Documentation management in data centers is becoming increasingly important. In the fight against cybercrime and to protect people in Europe, the European Union has adopted numerous directives. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and the Directive on Critical Entities Resilience (CER) are intended to make IT infrastructures safer and more resilient. The ISO 27001 standard, which deals with the topic of IT asset management in Chapter 8, provides a good basis. In addition, at the end of 2022, the European Union significantly expanded the previously valid Network and Information Security (NIS) directive. It defines minimum standards for cybersecurity that critical infrastructures must meet, and it establishes penalties should these be disregarded. Documentation management plays a central role here. And for significantly more organizations than before: up to 29,000 companies in Germany and up to 300,000 companies across Europe are now part of the critical infrastructure with the implementation of the NIS 2 directive. DC Vision simplifies and optimizes IT documentation management in companies. Based on leading inventory solutions, we implement automated processes that provide you with reliable data at all times. Companies with KRITIS obligations thereby meet all requirements concerning documentation management. Reliable and timely. 

• A company operates a data center/colocation/edge/server rooms/IDFs/MDFs with a variety of IT hardware.
• Network scans with discovery tools provide the logical structure of the network. The software doesn’t recognize where the components are physically located. 
• The company is already using a data center infrastructure management (DCIM) system. A classic inventory must be carried out at regular intervals in order to meet NIS 2 requirements. 

• The enormous time and human effort involved in classic inventory should be minimized.
• In the time window between inventories, gaps may arise that should be closed. 
• The solution is intended to avoid media disruptions and enable continuous updating of the data center infrastructure management system. 

With digital twin technology, these problems can be avoided. The physical IT racks in the data center are digitally reconstructed. These are then enriched with all technical and organizational information about the installed components. DC Vision uses mixed reality to quickly and easily access the data. When you hold a mobile device in front of a rack, an exact 3D representation of all the components appears; the relevant information is displayed and can be updated directly. This allows the IT or technical team to check and update the current documentation on site — without media interruption — directly in the appropriate system for every work order. All information can be entered into the documentation in real time via DC Vision using interfaces to all common IT inventory management solutions. A joint technology/IT database prevents friction points and information losses. Protecting against cyber threats starts locally in your data center. 

Enhanced IT Inventory Management with DC Vision secures your infrastructure, saves time and money, and avoids penalties for critical infrastructure companies. Our experts provide comprehensive advice on all aspects of DCIM. We cooperate with leading manufacturers, implement their solutions and, in combination with DC Vision, create a future-oriented – and efficient – enhanced IT inventory management solution. We migrate the required data and supplement your IT service management processes with regard to inventory processes. 

Our services at a glance 

• Automated IT asset discovery with our partner solution from Device42 
• Data migration from existing inventory solutions to DCIM solutions from Schneider Electric, Device42, FNT, Sunbird, Netbox 
• Introduction of DCIM solutions from our partners Schneider Electric, Device42, FNT, Sunbird, Netbox 
• Logical and physical verification of IT inventory for completeness and accuracy 
• Consulting services for selecting your DCIM solution 
• Integration and optimization of ServiceNow, Jira IT service management processes concerning inventory in the context of data centers and the telecommunications industry