The new Romonet portal combines with Compass' Open DCiM Platform to enable customers to improve operational planning and analysis.
Compass Datacenters and Romonet are partnering to add Romonet's cost and operational analysis portal to Compass' open DCiM platform. This will benefit Compass Datacenters customers by providing the industry's first and only solution for calculating the true total cost of ownership for a data center, including both the capital expense of the project and the ongoing operating expenses.
"The data center industry has desperately needed an effective cost and operational analytic tool for as long as I have been part of it. That need has gotten more acute over the past several years as the cost of data center construction and operations has risen dramatically and as capacity planning has become more complex. One of the holy grails for the industry has been to find a way to predict and control costs, and Romonet's technology does exactly that. That is why we are incorporating it into our DCiM platform," said Chris Crosby, CEO of Compass Datacenters. "It will give every Compass customer a powerful tool for viewing actual versus predicted performance as well as examining 'what if' capacity planning scenarios to give them greater control over their growth. It will also help them understand their TCO in ways they didn't realize was even possible. This enhanced level of knowledge will enable them to make better-educated decisions regarding data center expenses."