Gartner defines an advanced distribution management system (ADMS) as the real-time operations support system of an electricity distribution network. Utilities use ADMSs to monitor, control and operate physical field assets (owned by the utility) to provide reliable electric service to customers. The ADMS estimates the state of the distribution network to optimize asset utilization and minimize losses. An ADMS can manage and guide outage restoration activities by identifying the fault location, isolating and restoring affected equipment, and returning the system to its desired operating state.
Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tools monitor, measure, manage and/or control data center resources and energy consumption of both IT-related equipment (such as servers, storage and network switches) and facilities infrastructure components (such as power distribution units and computer room air conditioners). They are data-center-specific (they are designed for data center use), rather than general building management system tools, and are used to optimize data center power, cooling and physical space. Solutions do not have to be sensor-based, but they do have to be designed to accommodate real-time power and temperature/environmental monitoring. They must also support resource management, which Gartner defines as going beyond typical IT asset management to include the location and interrelationships between assets.