In a recent 451 Research report on “Disruptive Technologies in the Datacenter,” authored by Rhonda Ascierto, Daniel Bizo, and Andy Lawrence, industry experts and survey respondents across the data center sector, identified the top ten disruptive technologies that are likely to cause economic and technical change to their businesses. No surprise to us, at number 5 is data center management-as-a-service (DMaaS), with a disruptive rating of 3.63 out of 5. According to 451 Research, DMaaS encompasses a set of new cloud services that leverages DCIM tools to predict and prevent data center infrastructure incidents and failures due to power, environment, mechanical or other mitigating circumstances, such as inefficiencies or capacity shortfalls. The primary drivers for DMaaS solutions are risk mitigation, streamlining operational processes and greater management of digital assets.