P1 Technologies

What P1 Technologies does

P1 Technologies (legal entity Surge Technologies Group, LLC) is a privately-held IT consulting firm headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California, founded in 2010 by Aaron Cardenas (CEO) and Jeff DiNisco (CTO). The company delivers cloud migration, enterprise infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and DevOps automation services to enterprise customers across media & entertainment, healthcare, government, aerospace, technology, and hospitality/gaming. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales with custom-scoped, quote-based engagements on multi-year contracts, supplemented by free assessment offerings (P1 Protect ransomware readiness, Cloud & Clear, AWS Well-Architected Reviews) as lead-generation tools.

P1's core product is P1 Protect, a Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) offering built on partner technologies including AWS, Azure, Cohesity, N2WS, and KeepIt, featuring air-gapped immutable copies deployed outside the customer's authentication and security sphere, separate isolated authentication, just-in-time access, and automated recovery validation with anomaly detection. The company also delivers professional services across Public Cloud (including AWS Migration Acceleration Program support), Enterprise Infrastructure (petabyte-scale storage, VDI, Zero Trust networking), Hybrid Cloud, DevOps (Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Kubernetes), and Cloud & Clear security assessments. The firm operates a technology-agnostic consulting model, selecting best-fit platforms per engagement rather than aligning to any single vendor.

Revenue is generated primarily through professional services engagements, with managed-services revenue from P1 Protect subscriptions layered on top. The company maintains no disclosed external funding, no public listing, and no parent-company affiliation; operating geographies are concentrated in Southern California with national enterprise customers. Operating as a bootstrapped firm with 11–50 employees and ~15 years of operating history, P1 competes against larger systems integrators and cloud-focused consultancies through deep enterprise storage expertise, AWS program participation, and its ransomware-resilient data protection service design.

Name

P1 Technologies

Legal name

Surge Technologies Group, LLC

Website

https://p1technologies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

P1 Technologies is a bootstrapped, Manhattan Beach-based IT consulting firm delivering cloud migration, enterprise infrastructure, DevOps automation, and managed data protection (P1 Protect DPaaS) services to enterprise customers across media, healthcare, government, and gaming verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Infrastructure Consulting and Managed Data Protection

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Backup & DR Software Implementation & Managed Platforms (BPAEALAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cloud Security Services (Posture Mgmt, Workload Protection) (BPAKAHAK), Data Security & Privacy for Cloud (DLP, DSPM, Tokenization) (HDABAHAK)

Keywords

• Cloud migration consulting
• Data protection services
• Enterprise infrastructure
• Hybrid cloud solutions
• DevOps automation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Manhattan Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. IT Consulting and Professional Services: P1 Technologies generates revenue primarily through IT consulting engagements for cloud migration, infrastructure design, implementation, and management services. The company serves as both a technology advisor and implementation partner.
2. Managed Services (P1 Protect): P1 Protect is a Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) offering providing ongoing data protection, automated recovery, and ransomware-resilient services on a subscription or managed services basis.
3. DevOps and Automation Services: Ongoing DevOps engagement including infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipeline management, and Kubernetes environment design/deployment/operation services.
4. Cloud Assessments and Consulting: Cloud & Clear assessment services and AWS Well-Architected Review engagements that help customers optimize their cloud environments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

P1 Technologies is an IT consulting firm that delivers cloud migration, enterprise infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and data protection services to enterprise customers. Its flagship managed offering, P1 Protect, is a Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) solution that provides air-gapped, immutable backup copies deployed outside the customer's authentication and security sphere for ransomware-resilient recovery. Supporting services span DevOps automation, systems integration, and security assessments delivered on AWS, Azure, NetApp, VMware, and related enterprise platforms.

Product overview

P1 Technologies offers a portfolio of cloud and enterprise infrastructure services centered around their core P1 Protect Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) platform. The offering includes public cloud services (design, build, automate, operate), enterprise infrastructure solutions (storage, compute, VDI, networking, security), and hybrid cloud solutions. Supporting services include DevOps automation, system integration, and Cloud & Clear security assessments. The company operates as a technology-agnostic IT consulting firm, leveraging partnerships with AWS, Azure, CloudCheckr, Cohesity, N2WS, and Kubernetes to deliver solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• P1 Protect: A comprehensive Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) offering deployed outside of an organization's authentication and security sphere with immutable copies that cannot be tampered with.

