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Curvature is Curving IT Lifecycle Services for Data Centers


June 05, 2018

Curvature is the world’s largest provider of third-party maintenance and multi-vendor network and data center IT lifecycle services. The company is gaining significant market momentum through the expanded delivery of flexible IT services and responsive 24/7 support for network, server and storage environments.

Over this past year, Curvature has catapulted its global footprint to meet growing customer demands for expert professional services and hands-on support to ease data center consolidations, cloud migrations and physical equipment relocations as well as other time- and resource-intensive digital transformations.

“Curvature can manage an entire IT environment—from mainframes to desktops, network routers to storage arrays and everything in between,” said Mark Nichols, chief product officer, Curvature. “The addition of z13 mainframe support reinforces our commitment to supporting the full range of systems found in complex data centers while further differentiating Curvature from organizations that lack our depth and breadth of experience and expertise.”

Curvature employs a coordination of end-to-end IT support services has been enhanced with the addition of IBM z13 Mainframe maintenance to extend the life of mainframes and peripherals. To ensure the highest levels of support, Curvature has invested more than $5 million since 2008 in creating its own zSeries innovation lab. This lab is the company’s central engineering team that is used to support the development of best-in-class mainframe support methodologies, proprietary “call-home” tools, hands-on testing of spare parts and instructor-led training for field engineers.

“Our fast-growth trajectory continues to gain speed as Curvature responds to increasing customer demand for more flexible, end-to-end IT services and support,” said Peter Weber, CEO, Curvature. “We will continue to focus on delivering the broadest array of offerings, backed by the strongest bench of experienced support professionals, to reinforce Curvature’s leadership position in the IT industry.”

Curvature has more than 2,300 employees who work from over 100 offices and service centers in 11 countries. The company provides an unparalleled reach worldwide.

Expansion of the Curvature’s vendor-agnostic professional services has enabled more than 15,000 customers worldwide to optimize the useful lives of their IT assets due to access to more than 600 parts depots. In the past year, Curvature migrated more than 14,000 assets on behalf of customers while also empowering them to better manage their IT support and equipment sourcing under one global contract.




Edited by Ken Briodagh









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