NexGen

Data Centre

Pivot3 creates new U.S. sales head position to expand leadership team

February 12, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 creates new U.S. sales head position to expand leadership team
While undergoing the hiring process for a new head of sales that landed Rance Poehler, Pivot3 found they also liked the skillset of Dan Flood, so they made an additional hire, and created the position of VP of U.S. sales for him, as part of a more aggressive strategy to expand in the enterprise.

Cloud

Pivot3 fills out HCI cloud strategy for partners by adding new capabilities, plus Azure and Google support

May 22, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 fills out HCI cloud strategy for partners by adding new capabilities, plus Azure and Google support
Pivot3 is stressing that while other HCI vendors have intelligent hybrid cloud strategies, they have one that is in production today.

Data Centre

Pivot3 looks to shake up hyper-converged market with multiple workload solution

April 25, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 looks to shake up hyper-converged market with multiple workload solution
The Acuity solution’s priority-aware capabilities is the fruit of last year’s acquisition by Pivot3 of NexGen and its technology.

Data Centre

New Pivot3 Canada country manager Grant Aitken looks to raise company visibility

January 12, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Pivot3 Canada country manager Grant Aitken looks to raise company visibility
Pivot3’s hyper-converged Canadian business is much stronger today in the physical security space than in compute, and addressing that is one of ex-VMware Canadian country manager’s Aitken’s top priorities.

Data Centre

Pivot3 looks to rule hyperconverged space with NexGen acquisition

January 28, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pivot3 looks to rule hyperconverged space with NexGen acquisition
The combination of the two companies give them what they believe are enormous synergies that can propel them to a leadership role in the hyperconverged space that neither company remotely aspired to when they were separate.

Channel Programs

NexGen supplements partner margins with new MDF component

September 15, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on NexGen supplements partner margins with new MDF component
NexGen also announced the finalization of its Canadian distribution, which should help improve a Canadian channel which is not yet as strong as they would like.

Channel Programs

Reborn NexGen looks to make a splash with revamped partner program

May 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Reborn NexGen looks to make a splash with revamped partner program
Newly spun-off this year, NexGen has made major changes to its channel program to strengthen its support of partners.

Storage

NexGen spinoff out of SanDisk to return to all-channel model

January 9, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on NexGen spinoff out of SanDisk to return to all-channel model
While NexGen’s R&D and overall sales benefitted significantly from being part of larger companies, moving forward they believe they will be in a stronger position to satisfy customers as a separate company.