Dubai-UAE: 17 May, 2012 -(MySolutionInfo)- Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today introduced StruxureWare Data Center Operation Suite v7.1 featuring updated and flexible change management with a customizable approach to work flow management and maintenance processes. The suite provides IT managers with the confidence that all organizational policies and projects are easily implemented and universally applied within the data center.

Schneider Electric's StruxureWare Data Center Operation Suite provides end-to-end Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software for monitoring and operating power, cooling, security and energy usage from the building through IT systems. It also gives customers complete visibility and control over the daily operations of their data centers.

The StruxureWare Data Center Operation Suite v7.1 offers an integration with BMC Remedy Change Management, part of the market-leading BMC Remedy IT Service Management Suite. In addition to ensuring the seamless flow of relevant information between the two systems, the update continues to enhance the flexibility and scalability of Schneider Electric's DCIM platform in multiple ways.

Some of the features of the suite include:
· Customizable workflow templates, which facilitates easy adaption to moves, additions and changes within the data center;
· Maintenance scheduling, which permits scheduling of service and equipment maintenance to ensure service windows are planned and scheduling conflicts avoided;
· Live dashboard, which increases transparency to data center key performance indicators through easily configured, customizable web dashboards;
· Branch circuit monitoring that supports live measurements from branch circuit monitoring to calculate capacity utilization if no metered PDUs are available, and
· DCIM migration service, which enables seamless migration from leading DCIM system to the StruxureWare Data Center Operation Suite.

StruxureWare Data Center Operation Suite v7.1 is currently offered as part of the StruxureWare for Data Center software suite. It is available for demonstration at Schneider Electric's corporate headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison, France, as well as the Schneider Electric Technology Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

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