ALT 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗔 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 (𝗗𝗖𝗦𝗠) - 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘐𝘛 𝘗𝘙𝘖𝘍𝘌𝘚𝘚𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘈𝘓’𝘚 𝘎𝘜𝘐𝘋𝘌 𝘛𝘖 𝘔𝘖𝘝𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘉𝘌𝘠𝘖𝘕𝘋 𝘋𝘈𝘛𝘈 𝘊𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘙 𝘐𝘕𝘍𝘙𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘊𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 𝘔𝘈𝘕𝘈𝘎𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛 If you are reading this, chances are you have already implemented data center infrastructure management (DCIM) or similar data center solutions. DCIM’s core goal is to automate the management of data center infrastructure. What DCIM has done for managing the physical assets of the data center now also includes managing the workflow processes with the data center while integrating this physical information with the logical or the virtual assets of the IT department. This new, higher level of oversight, collaboration and integration is referred to as data center service management (DCSM).