Aperture Technologies Inc, a leading global provider of software for managing the physical infrastructure of datacenters, has been chosen by Sainsbury's Supermarkets Limited, to provide its datacenter management solution, Aperture VISTA 500. The industry leading software will be used by Sainsbury's to improve visibility into the physical elements of its datacenters nationwide.
Aperture VISTA enables organizations to visually manage the complicated physical environment of the datacenter. The software is designed to help organizations with their capacity planning and utilization. Organizations can view all infrastructure variables, including space, power, cooling, network and storage, to keep the datacenter operating at peak efficiency.
Sainsbury's is deploying Aperture VISTA for its central datacenters and computer rooms in depots. Sainsbury's intends to eventually consolidate its datacenters, and to successfully do this, it needs to have a comprehensive overview of its existing hardware to plan the activity and manage transition work in a well controlled way. Aperture VISTA is a purpose-made tool for supporting this.
The company also wants to improve the accessibility of data.
Previously, users had to make inquiries through central administrators to gain the information they needed. VISTA allows web based access for an unlimited number of users, depending on access rights, providing an effective solution to this problem.
Malcolm Ireland, IT Production Operations Manager at Sainsbury's Supermarkets said: "We expect Vista 500 to help us by providing better access to configuration records when we are planning changes in our datacenters. We want to maintain a pictorial plan for new installs, changes and removals, with easy access to this information for all who need it. It will also help us to identify the best place to position equipment to make best use of our space, cabling infrastructure and cooling. We're implementing now with the help of Aperture's consultants."