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July/August/September 2019 I 61 and infrastructure costs. Care must be taken to deploy this solution safely with the utmost precautions emphasized around industry best practices. CONCLUSION Not long ago, rack PDUs were mainly basic power strips distributing power to the different equipment in the cabinet. In the past few years, rack PDUs not only distribute power, but are rapidly evolving with embedded and connected IoT devices. The intelligent rack PDU is becoming the IoT device aggregation point and also control point for infrastructure management. The PDU segment is expected to register a CAGR of around 7.0 percent from 2019 to 2025. The global data center rack PDU market is expected to reach USD 2.04 billion by 2025. The growth is mainly driven by the snowballing demand for intelligent PDUs. Over the last few years, companies have shifted toward the adoption of intelligent PDUs against simple multi socket racks with server and network equipment. 12 Intelligent rack PDUs enable the management and monitoring of power in addition to monitoring environmental and security conditions. Through the installation of intelligent rack PDUs, data center managers are able to collect insight data and actionable intelligence that could be used for positivity impacting the business outcome. In addition to intelligence, the rack PDU is evolving to provide a lot more power directly to the rack. This not only meets the continuously growing demand for having more equipment in the cabinet with more power-hungry high computing equipment, but also optimizes the power distribution and reduces energy costs. BIOGRAPHY: Raul Pombo is the Panduit Senior Product Line Manager for Intelligent Infrastructure Solutions within the Data Center Business Unit at Panduit Corp in Tinley Park, Illinois. In this position, Raul is responsible for the Intelligent Infrastruc- ture Solutions business strategy, product roadmap, product planning and execution all throughout the lifecycle of the business, which he has been able to rapidly grow and is becoming one of the fastest growing businesses at Panduit. Raul has been with Panduit for four years. Prior to Panduit, Raul worked at Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola where he was the senior director for Latin America engineering and services. In addition, he worked at Tellabs where he was group product manager managing the business and product development for Enterprise and Data Center High-Speed Optical Switches. Raul has over 25 years of telecommunications experience and holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) degree, as well as professional certifications for Certified Data Center Design Professional (CDCDP) and Metro Ethernet Forum Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (MEF-CECP). Raul has also been awarded 10 U.S. patents in telecommunications technologies and algorithms. He can be reached at raul.pombo@panduit.com. REFERENCES: 1. Fingerman, Adam, The IoT 2019: Many "things" ahead, but here are four predictions, February 15, 2019, ClickZ, https://www.clickz.com/whats-ahead-for-iot-many- things-2019/226144-2/226144/ Quality, reliability, and safety are paramount considerations when selecting the right intelligent rack PDU supporting high density power applications. As the voltages are increased so is the inherent increased risk for arc flash. While every precaution has been taken to ensure accuracy and completeness in this literature, Panduit Corp, author and contributors assume no responsibility, and disclaims all liability for damages resulting from use of this information or for any errors or omissions.