Sarah McElroy is an analyst in the data centers, cloud & IT Infrastructure group which produces high-quality market intelligence focusing on the global market for data center products and services. This includes uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution, precision cooling, rack enclosures, colocation, structured cabling and service/support. Research deliverables range from annual syndicated reports, to quarterly market trackers and customized research.
Sarah authors an annual rack power distribution report and will be publishing a first edition report on the structured cabling market in 2014. Since joining IHS in 2013, she has also taken on the role of producing the rack power distribution quarterly tracker.
In the few months that I have been researching the network cabling market, I have heard a wide variety of perspectives and opinions about the pending introduction of the category 8 copper cable which will support 40Gb/s Ethernet.