[May 30, 2013] Eaton and CA announce agreement for data center management solution Tweet May 30, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Eaton Corporation plc, a power management company, and CA Technologies, which provides IT management solutions, have announced an agreement to deliver data center monitoring, management and control solution in North America. The turnkey solution will combine Eaton power management hardware and software with CA Technologies Data Center Infrastructure Management, or DCIM, technology. DCIM provides organizations with insight into critical data center infrastructure, across both facilities and IT systems. The Eaton and CA Technologies collaboration provides integration between CA's DCIM technology and select Eaton power management hardware, including uninterruptible power systems (UPSs) and power distribution units (PDUs). As a result, CA DCIM can collect, analyze and report on metrics such as temperature, humidity, power by phase, current by phase and power factor. Customers can use CA DCIM to create alerts based on the data collected to gain insight into environmental and power issues before they have an opportunity to threaten IT infrastructures. Customers can also calculate total PDU power usage for Eaton equipment or other device groups. These Eaton data points are automatically added to CA Technologies unified management portal views. "Eaton's alignment with CA Technologies represents an evolution in infrastructure management and will provide integrated, pre-engineered solutions for efficient and effective business performance optimization," said Herve Tardy, vice president and general manager of Eaton's Distributed Power Quality Division. "This collaboration is designed to provide a level of power hardware integration and data center control that isn't currently available." "Our agreement with Eaton will enable customers to increase efficiency while safeguarding IT service delivery," said Terrence Clark, General Manager, DCIM, Energy & Sustainability Solutions, CA Technologies. "These benefits are critical as demands on IT and data center managers continue to escalate at a pace that exceeds the ability of MSPs and enterprise customers to fund, power and flexibly operate their data centers." http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]