Reliant

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Reliant, operating as SC//Reliant™, is a wholly-owned brand of Scale Computing, Inc. that delivers Edge Computing as a Service for multi-site distributed operators across retail, hospitality, food and beverage, and entertainment, with hardware-agnostic infrastructure and container-first orchestration.

Company typePrivate
Founded2006
HeadquartersNew York, United States
Headcount51–100
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Reliant does

Reliant, operating as SC//Reliant™, is a wholly-owned subsidiary and retained product brand of Scale Computing, Inc., following the 2025 combination of Scale Computing, Acumera, and Reliant into what the company describes as the industry's largest edge computing-focused and managed network services company. The core product is an Edge Computing as a Service (ECaaS) platform built for multi-site distributed edge operators, offering hardware-agnostic infrastructure, advanced orchestration, and container-first deployments. Named customers span retail, hospitality, food and beverage, and entertainment verticals, with public logos including Hilton, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Sainsbury's, Jacobs, Holiday Inn, Barilla, Sandals, Resorts World Las Vegas, Saratoga Casino Hotel, and Landmark Cinemas.

The underlying platform combines SC//Reliant (edge compute/ECaaS), SC//HyperCore (hyperconverged virtualization), SC//AcuVigil (managed network services with 24/7 NOC support), SC//Connect (cloud-managed SD-WAN), and SC//Fleet Manager (edge orchestration) into a unified stack covering infrastructure virtualization, networking, monitoring, and fleet-wide management across distributed sites. The architecture emphasizes self-healing, right-sized infrastructure and aims to simplify multi-site edge deployments for operators that cannot afford dedicated IT at every location.

Reliant generates revenue through subscription-based managed edge computing services sold on an annual billing cadence via Scale Computing's direct enterprise field sales motion. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; trials, demos, and pricing pages are used as top-of-funnel conversion tools. The go-to-market is consultative and targets multi-site enterprise operators globally, with the entity's operations headquartered in New York and a U.S. corporation structure (Scale Computing, Inc.). No headcount, revenue, or ownership detail is disclosed beyond the 51–100 employee band and the wholly-owned subsidiary relationship.

Reliant firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Reliant
Legal name: Scale Computing, Inc.
Website: https://reliant.io
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2006
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 51–100 employees
Short description: Reliant, operating as SC//Reliant™, is a wholly-owned brand of Scale Computing, Inc. that delivers Edge Computing as a Service for multi-site distributed operators across retail, hospitality, food and beverage, and entertainment, with hardware-agnostic infrastructure and container-first orchestration.
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Reliant industry classification

Industry

Product category: Edge Computing Infrastructure
NAICS: Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)
SIC: Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
akta.pro primary industry: Edge Compute Infrastructure (Servers, HCI, GPU/AI at Edge) (HDABAOAC)
akta.pro secondary industries: Edge Orchestration & Management Platforms (Provisioning, Fleet Mgmt) (HDABAOAF), Network Resilience & High Availability Services (Redundancy, Failover) (BPAEAEAL)

Keywords

Edge computing platform
Distributed infrastructure
Container orchestration
Multi-site management
Hardware-agnostic HCI

Where Reliant is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: New York
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Markets served

Reliant business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

Edge Computing Platform Subscription: Reliant operates as part of Scale Computing's edge computing platform, generating revenue through subscription-based managed services for distributed edge infrastructure.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Annual	Enterprise edge computing subscriptions for multi-site operators

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Reliant product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Reliant operates the SC//Reliant™ Edge Computing as a Service platform, delivering hardware-agnostic infrastructure with advanced orchestration and container-first deployments for multi-site distributed edge operators. As a brand within Scale Computing's unified portfolio, the offering integrates hyperconverged infrastructure (SC//HyperCore™), managed network services (SC//AcuVigil™), SD-WAN (SC//Connect™), and fleet orchestration (SC//Fleet Manager™) into a single edge computing ecosystem.

