Liz Cruz is a senior analyst with the IHS information technology team. Since joining the company she has developed reports on the markets for containerized data centers, data center cooling, IT racks and enclosures, uninterruptible power supplies, service and support of UPS, and a focused analysis of the data center market in the Middle East and Africa.
As part of a team looking to expand its understanding of global trends in data centers, she is happy to discuss new areas of interest such as data center infrastructure management, industry differences in data center design and growth, cloud, innovative cooling solutions, and power redundancy designs.
In a world where Google, Amazon, and Facebook are designing their own servers and buying direct from Asian manufacturers, suppliers of all data center equipment are rightfully a little worried about their place in the future supply chain.