6 DCIM Case Studies - LightBound, Geist & more...

Introduction

Established in 1994 as an Internet Service Provider, LightBound provides clients with a unique mixture of quality customer service, industry experience and state-of-the-art technology. As one of Indiana’s largest privately held colocation facilities, LightBound offers customers a robust set of solutions including managed services, disaster recovery, data backup and cloud computing. LightBound’s data centers implement only the best technology for monitoring, management and cooling. 
 
Most recently, LightBound implemented an Environet infrastructure management system. According to LightBound’s Data Center Manager, Dan Allen, LightBound’s criteria for selecting a monitoring system was “intuitiveness, product compatibility, scalability and support.” Environet’s intuitive Web-based interface decreased the training time needed for employees and made the system accessible from remote locations, which means faster response time if an event occurs...