Examining Pivot3's Scale Out Hosting Platform
Pivot3 has announced a scale out hosting platform aimed at supplying the growing number of VSaaS providers needing centralized storage. Partners listed in the announcement include Axis, Detexei, Salient and Iveda.
In contrast to its general purpose video surveillance storage offerings (CloudBank and MiniBank), Pivot3 offers backup and replication options with secondary storag...
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Other Updates on Pivot3
Pivot3 CEO Gone on May 01, 2013
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Pivot3 Financials and Market Fit Examined on Feb 12, 2013
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Pivot3 Raises $23 million / Refocuses on Feb 08, 2012
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Pivot3 Pivots Away from Video Surveillance on Aug 23, 2011
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Pivot3 2009 Revenue Growth Examined on Feb 23, 2010
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Cash for Clunker DVRs on Nov 11, 2009
Pivot3 has launched a special promotion for Q4 2009, offering a "cash for clunker" DVR program. ...
New Product - ServerBank Review on Sep 03, 2009
Pivot3 has released a new product offering, called ServerBank that complements their existing 3 p...
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