Increasing IT Infrastructure Drives Growth In North American Rack Mount Power Distribution Unit Market.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50912) has announced the addition of the New Frost & Sullivan report "North American Power Distribution Unit (PDU) Markets" to their offering.

This Frost & Sullivan research service entitled North American Power Distribution Unit Market provides an overview of the rack mount and non-rack mount power distribution unit (PDU) markets along with their segmentation, their revenues, and market share and growth. It also reviews major strategic opportunities for success in the market and provides comprehensive end-user analysis, pricing trends, competitive structure, and market share analysis.

Market Overview

Increasing IT Infrastructure Drives Growth in Rack Mount PDU Market

In 2005, the power distribution unit (PDU) market generated $209.2 million in revenues and is expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5 percent until 2012. The growth in the rack mount PDU market is likely to double when compared to that of the non-rack mount PDU market, primarily due to the increase in data center applications, which are used in sectors such as IT infrastructure, telecom, finance and banking. Rack mount PDU, with the ability to offer multiple outputs and serve end-user applications more effectively, is popular among the data centers/server farms, explains the analyst of this research service. In fact, IT infrastructure contributed about 40.8 percent of rack mount PDU sales in 2005.

End users such as healthcare are also likely to offer lucrative growth opportunities for manufacturers of rack and non-rack mount PDUs due to increase in life-saving equipment that requires uninterrupted quality power. Rack mount PDU with Remote power management that , alerts the end user and minimizes or eliminates downtime is proving to be a key feature, driving the sales for rack mount PDUs. Switched type units that are capable of monitoring and controlling the end-user application from any secured network connection are being increasingly sought after as they are time saving and cost effective.

Customizing Non-rack Mount PDU Leads to Increased Sales

The concept of customization in non-rack mount PDU market is expected to drive this market in the forecast period. Since end users can configure non-rack mount PDUs individually and also use them for a wide range of specifications, it lowers the system total cost, observes the analyst.

Easy installation has been a major purchase criterion for traditional end-user segments such as industrial applications. Features such as the ability to protect equipment from spikes, electrical noises, and phase imbalances and thereby, ensure power supply of higher quality have been driving demand from the telecom, finance and banking sectors. With the increase in server density, rack vendors are also expected to focus on simplifying cable management and design systems to accommodate deeper server versions.

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