The concept of DCIM is a fusion of data center server room and IT, two markets that were originally distinct. Server room is concerned about UPS, air conditioning, racks, cabling and diesel generators, etc., while IT concerns about servers, networks and storage, as well as software platforms and applications, although the relationship is extremely close, but basically very little interaction. In the words of industry insiders, if IT is white-collar, the server room is more blue-collar, rarely intersect. DCIM allows the two to intersect. Traditional server room manufacturers are no longer satisfied with the dynamic ring management, more with IT data and information combination, from the bottom to the top, the implementation of integrated centralized management; IT vendors from IT to UPS, air conditioning management to extend from the top to the bottom of the penetration of the two a *** with the same goal of the DCIM. From the market situation, the data center server room vendors to move more quickly, Schneider launched the StruxureWare, Ai Wei, the company is a good example. StruxureWare, Emerson through the acquisition of Avocent, the integration of the two products launched Trellis, ABB launched Decathlon, Siemens also joined the DCIM battlefield through acquisitions. IT, Intel is an active advocate of DCIM, and will be its Node Manager technology authorized to the Fieldview Solutions, iTRACS, JouleX, PowerAssure, Modius, CiRBA, Viridity, got the response and support of the market, a time of upsurge. According to industry analyst Gartner estimates, DCIM's current market size is worth $450 million and is expected to grow to $1.7 billion by 2016. But looking at this figure, DCIM is not much more enticing. However, with the development of cloud computing and big data applications, the construction of data centers has entered a rapid growth stage, and improving the level of centralized data center management will be crucial for data center operations, and definitely represents a new direction for industry development. It can be expected that DCIM will represent a new era of IT development and will become a symbol of measuring the level of data center management. However, this is a directional application, the performance in the country has been lukewarm. In this regard, once thought to be the level of the software itself, DCIM to manage dozens of different product types, millions of brands of equipment, centralized scheduling and management, coordinated operation, compatibility and maturity is always a problem. In practice, there are indeed such problems. But the technical problem is never a fundamental problem, the main technical problem is that there are always means to solve the problem, compared to the market is a bigger problem. DCIM has not been able to get more promotion, the main obstacle is still the cognitive level of the problem, some can not see the light of things, hindering the progress of the technology. DCIM itself very technical concept, from a large extent, will allow the CEO to stay away from the CIO will not embrace the DCIM, if there is no CEO's orders, the CIO usually will not risk the adoption of DCIM, because the change is very difficult. In addition, DCIM will make the problem transparent, so also cut off some CIO's wealth. A professional revealed: secretly arrange some machines, is the way of some people in the data center to make money. If the information is not transparent, these things are difficult to be found, the main is not a big basket, basically not too much risk. DCIM makes the information transparent, so that the equipment, resource changes become traceable, some of these CIO reluctance, DCIM is naturally a lot of thunder, a little rain. DCIM professional technology, but in fact is a "hand" project, without the determination of the CEO, DCIM can only be flowers in the water, the moon in the mirror. DCIM, industry professionals have also pointed out some obstacles, such as the ability of the cross-disciplinary level of technical staff; PDU power supply monitoring also stays in the cabinet, not to the IT equipment; DCIM energy-saving performance, there is no similar closed channel / air conditioning management role is obvious, the highlights do not stand out; as well as the DCIM has not yet stepped into the cloud computing services, etc., but I do not think these are the crux of the problem, the "hand" of the project. A "handful" of projects is the top priority. Not all the problems, not a "hand" can not be. But DCIM is a project that deserves a "hand". This is not just to make up for the loopholes of the matter, this is a management realm of the problem. DCIM from the data center height, all relevant aspects of integrated planning, control and management, when all the factors are coordinated and controllable, it is not a simple question of efficiency, but also not to save a few bucks. DCIM represents the level of the data center, as well as the ability to provide services. The problem is that it is not a simple matter of efficiency, nor is it a matter of saving a few dollars.