Case Study: Coventry University achieves accurate data center visibility and dependency mapping with Device42

UK-based Coventry University “Enrolls” Device42 to Optimize its Data Center Management

Coventry University, a major UK university serving more than 27,000 students across three campuses, faced growing data center management problems as its infrastructure expanded. Reliance on Excel for inventory and manual tracking of physical and virtual connections made planning, capacity management, access to real-time information, and secure password handling slow, error-prone, and risky for the IT team.

After evaluating multiple vendors, Coventry implemented Device42 to discover, map and manage its physical and logical infrastructure. The rollout delivered rapid, accurate room/rack/device visualizations, automated network port and dependency mapping, centralized asset and password management with audit trails, and anywhere/anytime access—creating a single source of truth that improved planning, risk assessment, and operational response.

Coventry University

Yasin Shaikh

Systems Developer