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  • Device42 Brings Power and Carbon Emission Tracking to IT Asset Management

    Device42 Brings Power and Carbon Emission Tracking to IT Asset Management

    Device42 today made available a power and CO2 Summary Dashboard to its agentless platform that employs machine learning algorithms to discover and track IT assets.

    Raj Jalan, Device42 CEO, said the dashboard makes it possible for IT teams to combine the tracking of assets and associated dependencies with a capability that enables them to reduce power consumption costs and levels of carbon emissions.

    It’s not clear yet how carbon emission tracking will be integrating into IT management frameworks, but as sustainability becomes a more pressing issue, it’s only a matter of time before IT teams will be required to monitor power consumption and associated carbon emissions more closely, said Jalan.

    The Device42 dashboard simplifies that task by identifying carbon emissions by location, business unit, vendor or application. Armed with that data, it then becomes possible to consolidate servers and applications or move workloads to more efficient platforms, added Jalan.

    Arguably, the biggest challenge when it comes to managing IT infrastructure is the number of organizations that are still using spreadsheets to do so. The Device42 approach to discovery and assessment uses the application programming interfaces (APIs) exposed by cloud services providers and IT vendors. Once mapped, it then becomes possible for IT teams to use a search function to uncover, for example, dependencies between multiple services.

    In theory, it should be possible for DevOps teams to also programmatically implement policies based on the Device 42 data to move workloads in way that reduce IT infrastructure costs. Over the years, many organizations have lost track of how workloads have been deployed in, for example, cloud computing environments—only to discover a surprise expense at the end of the month.

    In fact, one of the hottest segments of IT these days is the emergence of financial operations (FinOps) as a discipline to control cloud computing costs. Fundamentally, FinOps is the discipline that promotes a shared responsibility for an organization’s cloud computing infrastructure and costs. Rather than having disparate procurement teams working in silos to identify and approve costs, business, financial and IT leaders establish policies and best practices for usage that are programmatically enforced.

    It’s still early days as far as the adoption of FinOps is concerned, but adding that capability first requires a deep appreciation for what IT assets are being used to run which workloads. From there, it then becomes possible to not only optimize usage but also reduce both electricity costs and carbon emissions.

    Of course, the tracking of carbon emissions right now is a bigger issue in Europe and elsewhere than it is in the U.S. However, a global framework for trading carbon credits is now impacting IT teams as organizations look to minimize their carbon footprints. Sustainability has become an economic issue.

    In the meantime, DevOps teams should expect that soon, power consumption and carbon emissions will be added to the list of metrics they are measured on.

  • Device42 Launches Integration with Atlassian to Power Smart and Responsive IT Asset Management

    NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ Device42, Inc., a provider of IT infrastructure management software, today announced an integration with Atlassian, the leading collaboration and software development management company. Customers of Atlassian’s Jira Service Desk, the IT helpdesk ticketing system, can now benefit from Device42’s comprehensive solutions to gain better visibility and control over their technology assets.

    Jira Service Desk is a popular platform for IT teams to receive, track, manage and resolve customer requests. With Device42’s integration, every ticket sent to a company’s service desk is accompanied by the associated hardware and software specifications, as well as a history of incidents related to that issue. Having access to such information helps both onsite and offsite support agents quickly identify which technology assets to troubleshoot so they can immediately provide a solution, whether it’s replacing a hard disk or switching the power supply.

    “Using the new cloud asset management integration with Device42, our customers will now gain a holistic view and more context across all their assets right within Jira Service Desk,” said Bryant Lee, head of partnerships and integration at Atlassian.

    Device42 has more than 500 enterprise clients in 55 countries that rely on its software to manage their complex IT infrastructure quickly, easily, and effectively. The company was recently ranked as the fastest growing technology company in Connecticut, with a whopping 1,300 percent revenue growth from 2015 to 2017.

    “Enterprises are faced with a mounting challenge as they attempt to maintain up-to-date inventories of their physical, virtual, and cloud servers,” said Raj Jalan, founder and CEO of Device42. “The integration will provide Atlassian customers with a robust tool that will not only help them solve mission-critical issues at breakneck speed, but also glean powerful insights about their technology infrastructures that will take their IT departments to a whole new level.”

    About Device42

    Device 42, Inc., a leader in Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), delivers comprehensive, low-cost, high-value solutions that enable organizations around the globe to manage their complex IT infrastructure quickly, easily, and effectively. Device42 software centralizes data center management, making IT assets visible, understandable, and controllable. Additional information about Device42 can be found at device42.com.