TL;DR: A Markets and Research report on the global Data Center Asset Management market forecast through 2020 identified Modius as one of the leading vendors in this growing segment. The report found that the data center asset management market is thriving and will present significant opportunity in software solutions and services over the following five years.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is data center asset management?
Data center asset management is the practice of tracking, managing, and optimizing all physical IT and infrastructure assets within a data center, including servers, storage, networking equipment, power distribution, and cooling systems. DCIM software automates this process by maintaining real-time asset inventories with location, connectivity, and performance data.
Why is the data center asset management market growing?
The market is growing due to increasing data center complexity, rising energy costs, stricter compliance requirements, and the need to optimize capacity utilization. Organizations are recognizing that manual asset tracking methods cannot scale to meet the demands of modern hybrid and distributed IT environments.
How does Modius OpenData support asset management?
Modius OpenData provides real-time asset tracking integrated with power monitoring, capacity planning, and environmental management. The platform discovers and catalogs assets, tracks their relationships within the power and network chain, and provides analytics for optimizing asset utilization and lifecycle management.
What ROI does data center asset management software provide?
Asset management software reduces costs through improved capacity utilization (avoiding unnecessary purchases), faster provisioning (reducing time to deploy new equipment), better energy efficiency (identifying underutilized assets), and reduced risk of outages caused by undocumented equipment changes.