MNX Solutions Acquires Triton DataCenter Technology Suite
MONROE, 4/11/2022 –Local IT, Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity firm MNX Solutions is growing. The company announced on Monday that they have acquired the Triton DataCenter technology suite and commercial support business from Joyent, Inc, a San Francisco cloud software development company.
The move will expand MNX's current portfolio of solutions with the Triton platform and will strengthen MNX’s presence in the public and private cloud markets. Triton compute and object storage is a robust cloud orchestration platform validated by some of the largest Fortune 500 customers, built to support exabyte-scale workloads and engineered to run the world’s largest cloud native applications.
“We’ve been working with Joyent on this acquisition for many months now.” said Nick Wilkens, CEO of MNX Solutions. We are very excited because we believe this platform is the best cloud orchestration platform on the market today, ande qually excited about the software engineering jobs that will be created in the region.”
As part of this acquisition, MNX has brought over the existing Triton engineering team and plans to hire additional engineers to increase development efforts for the long-term success of the platform. “Triton currently powers our public cloud and, over the next several months, we will be increasing our capacity to expand our public cloud infrastructure. Additionally, the company will be investing significant resources to further develop the Triton DataCentersuite.” Wilkens added.
In a press release, Joyent stated, “It’s a very exciting and proud moment for theTriton/SmartOS community and customers as we secure a promising future and a new spark of passion, investment and roadmap plans under the leadership of MNX Solutions. Having worked with MNX since 2019, we have no doubt that MNX Solutions is the right home for continued development and support of Triton DataCenter and SmartOS, for our customers and user community.”
MNX will officially take over support of the suite on May 1st, 2022. Current customers will continue to utilize the Joyent support helpdesk through April 30. “We are committed to making this transition as seamless as possible to uphold the reputation of the Triton suite of products”, Wilkens said.
If you have any questions, please reach out directly to info@mnxsolutions.com or call us at 888-877-7118.
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FAQ
Tell me about the timing of these changes.
Joyent will continue to provide support through the end of April 2022 to existing commercial support customer. As of May 1st 2022, MNX will become the primary contact for support.
Will MNX continue to offer commercial support for Triton Compute & Object storage?
Yes! We will continue to offer commercial support for the Triton DataCenter product suite. Reach out to us to learn more about our commercial support offering.
I am an existing customer, what are my next steps?
If you have not already received your onboarding information, reach out directly to us at info@mnxsolutions.com, and we will be in touch with next steps.
What other changes are happening?
Under the hood, there are a number of changes that are required to support migrating Triton & SmartOS to the infrastructure at MNX. Through 2022, some of the back end dependencies for images (images.joyent.com), software packages (pkgsrc.joyent.com) and platform/service downloads (updates.joyent.com) will move to a new location. The support team will be reaching out to the community and customers to make changes in place, and the new DNS names will be included in subsequent software updates.
When does MNX takeover support?
MNX will take over support on May 1st. Customers will continue to utilize the Joyent support helpdesk through April 30.
Are there any changes to my subscription level or SLA’s?
No, the existing MSA’s you have with Joyent remain in effect and are assigned to MNX. No additional charges or changes apply and you will continue to receive the same SLA’s and coverage through the end of your term. At the end of the term, it will require an updated MSA or Assignment in order to renew your subscription with MNX.
