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62 I ICT TODAY IS YOUR HOSPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ON LIFE SUPPORT? THE SOLUTION IS AVAILABLE NOW! NEW STANDARD bicsi.org/004 62 I ICT TODAY 5. SECURE DATA WITH REMOTE CABINET-LEVEL ACCESS CONTROL The more robust intelligent PDUs also provide integration of cabinet- level electronic access control. These are primarily being deployed by colocation providers as well as enterprise data centers to enhance security and to comply with strict industry regulations, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). These regulations require data to be physically protected wherever it is being stored. While intelligent PDUs enable the cabinet-level locks to operate by providing them with power and a network connection, an application that provides a consolidated audit log of all access attempts along with a user name, time stamp and mode of access is what is required to meet these stringent compliance requirements. INVESTMENT JUSTIFIED Intelligent PDUs provide data that can be utilized to make a data center more highly available, manageable, efficient and secure. Effective use of such data requires organizations to invest in centralized management tools, such as DCIM software, that puts all the data in an organized, meaningful format that simplifies decision making. When selecting a solution, take into consideration its ease of use, security and integration capabilities. To maximize ROI, select Robust IP consolidation technology allows data center managers to use fewer network ports in each cabinet for power management, environmental monitoring and access control, which means more ports for production equipment. an intelligent PDU with robust IP consolidation capability. This will greatly reduce the number of network connections needed to support remote monitoring at the rack-level, freeing network ports for production equipment. Cost is dramatically reduced, because there will be less hardware, less software and less networking. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: Ashish Moondra is the senior product manager, power, electronics & software for Chatsworth Products. He has over 20 years of experience developing and managing rack power distribution, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), energy storage and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions. Ashish has previously worked with American Power Conversion, Emerson Network Power and Active Power and has been an expert speaker at various data center forums. Ashish can be reached at amoondra@chatsworth.com.