Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has announced its collaboration with HP to deliver a comprehensive, converged data center and IT management platform.

Schneider Electric and HP are uniquely positioned to offer customers the ability to link physical infrastructure assets to business processes for improved holistic business impact analysis.

The joint solution will combine HP Converged Management Consulting Services (CMCS) with Schneider Electric's Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution-StruxureWare for Data Centers.

StruxureWare for Data Centre’s ability to provide in-depth visibility, reporting and analysis of data center infrastructure, as well as the facility and the building in which the data center resides makes the DCIM technology an ideal complement to HP's asset manager software. Combining these two technologies will provide customers with significant energy savings and facilitate the efficient management of their IT services and assets.

"By collaborating with HP to provide a holistic approach to managing IT business process assets and workloads, we are continuing to bridge the gap between IT and facilities," says Soeren Jensen, VP, enterprise management and software, Schneider Electric.

"Enabling IT service providers to instantly view the impact of any changes in their data center, as well as the operational costs associated with these changes is an important step toward improving energy efficiency in data centers and IT."

"DCIM provides a holistic view of the data center to enable better operational efficiency and capacity planning; however, many organizations lack the unique mix of internal IT, facility and service management expertise needed to make the most of DCIM's benefits," said Rick Einhorn, VP, technology services, Datacenter Consulting, HP.

"HP converged management consulting services help customers capitalize on Schneider Electric's top DCIM solution, StruxureWare by delivering deep expertise in ITSM, IT infrastructure, and facilities, as well as a framework to connect business goals, systems and data center processes."