Data continues to explode, threats keep evolving, and budgets never seem to stretch far enough. Many IT teams feel trapped by sprawling storage and rising costs while still trying to innovate. They don’t need another box-pushing vendor; they need a partner who can make sense of the chaos and turn it into an edge. That’s exactly what Pellera Technologies does. As a leading NetApp partner, it takes the headaches out of infrastructure and turns them into clear, measurable wins for the business.
Pellera rose from the combined expertise of Converge Technology Solutions and Mainline Information Systems, uniting more than three-and-a-half decades of enterprise IT leadership. The merger created a US$4 billion organization that now serves 4,500+ clients across every major industry. Even more significant than its scale is a people-first philosophy: technology must advance a business goal, elevate an employee experience, or unlock a new market opportunity.
Guided by that principle, Pellera delivers outcomes across digital infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and AI that improve efficiency, sharpen adaptability, and fuel sustainable growth. CEO Greg Berard views the new brand as the opening line of a fresh chapter. Leveraging the combined intellectual capital of two industry leaders, Pellera strengthens strategic partnerships, speeds up the innovation process, and helps its clients take advantage of opportunities that previously seemed unattainable. The mandate is to redefine what is possible in enterprise IT and do so with measurable impact.
That mandate matters because the technology landscape is changing faster than ever. Artificial intelligence promises unprecedented productivity, yet many leaders fear runaway costs or workforce disruption. Pellera positions AI as an augment to human creativity and a multiplier of human capability, integrating it with workflows so that specialists can exchange grunt work for something more strategic, while ensuring that oversight isn’t compromised.
The adoption of hybrid clouds requires a flexible yet secure architecture. Pellera designs scaling infrastructure for on-the-fly elasticity while maintaining performance. Cyber attackers are widening their scope on a daily basis, so Pellera follows the zero-trust discipline to secure sensitive information. Exploding data growth demands push budgets and facilities to the brink, leading Pellera to mix NetApp innovation with intelligent analytics that turn raw bytes into actionable insight, instead of overhead.
And NetApp is in the middle of that plan. Enterprises modernizing storage want protocol flexibility, unified management, effortless mobility, robust ransomware defense, and predictable economics across on-premises and cloud estates. Pellera delivers each requirement through NetApp’s portfolio, starting with the C-Series arrays built on high-density QLC flash. These systems compress rack footprint, power draw, and cooling needs while running the proven Data ONTAP operating system, trimming total cost of ownership and freeing new capacity without facility expansion. NetApp has also enhanced management simplicity, giving administrators a single intuitive console that slashes routine upkeep time. Flexible financing models make it straightforward to adopt the newest platforms without aggressive capital outlays, and improved storage-efficiency gains extend value for customers maintaining earlier-generation systems.
Recoverability has become a board-level mandate as ransomware proliferates. Pellera leverages NetApp BlueXP analytics, powered by twenty years of immutable snapshot expertise and AI insight. Automated identification, response, and remediation secure data throughout the NetApp estate, reducing the time intruders are resident on the estate from days to minutes. The capability to recover single files or entire environments from protected snapshots takes the existential dread out of digital transformation.
Cloud migration is equally critical. The Pellera partnership with NetApp enables consistent data services on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. And with a single operating system, the same replication, unified backup, and shared policies can allow administrators to move or expand additional workloads without having to retrain their teams or redesign applications. Storage efficiency capabilities reduce monthly cloud invoices, while smooth data traverse enables customers to retain sovereignty and compliance choices.
To guarantee that every technology decision drives towards a strategic goal, Pellera leverages its AIM methodology, which is “Advise, Implement, Manage.” In other words, advisory goals, risk position, and technical debt are assessed in the advisory phase by a pragmatic roadmap. Loadout speeds up the compute, low-latency fabric, post-fabric storage, and orchestration layers to reduce system disruption. Managed services secure, fortify, and modernize that environment, freeing internal teams to innovate. AIM transforms abstract vision into practical reality and provides clear, measurable objectives at every step.
Inside that framework, Pellera offers AI-ready advisory services that give clients a precise view of current maturity and a pathway to future readiness. Infrastructure technology reviews map data as it’s both generated and stored across the company, revealing wasteful overlap as well as hidden vulnerabilities, while testing rigorously for performance, scalability, and resilience.
Tailored acceleration roadmaps pinpoint when to introduce faster compute, fabric upgrades, or orchestration enhancements so environments can satisfy emerging workloads in speed, capacity, and throughput. Whether on-premises, hosted, or in the cloud, Pellera maps an optimal course, addressing technical debt and unlocking resources for innovation, and designs next-generation data centers that balance performance, cost, and operability while keeping data secure, compliant, and easily accessible.
We bridge strategy and technology with a proprietary approach. This means we don’t just deliver technology solutions; we ensure they are strategically aligned with our clients’ unique business goals from start to finish. — Greg Berard, Chief Executive Officer, Pellera Technologies
Results on the ground tell the real story. For six years, Pellera and NetApp worked together with the Navy Federal Credit Union, revamping its storage so data moves faster, stays compliant, and bounces back quickly if trouble strikes. That project helped Pellera take home NetApp’s 2025 Partner of the Year award for the East region. Other clients see the same lift. By switching to NetApp’s C-Series arrays, they cut power bills, freed up rack space, and spent less on storage. BlueXP analytics spot ransomware the moment it appears and roll systems back in minutes. With the same data services running in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, workloads can shift wherever they make the most sense without any operational friction.
Pellera keeps its edge by making tech simple and useful. Every recommendation ties to a clear business goal. Deep ties with AWS, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Dell, IBM, HPE, NetApp, NVIDIA, and Microsoft give teams the right tools at the right time. Throw in seasoned architects, security experts, and data scientists who love puzzles, and you have a culture that converts the fast pace of change into a durable advantage. With new funding and increasing demand, Pellera’s next chapter is shaping up to be even grander.
Looking ahead, Pellera is positioned for rapid expansion. Backing from H.I.G. Capital provides financial depth for strategic acquisitions, internal R&D, and talent recruitment that keep it on the leading edge. Ongoing platform innovations will enable customers to take advantage of new opportunities as they emerge. Whether enabling real-time analytics, scaling experimental AI models to production, or reinforcing cyber resilience, Pellera intends to continue transforming ideas into outcomes.
Pellera Technologies has rewritten expectations for what enterprises should demand from an IT partner. By combining NetApp’s nimble storage innovation with an AIM methodology that connects each step to business value, it untangles the maze of today’s infrastructure, even as we stand on the cusp of next-gen workloads. Pain points go away, opportunities proliferate, and actual outcomes replace aspiration. In a world where everyone claims to have a magic pill to solve their problems, Pellera gives its clients what is most critical – change that they can trust.