1 Research, The Info Pro, and the Uptime Institute.

According to the 451 Group report, "Sentilla’s Energy Manager actually focuses on more than energy – it covers environmental data collection and reporting. It also reads IT utilization data, enabling it to model and identify opportunities to reduce waste in space, cooling and power, and to spot underutilized IT capacity. The company is well connected and innovative."

"As datacenters become bigger, denser and more complex, it is clear that the most adaptable, economically sustainable and eco-efficient facilities will be those using advanced infrastructure management software. The three main drivers of investment in DCIM software are economics – mainly through energy-related cost savings – improved availability, and improved manageability and flexibility," said Andy Lawrence, Research Director with The 451 Group.