Aperture, an Emerson Network Power brand, and the leading global provider of software for managing the physical infrastructure of datacenters, has announced that its Aperture VISTA Datacenter Service Management suite of software products has contracted with the State of Minnesota's Office of Enterprise Technology (OET) to manage 30,000 square feet of datacenter space, power, and cooling and to help plan and implement energy-saving initiatives within the state's primary shared datacenter.
The OET provides information services to Minnesota government, including developing enterprise information strategies, policies, and standards, overseeing IT investments and creating a secure and efficient information management environment. As part of its efforts to become more energy-efficient, the OET will use Aperture VISTA Datacenter Service Management (DCSM) to ensure that datacenter equipment is properly commissioned and decommissioned, and to plan, model and implement energy-saving initiatives in the datacenter.
The OET will use the Aperture VISTA DCSM software to baseline their current power consumption, in order to measure the effectiveness of future energy-saving initiatives. VISTA will facilitate Minnesota's ability to manage capacity in as energy-efficient a way as possible without compromising the business demands placed on the datacenter.
Aperture VISTA Datacenter Service Management is the first complete suite of products that allows for holistic management of the datacenter. It enables datacenter management to focus on business services and on proactive planning and management rather than reactive processes. Steve Yellen, vice president of Product and Market Strategy, Aperture Technologies Inc., said, "More organizations are becoming aware of the impact their datacenter is having on the environment and many, like the State of Minnesota, are actively working to reduce their energy usage. Aperture's products are intrinsically designed to help with green initiatives because they help to improve resource efficiency incrementally over time. We are confident that Aperture can help Minnesota reach its goals.