Is the cloud hanging over your data centre?

What options do data centre managers have in the increasingly complex hybrid IT environment? Explore six real-world approaches.

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Keeping school in session

EcoStruxure™ IT delivers the visibility and peace of mind Bainbridge Island School District needs to ensure continued availability of its digital learning environment.

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Bainbridge: Customer Story Key Figures

24/7 remote monitoring anywhere, anytime

Central location to access performance data

Troubleshooting work reduced from hours to minutes

Keeping school in session

Bainbridge Island School District

Today's world is a connected one — even in schools. Classrooms utilise technology in every aspect of learning, so a network failure means an interruption in learning. With EcoStruxure™ IT, the Bainbridge Island School District has peace of mind with real-time visibility of their entire network, anytime, anywhere — ensuring continued learning.

The Challenge

• Bainbridge Island School District faced the challenge of monitoring a complex network: a central data centre and 35 data closets for 9 schools and 11 facilities

• Frequent storms caused power flickers that resulted in a flood of emails, making it "hard to sort through all those and make sure that everything came back online safely"

• Limited resources further complicated monitoring and response efforts

The Solution

Connectivity and Efficiency with EcoStruxure™

Apps, Analytics & Services: EcoStruxure IT app (formerly Mobile Insights), EcoStruxure Asset Advisor (formerly Remote Service)
Edge Control: EcoStruxure IT cloud-based data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution
Connected Products: UPSs, racks, and PDUs

• Schneider Electric products and cloud-based software and services work seamlessly to keep staff connected and provide remote visibility of the entire network — from anywhere and at any time.
• An app-enabled, 24/7 cloud-based monitoring and troubleshooting service reduces mean time to repair and provides peace of mind.

The Results

• EcoStruxure IT offers comprehensive visibility of a complex hybrid IT environment. With constant remote monitoring, troubleshooting and data-driven insights, the staff has visibility and access to actionable information delivered right to their smartphones.

• Enhanced peace of mind for IT and administrative staff knowing that Schneider Electric Service Bureau experts were acting as an extra set of eyes and monitoring the data centre on a 24/7 basis.

• With the Schneider Electric Service Bureau empowered with real-time data, it has all the information it needs to begin troubleshooting immediately and dispatch if required, ultimately reducing mean time to repair.

• "Off hours" monitoring and troubleshooting work was reduced to minutes instead of hours.