Partners
For over thirty years PIER Group has prided itself on establishing relationships wiith our manufacturer and distributor research partners based on responsiveness and trust.
Strategic Manufacturer Partnerships
Relationships Built on Responsiveness and Trust
For over thirty years PIER Group has prided itself on establishing relationships with our manufacturer and distributor research partners based on responsiveness and trust.
We collaborate with some of the world’s leading technology manufacturers to provide innovative, high-performance computing, networking and data center solutions that help in advancing your critical initiatives. We maintain significant partnership levels and certifications so you can trust that you’ll have access to experienced professionals dedicated to your organization when you need it.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is the Industry-leader in servers, storage, wired and wireless networking, converged systems, software, services and cloud.
Ciena is a leader in innovation and intelligent automation for telecommunications networking equipment, software, and services
Arista designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking solutions for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance computing and high-frequency trading environments
Fortinet is a market leader in cybersecurity software and appliances and services, such as firewalls, anti-virus, intrusion prevention and endpoint security
NVIDIA is an international technology company and a global leader in artificial intelligence software with an increasing presence in the gaming sector. NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing to tackle challenges no one else can solve.
EfficientIP is one of the fastest growing network automation and security companies, specializing in DNS-DHCP-IPAM solutions (DDI), with the goal of helping organizations worldwide drive business efficiency through agile, secure and reliable infrastructure foundations.
Aruba is a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and the leading provider of next-generation network access solutions; software-defined, secure, and designed for mobile and IoT.
Juniper Networks offers high-performance network technologies that help service providers, enterprises, and the public sector accelerate success
As a Gartner recognized industry leader in enterprise hardware, optical solutions, and professional services, OSI Global is giving IT teams across the world peace of mind.
Complementary Manufacturer Partnerships
PIER Group collaborates with select partners in order to provide the R&E market a comprehensive package of innovative solutions. Working together, we bring valuable insight to new technologies that will address your complex challenges.
Research Community Partnerships
PIER Group has long-term relationships with many regional and national research networking entities. We’ve supported the GENI network since inception, and we are partnering with US Ignite to create a true smart community that will allow for the flow of real-time data over next-generation wireless networks to a low-latency, programmable network.
The possibilities are limitless for community research partnerships, and we’re honored to be a key player in the process. Our years of experience with open infrastructure, at-scale networking and distributed systems are critical assets for these entities as together we generate breakthroughs in wired and wireless networking technologies.
US Ignite is accelerating the smart city movement – and creating value for an entire ecosystem – by guiding communities into the connected future, creating a path for private sector growth, and advancing technology research
Internet2 is the nation’s largest and fastest, coast-to-coast research and education network where R&E organizations can solve common technology challenges and develop innovative solutions in support of their educational, research and community service missions
GENI (Global Environment for Network Innovations) provides a virtual laboratory for networking and distributed systems research and education promoting innovations in network science, security, services and applications
Through The Quilt, non-profit regional research and education networks collaborate to develop, deploy and operate advanced cyberinfrastructure that enables innovation in research and education
SCinet is the fastest, most powerful volunteer-built network in the world. SCinet is a global collaboration of high-performance networking experts who provide the fastest and most powerful volunteer-built network in the world for the SC Conference.
ESnet (Energy Sciences Network) is a high-performance, unclassified network built to provide high-bandwidth, reliable connections that link scientists at national laboratories, universities, and other research institutions, enabling them to collaborate on some of the world’s most important scientific challenges including energy, climate science, and the origins of the universe
We’ve been entrenched in the R&E market for over 30 years, so we speak the same language you do. Our partnerships provide us a unique ability to assist you with design, acquisition, and deployment of the latest products and solutions.