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Park Place Technologies released the third episode of The Savvy CIO, “Why do AI Buildouts Fail?”, in which host and former National CIO of the Year Bradd Busick and guest Skylar Roebuck, CTO of Solvd, examine why most enterprise AI programs never survive the trip from a controlled demo.

The numbers are stark. A widely cited MIT study put the AI initiative failure rate at 95%, a figure Roebuck says was repeated by “every vendor in the world” at AWS re:Invent despite flaws in how the study was run. Solvd ran its own survey and found a similar result, with nearly 80% of respondents reporting AI initiative failures.

Roebuck’s diagnosis is that enterprises are still scoping AI work like software projects. In earlier technology waves, he argues, the transformative idea could be separated from the organizational change required to absorb it. That separation no longer holds.

Throughout the episode, Roebuck shares practical guidance for technology leaders looking to scale AI successfully across the enterprise while avoiding common pitfalls that derail transformation efforts.

The Savvy CIO is produced by Park Place Technologies and explores the budget pressures, AI adoption challenges, and security concerns facing today’s IT leaders, along with the people solving them every day.

Episode 3, “Why Do AI Buildouts Fail?,” is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.

Park Place Technologies today announced it has achieved its fourth “Powered by Nutanix: Verified Solutions” badge. The badge reflects the company’s commitment to designing and delivering services aligned with Nutanix prescribed best practices and architectural standards.  

Through the “Powered by Nutanix: Verified Solutions” program, Park Place Technologies’ Sovereign Cloud offering has been reviewed against Nutanix-defined technical and operational criteria for alignment with platform best practices. As data sovereignty moves up the boardroom agenda, this offering responds to a clear market need: cloud models that give organizations the freedom to innovate while maintaining greater control over data location, governance, and operational risk. 

It follows the successful achievement of our previous “Powered by Nutanix: Verified Solutions” badges for Dedicated Private Cloud, Multi-Tenant Private Cloud, and Disaster Recovery as a Service solutions, reflecting a sustained, scalable commitment to delivering secure, resilient, and enterprise-grade cloud and IaaS services to customers. 

These recognitions are designed to provide customers with confidence that their cloud services are built on Nutanix technology and aligned with defined design and operational guidelines.  

The “Powered by Nutanix: Verified Solutions” program empowers service providers to deliver comprehensive, market-ready cloud offerings built on the Nutanix Cloud Platform. These solutions provide a modern architecture that is designed to support performance, security, and scalability requirements and the flexibility to support virtual machines, containers, and AI workloads, all managed via a single, unified control plane. 

With four “Powered by Nutanix: Verified Solutions” badges, Park Place Technologies has achieved a key milestone that underscores its commitment to delivering validated, enterprise-grade cloud solutions. 

The announcement comes at a time when many organizations are reassessing their virtualization and cloud strategies. As enterprises evaluate options for hybrid cloud, sovereign cloud requirements, and alternative virtualization platforms, Park Place Technologies provides customers with a range of deployment models supported by independently verified solutions. This enables businesses to align infrastructure decisions with operational, regulatory, and commercial objectives while reducing transformation risk.

The Park Place xCloud platform, powered by Nutanix technology, offers customers flexible deployment options spanning dedicated private cloud, multi-tenant cloud, Disaster Recovery as a Service, and sovereign cloud. This approach allows organizations to place workloads where they make the most sense from a performance, security, compliance, and cost perspective. 

The latest validation further strengthens the longstanding relationship between Park Place Technologies and Nutanix and highlights the organizations’ shared commitment to helping customers modernize infrastructure while maintaining operational resilience and business agility. 

The “Powered by Nutanix: Verified Solutions” badge reflects evaluation against Nutanix program criteria and does not constitute a warranty, endorsement, or guarantee of performance, security, or regulatory compliance by Nutanix.  

Park Place Technologies has been named to the 2026 Inc. 5000, the annual list recognizing the fastest-growing private companies in America.

Park Place earned the No. 4,874 spot on this year’s ranking, rejoining the list after narrowly missing the cutoff in 2025; it has received this recognition for 10 years. The Inc. 5000 has become one of the most respected measures of entrepreneurial success and sustained business growth in the United States, recognizing companies that have demonstrated significant revenue growth while navigating changing market conditions.

Since its founding in 1991, Park Place Technologies has built a global presence serving organizations across industries with third-party maintenance, managed services, professional services, IT asset disposition and network monitoring solutions. The company’s continued growth reflects increasing demand for flexible, cost-effective alternatives that help enterprises optimize their technology investments.

This year’s recognition marks another milestone in Park Place’s history of appearances on the Inc. 5000.

The 2026 Inc. 5000 celebrates the private companies that have achieved remarkable growth over the past three years, representing a wide range of industries that are shaping the future of the U.S. economy.

