ETMA Spring Conference
Mentat Partners joined a crew of 130+ IT professionals for another great ETMA Enterprise Technology Management Association conference in Phoenix.
Sean is a seasoned IT professional, entrepreneur, author and investor. He has worked over the years with hundreds of startups and scaling companies as a general advisor, director, consultant, professional trainer and award winning sales producer. He has personally produced over 30 high impact sales and data center marketplace training events across the country and his firm has negotiated and closed hundreds of data center and hosting contracts with service providers around the world. Sean also spends his time serving as an industry advocate through his work with the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (I2C) in Washington DC as well as InfraGard and the District Export Council in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Driving Influences for Pricing from MMR Operators
Our client was looking to add a layer of protection against the possibility of an earthquake in Silicon Valley without having to invest in a complete DR solution. Through our engagement, we quickly vetted dozens of providers across 5 states and found them an ideal provider in an ideal location, resolved a complex network migration issue and reduced their monthly recurring spend on power and space by over 50%.
Strategic Alliance with Communicare Technology Solutions
Mentat Partners is proud to announce our partnership with Communicare Technology Solutions (CTS). With over 15 years of experience working at several major telecommunication carriers including Level (3) and Century Link Business, CTS, brings an unprecedented amount of network experience to the table.
Ben’s Branches
For our monthly Day of Service, Mentat Partners partnered with Ben’s Branches to deliver 50 Christmas trees to families in the Raleigh-Durham area who otherwise may not have been able to afford one.
2020 Raleigh Rooftop Skyline Social
Mentat Partners is excited to announce that we will continue to host our monthly Raleigh Rooftop Skyline Social in 2020. Reach out to us today to be invited to our exclusive Raleigh networking event hosted the second Tuesday of every month on the rooftop of Skyhouse Tower.
Bay Area Colocation
A client had vetted and aligned a hybrid hardware/colo and elastic hosting (AWS) solution that could help. Although they were unsure of where to put their infrastructure for sub 2 millisecond AWS access to ensure further bottlenecks would be pushed out much further down the road. Mentat Partners paired them with: Bay Area datacenter provider with a robust and expansive local network that doesn’t charge an arm and a leg for power and space, provides a solid SLA, and is 1 millisecond away from other data stored on AWS’s infrastructure located in the Bay Area.
The Startup IT Architect
The client needed assistance regarding Bay Area colocation, hardware and complex network requirements. They were unfamiliar with current local providers in the datacenter or network space and hoping to work with a VAR who can help work through complex server, firewall and switch questions and specifications. Mentat Partners introduced the client to a hardware VAR with experience working with the type of specific needs of an early stage SaaS company that will be scaling quickly over a short period of time.
One Throat to Choke
A client had vetted and aligned a hybrid hardware/colo and elastic hosting (AWS) solution that could help. Although they were unsure of where to put their infrastructure for sub 2 millisecond AWS access to ensure further bottlenecks would be pushed out much further down the road. Mentat Partners paired them with: Bay Area datacenter provider with a robust and expansive local network that doesn’t charge an arm and a leg for power and space, provides a solid SLA, and is 1 millisecond away from other data stored on AWS’s infrastructure located in the Bay Area.
Data Center Migration
Our client was looking to add a layer of protection against the possibility of an earthquake in Silicon Valley without having to invest in a complete DR solution. Through our engagement, we quickly vetted dozens of providers across 5 states and found them an ideal provider in an ideal location, resolved a complex network migration issue and reduced their monthly recurring spend on power and space by over 50%.