Brian Prentice of Gartner says the trick is to figure out what is actually controllable and limit smart machines to that which can be accurately modelled and managed.
The portal will make use of IoT, data analytics and cloud computing to manage chiller plant efficiency across 30 commercial and institutional buildings.
The industry is looking towards a level of automation and control that will enable the data centre to operate unmanned, says Emerson in its Data Centre 2025 report.
The early view of DCIM which is confined to power and cooling management must be expanded to capture the evolution of the data centre, says James Young of CommScope.
The modern DCIM tool will no longer be just a facility monitoring instrument but will also have to manage the resource requirements of new emerging services.
