GDCM AND MINKELS TEAM UP ON DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT
Leading Dutch reseller to offer nlyte solution on the continent
[UKPRwire, Wed Nov 07 2007] Minkels ICT, a leading supplier of IT infrastructure in the data center and telecoms market, has announced a partnership with GDCM to sell its nlyte solution in Benelux, Germany, France and Switzerland.
Minkels ICT, a Dutch based organisation, helps organisations to meet specific demands in IT infrastructure design concerning architecture, cooling, power, connectivity, climate control and security. Its services include management software - nlyte - which help customers to understand rack configuration, cooling, power management, cable management and security. The company signed its partnership with GDCM earlier this year and already has up to 15 customers interested in implementing its nlyte solution.
Gery Morssinkhof, CEO of Minkels, said: “Minkels works with customers to provide complete solutions for the data center environment. With this in mind we were keen to partner with a leading data center management company who could offer our customers the intelligence and flexibility they needed to manage their data center requirements. After much research, and based on the innovative and unique nature of its nlyte solution, we decided to work with GDCM.”
nlyte™ is the only data center management tool to provide an intelligent and automated view of all physical and virtual assets and workgroups within the data center, using a web-based graphical user interface. Designed to help data center managers make the most of their IT investments while minimising complexity and costs, it allows companies to model and manage their hardware, capacity, power, cooling, networking and space, reduce redundancy and pro-actively forecast and plan the deployment of their assets.
Mike Evans, Managing Director of GDCM, said: “In continuing our expansion across Europe, we’re keen to work with like minded organisations who we feel truly understand the capabilities of our nlyte solution and how these can benefit the wider marketplace. We’re delighted to announce our latest partnership with Minkels and look forward to working together in the future.”
Designed to help data center managers make the most of their IT investments while minimising complexity and costs, GDCM’s solutions are primarily aimed at large organisations operating extensive data center facilities with more than 1,000 servers, including operations across geographically disparate sites.
About Global DataCenter Management Limited (GDCM)
Global DataCenter Management (GDCM) was founded in 2003 with the aim of allowing organisations to increase efficiency and reduce cost within data centers - as well as to reducing power consumption and addressing environmental obligations. Today, GDCM provides data center software and consultancy services designed to help data center managers make the most of their IT investments while minimizing complexity and costs. GDCM’s flagship product, nlyte, is the only data center management tool to provide an intelligent and automated view of all physical and virtual assets and workgroups within the data center.
http://www.gdcm.com/
About Minkels
Minkels ICT a company of the Aegide-group (www.aegide-group.com ) is specialized in solutions and services for IT-Infrastructure. Latest successful development is the Cold Corridor solution where separation of hot and cold airflows optimize the energy consumption in server rooms and data centers.