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    AHEAD

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together cloud infrastructure, intelligent operations, and modern applications, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation. AHEAD was founded in 2007 and in 2019 merged with Sovereign Systems, and Data Blue. The services formerly available under those brands is now available from AHEAD, LLC.N/A

    Simform

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ASimform is a digital engineering company specializing in Product Engineering, Agentic AI, Data, Cloud, and Enterprise Transformation. Using a co-engineering model, the company partners with high-growth ISVs and enterprise clients to build scalable digital platforms. Core Services: Product Engineering Agentic AI, ML and Data Science Data Engineering Cloud and Platform Engineering Enterprise Transformation Cybersecurity …N/A
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    AHEADSimform
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    AHEADSimform
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    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
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    User Ratings
    AHEADSimform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (42 ratings)
    9.2
    (14 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.4
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    9.0
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.6
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    AHEADSimform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    They are easily our go to company for anything revolving around VMware suite, whether that is infrastructure related, automation related, or monitoring related. It's a no brainier to get their assistance with a lot of tasks as they can competently implement complex designs. Also on the storage architecture side they are great. I'm sure there is much more but for my team we mainly leverage them in these areas.
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    Simform
    Simform is great with project management, communications and execution. They've been exemplary with customer service in all areas. We had an original version of our app that was created and hosted by another partner that abruptly went out of business. We were left with no support and a pending loss of hosted services. Simform jumped in and moved our code base to their hosted environment and even made substantial improvements to our existing code with no downtime for our customers!
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    Pros
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    • The provided pre-req documentation was thorough and well thought out, making it easy to jump into the project.
    • The design session to gather our requirements was very helpful, Sovereign's familiarity with the vRealize product line along with diagramming our desired layout confirmed our decision to bring in assistance with the project.
    • When we ran into some issues with Sovereign's custom code their development team was on top of it and solved the issue in a matter of a few days.
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    Simform
    • Simform delivered our self-serve application, including an MVP, within the agreed timeline.
    • Their exceptional expertise and dedication continue to impress as they develop new features and maintain the application.
    • The customer success team and project managers at Simform were committed to timely delivery. Despite the time zone differences, they navigated seamlessly, ensuring efficient planning and flawless implementation.
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    Cons
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    • Coordination of product orders with the vendor although I think the vendor is the bigger issue. Insuring delivery time frames are met is of great importance with these kinds of projects.
    • Communication between scheduled project meetings. There could be more contact between meetings.
    • Provide a customer portal for project tracking.
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    Simform
    • There have been times when we thought our projects were to heavily staffed. We informed Simform of this and the issue was corrected immediately.
    • One project we thought the Simform team member skill set did not match up with the requirements for the project. We alerted Simform of this and they quickly fixed the situation.
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    In-Person Training
    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    I would not call it training, rather would call it knowledge transfer.
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    AHEAD (formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue)
    Having extensive pre-implementaton dialogue really made the process much smoother. We had most of our bases covered and were ready for the equipment installation/implementation, except for the previously mentioned network configuration issues that arose.
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    Simform
    We evaluated four different agencies and interviewed over 12 engineers as part of our selection process. Alongside Simform, we partnered with another firm that charged nearly double the rate. However, we found no significant difference in the quality or skillsets delivered. Simform stood out for their technical capability, responsiveness, and cost-effectiveness, making them the clear choice.
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