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AHEAD
Formerly Sovereign Systems + Data Blue

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What is AHEAD?

AHEAD 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.…

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Service Offering Details

What is AHEAD?

AHEAD 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.

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The Sovereign Systems’ Cloud Management Platform (CMP) improves IT agility by automating and managing deployment tasks. Our CMP integrates best-of-breed solutions that help IT teams become an automated, on-demand service provider to the business.
From optimizing IT resources to modernizing data center infrastructure, Sovereign partners with VCE to provide best-in-class Converged Infrastructure solutions that support and drive many components of an overall data center strategy.
Begin to modernize your infrastructure and better align IT with business with Sovereign's Next Generation Data Center. Whether you're building your cloud or supporting data produced by the Internet of Things, Sovereign and Cisco have your solution.

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Presidio and Cumberland Group are common alternatives for AHEAD.

Reviewers rate Implementation Rating highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of AHEAD are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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March 28, 2018

Sovereign migration

Derek Jabbour | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Communication
  • Scoping
  • Integration
  • Nothing comes to mind; very satisfied with their service.
Well suited to their work-good with large partners and integrators.
Would not change; project executed perfectly.
Yes
Multiphase- The project was huge.
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled
We are established to with cm
  • Time
Valuable partner.
Value over years working together.
David McMillan, MBA, ITIL | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Requirements analysis that translates our needs to specific configurations
  • Producing equipment quotes that translate to capital and operational spending
  • Frequent direct-contact follow-up to ensure we have what we need
  • Works closely with our hardware/software vendors to produce a unified front to us the customer.
  • Persistence is good, up to a point.

We have found that Sovereign System complements our primary hardware vendor very well, adding a layer of value in the form of pre-sales technical support and specialists who can come in and talk with us about our specific technical challenges.

Because we often are rushing around at the last minute trying to nail down configurations, Sovereign Systems has proven that they can respond to our urgency.

We are constantly being asked by senior leadership to develop new partnerships, so in the future we will do more and better direct partner comparisons. But we will ensure we have a criterion called "knowledge/experience with partner" in our evaluation matrix so that companies we've successfully worked with have a greater likelihood of retaining our business.
No
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled
We invoked existing change management policies and process to cover all necessary changes related to the implementation.
  • The implementaton was dependent on specific network configurations, which we did not know/anticipate, so our implementation was delayed while the network changes were made.
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.
December 05, 2017

Trusted Advisor

Kevin Blackburn | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Sovereign Systems expertise in enterprise storage technologies and virtualization is unmatched by any vendor that I have worked with in the past.
  • Project management and the will to see projects through to the end is unmatched. We have been undergoing a large Epic implementation this year and Sovereign has assisted us every step of the way. They have even gone so far as to work along side vendors that are direct competitors to them to ensure the success of our project.
  • Sovereign Systems's engineers are extremely knowledgeable and competent. They do what it takes to get the job done and make sure that the job is done right while providing documentation of the work that they have done and making sure that we understand the technologies that we are implementing.
  • In the past when we have had issues and vendor support has been required, Sovereign Systems is quick to join in with helping us to get the issue resolved.
  • Sovereign is always pushing to be our "one stop shop" for everything that we may need. Our philosophy is to not have all of our eggs in one basket and to maintain relationships with multiple vendors. While one vendor may be capable of meeting all of our needs, we like to use the vendor that is the best fit for each individual need which is why we diversify the vendors that we use for each project use case.
Sovereign Systems is an indispensable partner in helping us to achieve goals. They help us to vet out solutions to our challenges and help us to wade through the details and choose the best technology to meet our needs. When it comes time to implement the solution that we have selected their implementation engineers always see things through to completion and make themselves available to answer questions and to assist if needed down the road.
I think our evaluation was fairly simple and straighforward. Not sure I would change anything.
Yes
Phase 1 roll out equipment at Prod Site
Phase 2 migrate SAN fabric to consolidate 4 DCX4s down to 2 DCX8510s directors; decommission DCX4s
Phase 3 roll out equipment at DR site; repurpose 2 of the DCX4s
Phase 4 implement Recoverpoint
Phase 5 DR testing/validation
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled
Sovereign Systems was not involved in any of the change management for our organization.
  • No major issues were encountered.
Sovereign stood with us through the entire project. They were available even when not onsite to answer questions and to see this project through to completion.
I would not call it training, rather would call it knowledge transfer.
Sovereign Systems has always been easy to work with. The project managers are very responsive and always have been able to meet our needs, even in the case of last minute requests.
Sovereign account management has been on site every other week, or more, as needed throughout this project. They are committed to our organization's success.
Not applicable to my role in this project.
Not applicable to my role in this project.
December 05, 2017

SovSystems Tech-Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Cost analyses
  • Integration advisory
  • Technical expertise
  • Execution
  • So far so good
Their team is well suited for projects that are related to cloud automation, converged environments, design and resource allocation. Most of the team members are very high caliber SMEs.
I really think SovSystems set their standard high on quality of services from get-go. The relationships and expectations we have built help evaluating other vendors/partners in the industry; as standard evaluation matrix at times could be misleading also. Working through technical challenges what sets the bar and places vendors into high quality category.
Yes
Change management was minimal
SOW well defined upfront.
  • NA
  • NA
  • NA
We have handles several implementations, projects together around VMware and UCS infrastructure, smart stack deployments, automation and did noit miss the mark. Team is well balanced with skills and reliable.
Ryan Thompson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Customer Relations
  • Procurement
Great at product purchase and implementation.
Would not change.
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager), VMware Horizon View
No
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled
  • Newer product required careful configuration which was resolved prior to implementation for production.
Worked well communicating between and Kaminario.
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