by Shane Henson — November 6, 2013—Future Facilities North America, a provider of predictive data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software, has launched a significant update to its powerful predictive modeling suite, 6SigmaDC.
6SigmaDC was developed for datacenter operators, facilities managers, and anyone who has an interest in contributing to designing and/or maintaining a model datacenter. According to the company, Release 8 of the software delivers predictive modeling of data center environments five to six times faster than the previous versions. Overall, performance of the entire 6SigmaDC suite is two times faster, delivering substantial improvements in productivity and usability for users.
6SigmaDC Release 8 also represents a major step forward in integrating 6SigmaDC with DCIM tools, the company says. The new 6SigmaGateway offers enhanced connectivity to third-party live data sources (such as sensors, servers, PDUs, ACUs) and empowers customers to incorporate predictive modeling into their DCIM workflows.
Predictive DCIM, which employs computational fluid dynamics techniques to model complex “what if” scenarios with unmatched accuracy, mitigates risk and scientifically quantifies the effects of data center changes prior to commitment or deployment, adds Future Facilities. Enhanced usability features in Release 8 enable customers to more quickly and intuitively build complex data center models using on-screen hints, tooltips, and a library of data center components. This library features nearly 3,000 of the industry’s most widely used data center products.
“Customers are telling us that they want to do more and more predictive modeling across all aspects of the day-to-day operation of their data centers,” said Hassan Moezzi CEO of Future Facilities. “Release 8 reinforces the good work that we’ve already done to propel us to the cutting edge of data center predictive modeling.”
