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16.05.2012

The DCIM market is small but expanding, according to 451 Research.

The company forecasts the worldwide DCIM software market will be $427 million in 2012 and will grow at 39% a year to reach nearly $1.3 billion in 2015.

A major driver for DCIM is capacity planning, said Lawrence.

If a data center over-provisions or under-provisions, the cost of fixing the problem can be between $10 million to $20 million per megawatt, he said.

Proper capacity planning is one way to realize a return on DCIM.