Aperture Adds Cap Management

STAMFORD, Conn. -- Aperture Technologies Inc., the leading global provider of software for

managing the physical infrastructure of data centers, has launched Aperture VISTA Capacity

Management, a new application that enables data center managers to better understand and predict the

consumption of power, cooling, space and other physical resources.

In order to effectively manage the data center, it is essential that managers are able to understand thecapacity remaining within critical infrastructure resources such as power, cooling and (floor/rack) space. If

the data center is not managed proactively, resource conflicts can occur which increase the likelihood of a

disruption in service. When capacity is poorly managed, there is a greater risk of under-provisioning

(which can delay the roll-out of critical systems) or over-provisioning (which makes operations inefficient

and unnecessarily expensive). With the lead time to acquire, provision or build new data centersmeasured in years, organizations need a long term plan for forecasting when and what type of

infrastructure resources they will need.

Aperture collaborated closely with its leading Fortune 100 customers to develop this new application

which is the industrys first full-function capacity management tool. Aperture VISTA Capacity Management

enables organizations to track infrastructure usage over time and apply forecasts of future applicationpipelines to predict the consumption of data center resources. It enables data centers to determine when

key resources will run out, providing plenty of lead-time for future data center planning and minimizing the

risks associated with outages or service disruptions. By enabling data center resources to be managed

accurately, Aperture VISTA Capacity Management enables organizations to minimize operational cost

without running the risk of under-provisioning. Organizations can also save the costs associated withshort term leased or rented space or other stop gap measures resulting from inadequate forecasting and

planning.

Using Aperture VISTA Capacity Management, businesses can capture their past infrastructure usage,

understand future trends based on past use and report on key capacity metrics and thresholds. There are

processes for modeling planned projects impacting the infrastructure, which include the flowing of those

projects into equipment provisioning work requests when committed. The software enables managers tomaintain the Capacity Management Plan, assign capacity to business units for budgeting purposes,

investigate scenarios around infrastructure use, and support new infrastructure build-outs. By

understanding the number of months remaining on key parameters of capacity, managers can build a

business case for how and when new infrastructure should be provisioned and deliver the services

required to support the business in a cost effective manner.

“Facilities management and IT management have typically not cooperated on data center planning to the

level needed for today's enterprise,” said Bill Clifford, chairman and CEO of Aperture Technologies.

“Historically, capacity management of the data center only considered floor and rack space, and did not

have to cover power and cooling capacities. IT did not need to communicate with Facilities to understand

when capacity would be exceeded. Today, with high density equipment changing the way data centersare operated, IT and Facilities must cooperate in planning how resources are allocated, ensuring they are

aligned with the needs of the business. This requires the tools and capabilities that Aperture is providing.”

Bill Clifford added, “Aperture VISTA Capacity Management furthers the vision of Aperture VISTA to bring

these groups together under a professional data center management practice, which significantly

improves the efficiency and capability of the data center.”

Tom Roberts, director of Data Center Services for Trinity Health said, "Our data centers are absolutelyessential to the delivery of clinical information to our hospitals and the critical need of this information to

be on time and available, so in this area we only work with companies which we know and trust, such as

Aperture. The foundation for managing the data center is based on the management of capacity: whether

it’s cooling, power, or space. Aperture VISTA Capacity Management will allow us to accurately and

meticulously plan the growth and lifecycle of our data centers and all of its components whileunderstanding the effects different scenarios have on future capacity. This will prevent downtime, ensure

the longevity of our data centers, help us manage projects and save us money."

Richard Villars, vice president for Storage Systems research at IDC said, “Enterprises are facing a period

of rapid data center expansion as they and their customers create and store more rich content and make

more copies of their data for decision support and improved application availability. Hard-pressed

enterprises will need to maximize their use of current data center capacity by leveraging best practicesand carefully managing data center infrastructure and architecture to avoid potential outages due to

power and cooling capacity issues. While storage capacity expansion in current data centers is inevitable,

improving or even maintaining data center availability will require a keen understanding of future storage

trends so that proper planning for data center capacity growth can ensue."

Aperture VISTA Capacity Management is an add-on application to Aperture VISTA, the market-leadingapplication for planning and managing the data center physical infrastructure.

Aperture Technologies Inc.