MR2, a leading IT solutions integration company, and Pivot3, a pioneer and innovator of hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), have partnered to bring Pivot3’s software-defined solutions for the data center to mid to large-size organizations, adding to their robust portfolio of enterprise-class technology solutions and data center management strategies.

“We are pleased to add Pivot3 as a technology partner,” said Ron Salazar, general manager of MR2 Solutions. “We always strive to build a designed architecture based on three value propositions: investment protection, cost containment and ease of use. Pivot3 meets all three criteria. The company's HCI platform will help us address the challenges of a bimodal IT landscape and help our customers modernize their data center.”

With a focus on a strong ecosystem of technology partners, market leaders and visionary manufacturers who help deliver end-to-end solutions to customers, MR2’s portfolio includes hardware and software solutions focused on storage, business continuity and disaster recover, data protection, networking, security, cloud-based services and hyper-converged infrastructure.

Pivot3 provides customers with a cost-efficient and easy-to-manage HCI platform that reduces complexity and risk associated with data center management so IT can focus on driving business outcomes. Pivot3’s state-of-the-art technology allows customers to maximize their IT investment with best-in-class storage capacity utilization, performance acceleration and industry-leading fault tolerance for high-demand applications running enterprise IT workloads. The company is the only HCI vendor that unites storage, server, networking and virtualization resources from separate appliances to offer a truly Global Hyper-Converged Infrastructure solution in an easy to adopt, pay-as-you-grow model.

“This partnership will allow Pivot3 to reach more forward-thinking companies that are looking to transform IT operations and its economics with a single unified platform,” said Bruce Milne, CMO at Pivot3. “We look forward to building our relationship and leveraging MR2’s experience in dynamic infrastructure technology that focuses on protecting the entire data lifecycle of any organization.”

MR2’s mission is to establish genuine, long-term business relationships with customers as their trusted advisor and true technology partner. As enterprise IT continues to address the challenges of major paradigm shifts that impact operational environments and the role of IT professionals, relationships between IT visionaries and integrators are crucial in how companies approach and invest in their infrastructure solutions. Together, the partnership between MR2 and Pivot3 will provide customers with the right set of HCI solutions for their unique IT environments.