In this Issue: Simplify and Automate Data Center Capacity Planning in the Age of AI

Welcome to your monthly update from Sunbird featuring TWO NEW blog posts, a NEW brochure, a NEW case study, and more great DCIM content!

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[NEW Blog Post] Capacity Planning Still a Major Issue for Data Center Managers

With the growing complexities of AI-driven workloads and hybrid data centers, capacity planning remains the top challenge for data center professionals. Read our new blog post to learn what leading data center professionals are doing to simplify and automate capacity planning.

[NEW Brochure] Sunbird DCIM Professional Services

With 100% supported solutions from Sunbird, we get you where you are today to where you want to be tomorrow. Read our new brochure and see how Sunbird will be there for you through every step of your DCIM journey via POC support, detailed project plans, training services, and much, much more.

[NEW Case Study] Five9 Achieves a Single Pane of Glass for Greater Operational Efficiency and Cost Savings with Sunbird DCIM

Read our new case study to learn how Five9, a leading provider of cloud contact center software, achieved 36% savings on maintenance contracts, 50% savings on remote hands, and 50% time savings creating management reports by deploying Sunbird DCIM.

[NEW Blog Post] Automating Network Diagrams for A Complete View of All Active and Passive Components

Manually tracking data center device connections in Excel and Visio is both time-consuming and error-prone. Read our blog post to learn how Sunbird delivers a real-time, comprehensive view of the physical connectivity in a data center environment by automating network diagramming and integrating with tools like NetBox, NetBrain, and Cisco ACI.

Introducing dcTrack Release 9.2.3

dcTrack® 9.2.3 is here! This feature-packed release includes:

• Enhanced UniversalConnector G2 to Enable a Single Pane of Glass for More Complete Technology Asset Management
• Public API for Dashboard Widgets
• Bulk Edit for Ports for All Classes
• Residual Current Monitoring (RCM) and Carbon Usage Charts
• Asset Audit for Passive Items
• ...and more!

Read the blog post for all the details.

Upcoming Tradeshows and Events

We can't wait to meet you at these upcoming events:

• October 7th, 2025: Wesco Technology Oktoberfest Roadshow Ohio
• October 7th, 2025: Global Data Center & Cloud Expo Canada
• October 8th, 2025: DCW Singapore
• October 9th, 2025: Datacenter Nation Warsaw
• October 10th, 2025: Wesco Tradeshow & Golf Event North Carolina
• October 16th, 2025: Wesco Oktoberfest California
• October 16th, 2025: IT Infrastructure Luxembourg
• October 21st, 2025: NCSI Innovation Day Ft. Huachuca
• October 23rd, 2025: IT Infrastructure Affligem
• October 23rd, 2025: W.Media Malaysia
• October 29th, 2025: DCW Madrid
• October 30th, 2025: Wesco Casino Night Illinois

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Transform the Way You Plan and Manage Data Center Capacity

Hi Friend,

With the growing complexities of AI-driven workloads and hybrid data centers, it's only getting harder for data center operators to forecast future needs for space, power, cooling, and data/power ports. Spreadsheets and siloed tools can no longer meet today's capacity planning demands.

According to Uptime Institute’s 2025 Global Data Center Survey, capacity planning remains a top challenge for operators. Nearly one-third of vendors identify forecasting future capacity requirements as their customers’ single biggest issue, more than any other concern.

With GEN 2 DCIM, planning and managing capacity is dramatically simplified. DCIM software brings all infrastructure resources together in one system, enabling data center operators to:

• Maximize existing resources. A DCIM copilot automatically sets accurate power budgets for each server instance based on its actual measured load so users can know if they can safely deploy more equipment in their existing rack space. What-If analysis simulates the impact that adding new equipment will have on rack space and power capacity to provide insight if existing resources can be used for planned projects.
• Provision new equipment faster. Equipment templates with predefined deployment requirements allow teams to quickly find the optimal cabinet for new equipment by searching across space, power, and connectivity parameters. Then, those resources can all be reserved at once.
• Visualize capacity at a glance. Interactive 2D and 3D views show rack capacity across space, power, cooling, and weight. This makes it easy to spot underutilized or unevenly distributed resources and optimize usage before investing in new infrastructure.
• Manage power capacity from building to chip. DCIM models and tracks capacity and utilization at every hop in the power circuit from the utility feed down to individual servers. By monitoring three-phase loads, breaker states, and redundancy requirements, data center managers can maximize power capacity utilization while maintaining uptime.

Want to learn more? Read the full blog post, Capacity Planning Still a Major Issue for Data Center Managers, and leverage Sunbird's digital twin and single pane of glass to know the capacity of all infrastructure resources at a click.

Look forward to more great DCIM content next time!

Yours in DCIM,

Herman Chan

President and CEO

Sunbird Software

Sunbird DCIM Software 30 Knightsbridge Road, Suite 620 Piscataway, NJ 08854 732-993-4476 https://www.sunbirddcim.com

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