Managing increasingly distributed IT systems is a major challenge for IT managers and MSPs. As part of CRN’s Stellar Startups for 2025, here are two data center technology startups, founded in 2019 or later, that solution providers should be aware of.
Centers Of Attention
Managing IT hardware and software systems and services is an increasingly complex task as IT networks become more dispersed. While cloud computing has become a significant component of the IT landscape, many businesses and organizations maintain significant IT operations within their own data centers, private clouds and proprietary networks.
That means continued demand for IT infrastructure, including hardware servers and data storage systems, and the software and tools that IT executives and IT service providers need to monitor and manage all those systems and applications and automate IT management tasks as much as possible.
As part of CRN’s Stellar Startups for 2025, here are two startups, founded in 2019 or later, that solution providers should be aware of in the data center space.
Balata Data
Founded: 2022
Top Executive: JJ Jeanguenat, Co-CEO and Managing Partner
Balata Data is a channel premium partner for enterprise data center services. The company delivers maintenance, ITAD, and lifecycle solutions that often surpass OEM quality, with startup speed and a partner-first focus. Balata Data helps VARs and GSIs worldwide win more deals, protect margins, and deliver exceptional results from installation to decommission.
BalataOne Maintenance pairs premium multi-vendor data center support with the BalataOne Portal, a real-time service management platform. Features include four-hour onsite response, rigorously vetted engineers, flexible SLAs, and global coverage. The company’s target market is VARs and GSIs serving enterprise clients who need better-than-OEM quality with greater flexibility and value.
Website: balatadata.com
SteelDome
Founded: 2021
Top Executive: Tony Franchi, CEO
SteelDome sees itself as redefining the future of enterprise storage, virtualization, and data services. The company’s next-generation, software-defined platform eliminates the limitations of traditional infrastructure, delivering scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient solutions that power today’s most demanding workloads—from Al and HPC to cloud-native applications and enterprise virtualization.
HyperSERV provides a comprehensive data platform which seamlessly integrates all the essential storage, network, and compute capabilities needed to run workloads at any scale. What sets it apart is its unmatched flexibility and total control over any hardware asset from any vendor, regardless of the deployment model chosen.
Website: steeldome.com