Products and services

• P1 Protect Comprehensive Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) offering that delivers ransomware-resilient backup and recovery with air-gapped, immutable backup copies deployed outside the organization's authentication and security sphere, automated recovery validation, and anomaly detection, sold as a managed-service subscription to enterprise customers.
• DevOps Services Technology-agnostic DevOps consulting and ongoing operations covering Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipeline automation, and Kubernetes environment design, deployment, and operation to eliminate manual, error-prone infrastructure processes for enterprise engineering teams.
• Public Cloud Services End-to-end public cloud consulting practice spanning design, build, automate, and operate phases, including AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) execution, AWS Well-Architected Reviews, and CloudCheckr-backed security and cost compliance assessments for enterprise customers migrating or operating workloads in AWS.
• Enterprise Infrastructure Enterprise infrastructure consulting and implementation covering petabyte-scale storage, compute clusters for virtualization and HPC, VDI for GPU-intensive workloads, carrier-to-campus networking, and Zero Trust network security, delivered to enterprises needing to scale on-premises data center environments.
• Hybrid Cloud Hybrid cloud consulting that places each workload in the optimal environment across on-premises and AWS, supporting dev/test bursting, data pipelines, regional presence requirements, and storage tiering for enterprises operating across both data center and public cloud.
• Cloud & Clear Cloud security assessment service that scans AWS environments across four pillars (user access, publicly accessible resources, network perimeter, and logging) and delivers actionable reports, with operationalization available through CloudCheckr; delivered as a managed engagement by P1 cloud engineers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Companies that paid ransom experienced another attack within a month (statistics supporting P1 Protect value)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS partner providing cloud infrastructure services. P1 Technologies participates in the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP), enabling them to help customers secure AWS funding for migrations. P1 is also an AWS Well-Architected Review partner.
• N2WS (CheetahNOW)coreTechnology or IntegrationN2WS is a technology partner powering P1 Protect's data protection platform. Provides backup and recovery capabilities for enterprise environments.
• KeepItcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner powering P1 Protect's data protection platform for ransomware-resilient backup and recovery.
• NetAppcoreTechnology or IntegrationNetApp expertise includes Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO) for cloud storage, FabricPools for tiering, and SnapMirror replication. P1 has published extensive technical content on NetApp solutions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AHEAD: Enterprise cloud and infrastructure consultancy delivering AWS, Azure, data protection, and DevOps services to large enterprises. Directly comparable in target customer, technology stack, and consulting-led delivery model.
• Datavail: IT consulting and managed services firm focused on databases, cloud, and enterprise infrastructure. Comparable mid-sized enterprise IT services firm competing in similar cloud and data management projects.
• 2nd Watch (now part of BML): AWS-focused managed services and consulting firm delivering cloud migration, managed cloud, and FinOps. Highly comparable in AWS-led delivery and managed services motion.
• OnX Enterprise Solutions: Enterprise IT solutions provider delivering cloud, data center, hybrid cloud, and managed services. Comparable in offering breadth across infrastructure and cloud modernization.

Broad incumbents

• Rackspace Technology: Large cloud managed services and migration firm with multi-cloud, AWS, Azure, and data protection capabilities. Closely comparable to P1's managed and professional services stack but operates at far greater scale.
• Cloudreach (Atos): Cloud transformation consultancy delivering AWS, Azure, GCP migration and managed services. Comparable in cloud migration and managed services delivery for enterprises.
• Presidio: Large IT solutions and managed services provider with cloud, data center, security, and hybrid infrastructure practices. Overlaps with P1 on enterprise infrastructure modernization.
• Slalom: Large technology and cloud consulting firm with practices across AWS, Azure, data, and security. Competes for the same enterprise cloud migration and modernization engagements as P1.

Emerging players

• ClearScale: AWS Premier Consulting Partner delivering cloud migration, managed services, and DevOps automation. Comparable AWS-led consulting model, though smaller and more software-development oriented.
• NetApp Professional Services: NetApp's own services arm delivering storage and hybrid cloud consulting on NetApp technology. Competes with P1's NetApp-heavy delivery practice and threatens partner economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/p1Technologies

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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