Background
For over ten years, Cosentry has provided businesses with resiliency solutions from disaster recovery and managed technical services to hosting and data center services. As a top tier technology utility, Cosentry allows businesses to operate seamlessly if there is a small incident or a full-scale disaster.
With six regional facilities, Cosentry is responsible for protecting its clients’ business operations. To make sure clients are covered, Cosentry implemented Environet DCIM systems in its regional facilities.
Before implementing Environet, Cosentry took manual recordings, often referred to as “sneaker reports,” to measure electrical circuits feeding customer servers. These manual recordings required personnel to walk to each meter, take a live recording, and then report the reading for billing verification purposes.
However, there are a number of downfalls to manual recording. Taking recordings manually can be time consuming for the personnel, costly for the company, and may lead to inaccuracies due to human error. In addition, manual reporting is an ineffective way to record data because it only provides a single measurement in time and does not provide data for other times of the day or month.
Cosentry began searching for an environmental monitoring system that could help combat these challenges. Above all, Cosentry wanted a monitoring system with the ability to display data in an easy-to-use, intuitive interface that could also be customized to their needs.
According to Scott Capps, Data Center Facility Manager, “Customization was a key factor in deciding on a DCIM solution. We knew that we needed a highly flexible, customizable and easy- to- use application that our employees would use on a daily basis.”
Case Summary
Locations: Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota
Managed Points: Over 65,500 points, Over 240 devices
Purpose: To integrate current technologies with an effective billing and SLA tracking module capable of generating custom reports and sending notifications when an alarm condition is met.
