Hans Baumann is responsible for the management of Rittal’s Data Center Infrastructure Solutions, which includes enclosures, thermal management, power, and monitoring products. Baumann brings an engineering background and more than 20 years of experience, including product development, management, and marketing. Over his career, he has provided data center solutions to the financial, education and government vertical industry segments and has implemented solutions for Global 1000 Enterprise customers. Baumann has a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA from Northwestern University’s J. L. Kellogg School of Management.
As data center configurations and applications require more computing power, managers are looking at new ways to address thermal management challenges.
According to recent research from Gartner, the global colocation market is expected to double by 2020 to $50B. Rittal is seeing colocation providers move towards a hybrid cloud strategy to connect hyperconverged platforms.
