AHEAD Data Center Solutions
Data Center Migration and Modernization
We modernize your infrastructure to support the scalability, speed, and efficiency demanded by your enterprise – in your data center, in the cloud, hybrid, or at the edge.
AHEAD DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS
- We work with you to create anything from complex migration plans to data center consolidation roadmaps. We always aim to modernize your infrastructure for scalability, governance, and cost optimization. Even with basic lift and shift migrations, we look for ways to improve applications and underlying platforms.
- There are many architectural, financial, and operational impacts to consider as you modernize your data center. We collect relevant environment data as it is needed to make decisions for where and how to run your enterprise workloads.
- Many organizations have designed their data centers around VMware hypervisors for almost 20 years. AHEAD is the only VMware partner worldwide with all eight Master Services competencies and Cloud Verified Status. We bring a holistic and vendor-agnostic perspective to the challenge of adopting more of the VMware portfolio or removing parts of it from your environment.
- Upgrade your infrastructure for an exponential influx of data. We create capacity and performance-optimized storage solutions for block, file, and object across multi-cloud environments.
- Our Backup and Recovery Assessment offers a multi-faceted look at your posture in seven key areas of data protection. Create a long-term plan for data protection enhancements and rapidly recover data in case of disruption, or employ us for Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service.
- AHEAD’s Cybervault is a best-in-class cyber resiliency solution that provide anomaly detection, strong access controls, minimized lateral movement, immutable copies of your data, and operationalized processes to mitigate attack risks and increase recovery capabilities.
- AHEAD can create full suites of node-based architectures including packaged appliances, full stack, and custom rack, blade, and edge solutions. Build custom compute solutions optimized for spend and powerful enough to support AI initiatives and beyond.
- Rack-scale integration for your data center modernizations is performed in AHEAD factories, not third-party locations. Not only does this level of control add predictability to deployment schedules, it also provides plug-and-play simplicity onsite to reduce your team’s efforts.
- Accelerate time-to-value. AHEAD cloud, IaC, automation, and monitoring solutions give your teams full visibility into your environments and simplify IT operations.
- AHEAD Foundry teams design and pre‑build custom rack, blade, and edge compute stacks in AHEAD factories — fully cabled, configured, and tested — so infrastructure arrives on‑site for plug‑and‑play migrations, reducing deployment risk and effort while accelerating time‑to‑value for modern, AI‑ready data centers.
- A full rack build includes rack preparation, rail and server installation, network switch integration, precise network cabling, power-on logical configuration and testing, and a final rack QC and inspection to guarantee flawless performance.
- The result is a more scalable and resilient data center with optimized storage and backup, right‑sized and AI‑ready compute, lower run‑costs and technical debt, and a cleaner path to cloud and edge for future initiatives.
OUR PERSPECTIVE
Operationalizing AI at the Edge Is the Next AI Battleground
A growing demand for machine learning, AI and low-latency data analytics will continue to accelerate the demand for edge computing solutions. Organizations who fail to modernize their edge infrastructure will fall behind.
GET AHEAD OF YOUR COMPETITION
We are a single partner to support your cloud, data center, and edge needs. All AHEAD data center projects come with access to the Hatch platform, which lets you seamlessly track the thousands of moving IT assets from procurement to disposition. Set up automated procurement workflows and real-time order tracking. Keep track of end-of-life roadmaps on full tech stacks, components and other items – with risk scoring for impending component EOL dates. Utilize reverse logistics services to facilitate the return or relocation of assets.
We’ve built and migrated some of the largest solutions in the world from top OEMs. Our work includes a 13.5PB Powerflex Rack, a 360 node Nutanix SDDC, and multiple data centers with 100+ nodes. Our Hatch platform offers complete location-based asset visibility and software version control and tracking for staged rollouts.
Our strategic advisory services are led by former practitioners whose expertise matches leading OEMs, and our proprietary accelerators drive cost efficiency, increased performance, and increased availability in your infrastructure builds.
TOP DATA CENTER PARTNERS
We work with over 200 of the leading IT innovators.
Together, we build infrastructures that drive innovation.
