Tools for New and Legacy Data Centers
By Abhinna Shreshtha
Mumbai, Jul 16, 2008

Global Data Center Management (GDCM) has tied-up with data center infrastructure provider - APW President System, to bring its new data center management tool - nlyte to India. President has also added a new product from its longtime associate - Unite Technologies. Called CL-Amp, the product is a purpose-built monitoring solution to monitor power usage and energy efficiency in legacy data centers.

The new solutions will be handled by President's Technology Products Division (TPD). President will be responsible for marketing, implementation, and support for both the products in the region. With this addition to its existing portfolio of data center solutions, President is expecting sales to cross Rs. 30 crore in this fiscal year. (This includes direct sales for which President will be the facilitator.)

Pramod Agashe, COO of APW President Systems said, "As these solutions are for a niche segment, there is a lot of potential to expand in this region. For the coming years, we are viewing every server in the Middle East and India as a potential user of nlyte, CL-Amp, etc."

Satnam Singh (alliances manager) of GDCM said, "nlyte is designed to be a complete management tool. It gives a holistic view of every operation happening in the data center along with tracking power usage, cooling, physical space, lighting, etc." Singh does not expect much of a competition; in fact he considers Excel spreadsheets as the biggest competitor for nlyte. nlyte is based on open API, and on the .Net platform.

nlyte targets both new as well as legacy data centers. On the other hand, CL-Amp is designed especially for legacy data centers. Explaining the rationale behind CL-Amp, Alistair Hunt (product manager) of Unite said, "We are seeing a lot of interest in new data centers. However a problem that is usually not addressed is how to make legacy data centers more efficient. CL-Amp is designed to address this issue."

CL-Amp monitors performance within the data center and transmits this information in real-time through a device management system. Agashe said, "The two products (nlyte and CL-Amp) are actually complementary. Where nlyte allows management on basis of information received, CL-Amp is actually the one providing this information."

President is planning to market these two new products as a package, along with its other in-house and third-party solutions. However, according to Agashe, depending on the customer's needs, solutions could also be provided individually.

nlyte and CL-Amp will be available across all verticals and for organizations of all sizes. Pricing was not disclosed but would depend on the requirements of the customer and the scale of deployment.


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