UNDERSTANDING
KEY CHALLENGES TO MIDSIZE IT POWER
Today’s midsize IT owners and operators are looking at four areas to
deliver improved operational performance.
WHERE CAN MIDSIZE IT
BE LOCATED TODAY?
• Within midsize organizations
• As secondary spaces at
large companies
FACT
Some 85,000 unique IT
sites with 50-1,000 servers
• Large IT/telcom closets
Over 2 million IT sites
under 5,000 s/f
• Building and
security management
Looking
to Overcome
4 Top Challenges
-Gartner, Blue Canyon
• Labs, testing and more
1. MANAGE COSTS
2. IMPROVE RESILIENCY
Midsize operators have fewer resources than their
larger counterparts – 83% listed improving
efficiency and lower costs as the top challenge.
High performing centers experience 35% less
downtime than average operations.
-2013 Study on Data Center Outages, The Ponemon Institute
-Inside the Midmarket, 2009-2010 IBM
84%
Energy Efficiency
UPS utilization
of the IT experts
Support costs
state they will
Cost of change
need greater
efficiency -Data Center 2025
LOOK for an ENERGY STAR® qualified UPS that can deliver
optimal savings.
ON POINT: Liebert eXMTM UPS can operate at 98% efficiency
and save $1,000 per 100kW.
43%
of midmarket IT are actively looking to
enhance their infrastructure
24/7
-2014, IDC, SMB Survey
LOOK for systems and services that ensure critical availability.
ON POINT: Both the Liebert APMTM and Liebert eXM UPS
systems offer redundancy features and support services to
improve uptime.
3. ENHANCE INTELLIGENCE
4. DEPLOY RAPIDLY
75% of midsize facilities list improved
Server refresh cycles get stronger.
information management as a top issue.
-2014, IDC
-Inside the Midmarket, 2009-2010 IBM
30%
60% expect
Nearly
expect FULL visibility within their
data center.
some of their
computing to be performed in the cloud.
-Data Center 2025
-Data Center 2025
LOOK for intelligent, connected devices that can easily and
fully connect to infrastructure management systems.
LOOK for flexible power systems that can adapt to
changing needs.
ON POINT: Liebert midsize UPS systems provide intelligent
benefits in all key areas: unit control panel, battery
monitoring, remote management and are DCIM ready.
ON POINT: The scalable Liebert APM UPS grows as you need
capacity. A Liebert eXM UPS is expandable via optimized
ancillaries and modules.
Liebert eXM UPS:
10-200 kW/kVA
Efficient
Intelligent
Economical
Flexible
Liebert APM UPS:
15-90 kW/kVA
Scalable
Internally redundant
Flexible
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