1. Nlyte for Colocation Providers

2. 7 DCIM Essentials for Colocation: How Nlyte Can Help
Capacity Planning
Power Monitoring
Cooling Management
Migrations and Consolidations
SLA Management
Workflow Management
Chargeback

3. Capacity Planning for Sales Enablement
Global dashboard
Data Center separated into zones for each tenant
Detailed power system view
Importance to Colocation
Proactively vs reactive contingency planning for tenants’ capacity utilization
Accurate data center lifespan prediction- assess when you need additional capacity
Identify more sellable space and offer differentiating services to tenants
Avoid capital expenditure on unnecessary or premature expansion

4. Power Monitoring Power distribution by cabinet row
Power failure simulation & prevention
Importance to Colocation
Monitor power usage and detect anomalies in usage patterns, (for chargeback)
Proactively prevent energy issues before they happen to tenants
Ensure redundancy and increase uptime
Identify unused power infrastructure to avoid waste with VPDU

5. Cooling Management Data center heat map in Fahrenheit
Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) details by device
Importance to Colocation
View both real-time performance and trending over time
Plan your future energy needs more accurately
Reduce costs by optimizing temperature and balancing load
Prevent overheating and resulting damages to equipment and facilities

6. Migration and Consolidations
Asset management down to panel details
Power, cooling and space utilization report
Importance to Colocation
Command high-level and drill-down views of capacity for accurate decisions on migration and consolidation
Ability to forecast excess or shortage of space
Ability to plan advance for strategic migration and consolidation based on accurate historical and real-time data

7. Workflow Management
Enhanced resource management based on a group’s availability facilitates scheduling & management of colocation facilities
Detailed, visual work orders minimize human errors
Workflow process design helps optimize and integrate workflows
Importance to Colocation
Enhance colocation operation by coordinate resources where and when most needed
Increase planning accuracies and minimize human errors
Aid contingency planning by pre-establishing chain of command in case of emergency

8. SLA Management Management by configuration groups Cabinet team metrics
Importance to Colocation
Access to robust management tools to monitor power, cooling, and other prerequisite metrics to fulfill service agreement
Regular uptime and status reports with detailed logs and aggregation tools ensure compliance and regulatory demands
Prove SLAs and generate alerts whenever nearing power or space limits
Ability and flexibility to structure to build price models including “pay-as-you-go” allowing colocation providers to re-sell DCIM to tenants

9. Chargeback Colocation Billing Kwh Report Customer Billing Amps Report
Customer Circuit Utilization Report
Importance to Colocation
Accurate and customizable usage reports facilitate colocation billing and minimize disputes
Ability to plan advance for strategic migration and consolidation based on accurate historical and real-time data
Ability to pass on savings to colocation tenants, resulting in greater customer satisfaction and retention
Zoning by cage, location…etc

10. Summary benefits of Nlyte DCIM for colocation businesses
Accurate Chargeback Reliable and consistent tracking on key metrics leads to accurate billing, winning customer confidence and loyalty
Accelerate Sales
Better planning and ability to act quickly on more accurate data leads to more sellable space and sales opportunities
Improved SLA and Compliance Response
Increased accuracy and reduced time to comply to audits and policies and minimizing disputes
Pay as You GO
Allow colocation providers to offer additional value-added service without upfront costs

11. Thank you: For More Info
7 DCIM Consideration When Migrating to Colocation
Nlyte Colocation: A DCIM Solution Custom-Made for Colocation Facilities
Case Studies: Colocation Provider, Raising Colocation Temperature Safely
Product Overview: Nlyte Colocation Edition