Pivot3 Raises $23 Million in Funding

Pivot3, the leading provider of unified storage and compute appliances, announced the closing of a $23 million round of new equity financing, which will principally be used to fund expansion of its product development, sales and marketing activities. Pivot3 has been widely recognized for innovation in converged scale-out IT infrastructure since its founding in 2003, and has deployed solutions for more than 500 customers worldwide. Read more 

Personnel Tracking of the Week

AmericansDVTel, Yoav Stern, President and CEO of DVTel
Ami Amir, Executive VP of Marketing and Products
Dan Hochberg, VP of Global Business Development
Alice Roth, VP of R&D read more

US City Selects Pivot3 Storage for IP Video Surveillance Upgrade

Pivot3, a provider of IP SANs to the surveillance market, announced the city of Maple Grove selected Pivot3's platform as the video surveillance storage solution for its networked video system expansion. read more

Pivot3 Appoints IT Veteran as Sales VP

Pivot3, a company to consolidate servers and storage in a scale-out application platform, appointed Curt Wittich as its new VP of Sales. Wittich, who has a proven track record of driving growth in a variety of corporate environments, immediately assumes the role and reports directly to Pivot3 President and CEO Bob Fernander. In his new position, Wittich is responsible for overseeing sales efforts in the Americas on behalf ofPivot3.  read more

Pivot3 Appoints New CFO

Pivot3, a company to consolidate servers and storage in a scale-out application platform, appointed Katy Murray as the company’s new CFO. Reporting directly to Pivot3 President and CEO Bob Fernander, Murray will assume worldwide responsibility for the company’s financial, legal and manufacturing operations. Murray comes to Pivot3 from Taleo where she served as CFO of the publicly traded software-as-a-service provider.  read more

Hillsborough County Sheriff*s Office Selects Pivot3 Platform for Video Surveillance Storage

Pivot3, a provider to consolidate servers and storage in a scale-out application platform, has been deployed as the combined server/storage platform for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) video surveillance implementation, which aims to reduce violent behavior, catch repeat offenders and increase security in designated hotspots.  read more

Pivot3 Expands European Sales and Support

Pivot3, a company which consolidates servers and storage in a scaled-out application platform, announced it has added a dedicated sales and support organization in Europe. The expanded geographic team enablesPivot3 to provide regional sales and support for the Pivot3 application platform. The company also announced its surveillance installation with ATN Beveiliging in Holland.  read more