Product overview

Reliant operates as part of Scale Computing's unified edge computing and hyperconverged infrastructure portfolio. The core offering is SC//Reliant™ (Edge Computing as a Service), a hardware-agnostic platform for multi-site distributed edge operators featuring container-first deployments and advanced orchestration. This core platform integrates with other Scale Computing products including SC//HyperCore™ (the underlying virtualization suite), SC//AcuVigil™ (managed network operations), SC//Connect™ (SD-WAN connectivity), and SC//Fleet Manager™ (edge orchestration). Together, these products form a comprehensive edge computing ecosystem covering infrastructure virtualization, networking, monitoring, and fleet-wide management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

SC//Reliant™: Edge Computing as a Service platform built for multi-site distributed edge operators with hardware-agnostic infrastructure, advanced orchestration, and container-first deployments.

Products and services

SC//Reliant™ Edge Computing as a Service platform built for multi-site distributed edge operators, providing hardware-agnostic infrastructure with advanced orchestration and container-first deployments.
SC//HyperCore™ Virtualization suite where software, servers, and storage are integrated into a fully unified hyperconverged platform designed for simplicity and cost-effectiveness.
SC//Fleet Manager™ Edge orchestration software enabling secure monitoring and management of an entire fleet of clusters across distributed locations.
SC//Connect™ Secure SD-WAN solution providing unified cloud-managed SD-WAN and integrated security for agile and secure cloud connectivity.
SC//AcuVigil™ Managed network solution combining 24/7 network operations support with self-service visibility and control.

Companies that use Reliant

Customer profile

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Reliant technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Reliant partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Reliant competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

ZEDEDA: Edge orchestration and management platform providing hardware-agnostic, container-first edge infrastructure — direct architectural overlap with SC//Reliant's core proposition.
Nutanix: Hyperconverged infrastructure vendor with growing edge and multi-cloud footprint; directly competes with Scale Computing's HCI/edge stack in multi-site distributed environments.
Stratus Technologies: Purpose-built fault-tolerant edge computing platform for industrial and multi-site operators; closely aligned with Reliant's self-healing, high-availability edge positioning.

Broad incumbents

AWS Outposts: Hyperscaler-managed edge server family delivering AWS compute and services on-prem; competing offer for enterprises standardizing edge infrastructure around cloud providers.
Dell Technologies (PowerEdge / APEX): Broad incumbent offering purpose-built edge servers, VxRail HCI, and APEX consumption-based infrastructure targeting the same multi-site distributed operator use cases.
Scale Computing: Parent platform combining HCI, SD-WAN, managed NOC, and edge orchestration under which SC//Reliant is sold — provides the unified distribution and customer base Reliant leverages.
Microsoft Azure Stack Edge: Hyperscaler edge hardware and managed service for AI/IoT workloads at distributed sites — competing offer especially for enterprises already standardized on Azure.
HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) — SimpliVity / Aruba Edge: Broad incumbent offering HCI (SimpliVity), edge compute servers, and SD-WAN/Aruba networking — competes across the same multi-site edge and managed network services space from a much larger enterprise base.
VMware by Broadcom: Broad incumbent with vSAN/HCI and edge solutions (including VMware Edge Compute Stack) competing for multi-site virtualization and edge deployments at enterprises.

Emerging players

ClearBlade: Edge orchestration and IoT platform with container-first deployments across distributed sites; an emerging alternative for multi-site edge operators evaluating orchestration layers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Reliant financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Reliant leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Reliant subsidiaries and ownership

Company hierarchy

Subsidiaries1 record

Reliant funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

Reliant M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Reliant

What does Reliant do?

Is Reliant a public or private company?

Reliant is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.

When was Reliant founded?

Reliant was founded in 2006. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is Reliant based?

Reliant is headquartered in New York, United States, in the North America region.

How does Reliant make money?

One revenue line is on record: edge Computing Platform Subscription.

Who are Reliant's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are ZEDEDA, Nutanix and Stratus Technologies. Broad incumbents are AWS Outposts, Dell Technologies (PowerEdge / APEX), Scale Computing, Microsoft Azure Stack Edge, HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) — SimpliVity / Aruba Edge and VMware by Broadcom. ClearBlade is listed as an emerging player.

Does Reliant have an API?

No public API is recorded for Reliant.

What industry is Reliant in?

Reliant's product category is Edge Computing Infrastructure. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDABAOAC, Edge Compute Infrastructure (Servers, HCI, GPU/AI at Edge), with a secondary code of HDABAOAF, Edge Orchestration & Management Platforms (Provisioning, Fleet Mgmt). Its NAICS code is 54151 and its SIC code is 7373.