AHEAD

Today, we honor and celebrate Juneteenth, a powerful reminder of the enduring journey toward true freedom and equality.

At AHEAD, we recognize the legacy of the Black community and commit ourselves to the daily work of building a workplace where everyone truly belongs.

A customer calls in with an issue your company already knows about. They repeat themselves twice. Get transferred once. And still don't get a resolution.

That's the gap agentic AI closes. It already has the full picture and can act on it in real time.

Issues get resolved in one interaction, customers stay, and customer service stops being a cost center and starts driving revenue.

Getting there requires three things working together: a unified data foundation, agentic workflows that take action across systems, and governance built in from day one.

AHEAD helps enterprises build all three, from strategy through production-grade deployment.

Find out how: https://bit.ly/4aH3Fgj

isn't a risk you plan around anymore. It's a reality you plan for.

AHEAD's Jonathan Kowall and Rubrik's Ben Kendall get practical at 2026:

Rubrik's Zero Trust data security, Everpure's immutable infrastructure, and AHEAD's Cyber Resilience Maturity Model that maps where your organization stands + what it takes to move from reactive to resilient.

Cyber Resilience in the Modern Enterprise: Partnering Rubrik and Everpure for Unbreakable Data Protection

6/17 | 1:45 PM PT | Jasmine C

Building AI infrastructure is one thing. Deploying it at speed and scale, with the consistency and visibility to back it up, is another.

Today at 2026, AHEAD's Robert Ruby will walk through how gets organizations from design to go-live faster:

» FlashStack-integrated racks
» Streamlined global logistics
» End-to-end visibility at every stage.

Powering the Next Generation of AI with AHEAD Foundry

6/17 | 1:00 PM PT | Theater 2, The Hub

If time-to-value is the metric that matters most right now, don't miss this session.

AHEAD has been named Everpure’s Americas Partner of the Year for 2026. 🏆
 
This award reflects the work of an exceptional team and the trust of clients who chose us to deliver. We are proud of the growth, the impact, and the partnership that made it possible.
 
Grateful for the recognition and the team behind it. Focused on what’s next.
 

AHEAD has officially landed at 2026.

As a Gold Sponsor and Everpure Elite Partner, we are at Booth #1 showcasing what it actually takes to build AI infrastructure that performs.

Add our sessions to your agenda:

» Powering the Next Generation of AI with with AHEAD's Robert Ruby
6/17 @ 1:00 pm | Theater 2, The Hub

» Cyber Resilience in the Modern Enterprise with Rubrik's Ben Kendall + AHEAD's Jonathan Kowall
6/17 @ 1:45 pm | Jasmine C

Stop by Booth #1 or see us on stage. Let's get to work.

AHEAD has been named Dynatrace Partner of the Year for North America, and we're just getting started.

We also took home the North America Services Excellence Award at Amplify 2026, making this our third consecutive year earning top honors in the Dynatrace partner ecosystem.

Two awards. One clear signal: the work our team puts into expertise, delivery and client outcomes is resonating.

Thank you to Dynatrace and to every client who trusted us to deliver.

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/43stwVp

A worth celebrating.

Our new air- and liquid-cooled integration facility in Libertyville, IL is built to help enterprises deploy AI infrastructure faster, with less risk.

We were proud to mark the occasion alongside the Mayor of Libertyville and the partners, clients, and team whose dedication brought this facility to life.

Thank you to everyone who made this milestone possible.

AHEAD has been named Rubrik Inc.’s 2026 Global Channel Partner of the Year. 🏆

One of the top honors in the ecosystem. Earned through ex*****on in the moments that matter most for our clients.

That same standard shows up in the field. AHEAD Client Director Zach Millis was named Rubrik’s Americas AE of the Year.

This is what it looks like when teams deliver, stay accountable to outcomes, and consistently show up for clients when resilience is on the line.

Congratulations to Zach and to the teams across AHEAD driving this work every day.

Although most AI deployments remain in hybrid environments, organizations prioritizing data control, cost predictability, and compliance are increasingly looking to shift to private cloud.

Without a clear plan for how their private cloud platform will be used, managed, and supported over time, even major technology investments can lose momentum.

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and vSphere Kubernetes Service create more value when they are tied to real modernization goals, clear ownership, and an operating model teams can sustain beyond day 1.

This article looks at how organizations can move from Broadcom entitlements to ex*****on through a practical, phased roadmap tied to business priorities, modernization goals, and a clearer path to adoption.

See how organizations are putting Broadcom VCF + VKS entitlements to work: https://bit.ly/4vFXL7l