Park Place Technologies today announced the release of the latest episode of its podcast, “The Savvy CIO.” Episode 2, “Liquid Cooling: When, Why, and Which?”, features Zac Smith, CEO and co-founder of Datum, in conversation with host Bradd Busick about one of the most urgent and least understood shifts happening inside today’s data centers.

For decades, keeping liquids away from hardware was the cardinal rule of data center design. AI has changed that equation. As rack densities climb from a few kilowatts to hundreds of kilowatts, with megawatt racks on the horizon, traditional air cooling can no longer keep pace, forcing IT leaders to rethink infrastructure at the chip level.

In the episode, Smith walks listeners through the practical realities CIOs face today: how to evaluate workload requirements, what questions to ask data center and colocation partners, and the operational risks, from monitoring gaps to what he calls the “2:00 AM problem,” that come with adopting liquid cooling.

The episode also includes perspective from Chris Carrero, Chief Technology Officer at Park Place Technologies, on the lack of industry standardization across liquid cooling systems and the gap between greenfield and brownfield data center readiness.

Key discussion points include:

• Why AI and GPU-driven workloads have made liquid cooling a “now problem,” not a five-year plan
• The trade-offs between immersion cooling, direct-to-chip cooling, rear door cooling, and traditional air cooling
• Questions every CIO should ask their data center and hardware partners before committing to a cooling strategy
• The operational and staffing changes required to support liquid-cooled infrastructure safely

The Savvy CIO is produced by Park Place Technologies and explores the budget pressures, AI adoption challenges, and security concerns facing today’s IT leaders, along with the people solving them every day.

Episode 2 is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.

Park Place Technologies is expanding its comprehensive global third-party maintenance and support capabilities for GPU-powered servers, helping enterprises accelerate AI adoption, deploy infrastructure faster, maintain performance, reduce risk, and gain greater flexibility as AI-driven infrastructure rapidly evolves.

Park Place Technologies now delivers enterprise-grade, global third-party support for mission-critical GPU-enabled servers across data centers, edge locations, and hybrid environments. Its services are designed to support organizations running AI and machine learning training and inference platforms, high-performance computing clusters, virtualized GPU environments, and data analytics and simulation workloads — helping organizations move AI initiatives from pilot to production without being slowed down by infrastructure support gaps.

GPU-based systems introduce unique operational demands compared with traditional computing environments, including higher thermal density, increased power requirements, BIOS and driver interoperability considerations, and multi-GPU system complexity. Park Place has invested in GPU-specific engineering expertise to support these environments and accelerate AI infrastructure readiness, including:

• GPU-dense server architectures
• Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) circuits
• Advanced cooling and power configurations
• BIOS and driver interoperability
• AI accelerator-focused systems

In customer deployment environments spanning more than 60 data centers globally, Park Place has supported infrastructure at significant scale, including more than 24,000 servers and over 76,000 GPUs to date. Combined with post-deployment support and hardware maintenance services, Park Place enables organizations to simplify lifecycle management and accelerate AI infrastructure outcomes for high-performance computing and AI initiatives worldwide.

Park Place Technologies differentiates its GPU support offering through:

• Proven global delivery at scale
• OEM-agnostic, third-party independence
• Expertise aligned to modern GPU workloads and AI acceleration needs
• Predictable costs and flexible contracts
• Enterprise governance, reporting, and compliance

As GPU infrastructure continues to evolve, Park Place Technologies is committed to evolving with it, providing organizations with the support, expertise, and operational flexibility needed to accelerate AI initiatives and keep critical environments running at peak performance.

To learn more, visit ParkPlaceTechnologies.com.

A new service that includes hardware break/fix support,  current generation parts, and Purity//FA software support for companies running Everpure M and X Series FlashArrays has been introduced by Park Place Technologies. Park Place, a global leader in IT infrastructure management, is the only third-party provider to combine hardware support with Purity//FA software expertise.

The new service provides full FlashArray support for M and X series arrays at 30%-40% less than  Everpure renewal pricing. In addition to hardware break/fix support and current generation parts replacement, the service offers remote Purity//FA software troubleshooting and operational support from Level 3 engineers with deep Everpure expertise. Flexible SLAs are tailored to customer environments and timelines, with coverage up to 24/7 with a four-hour response time.

The service was created specifically for Everpure users whose FlashArrays are past their initial committed term and who prefer to avoid a costly, long-term OEM renewal or forced hardware refresh.

Park Place Technologies Everpure FlashArray support is available beginning June 1. For more information, visit this link.

Park Place Technologies is serving up a fresh take on B2B brand storytelling by partnering with professional pickleball star Genie Bouchard for a new TV and streaming commercial and social media series themed around the “Genie from IT.” 

In the 30-second spot, Bouchard in her first TV commercial, steps into the role of the “Genie from IT,” a playful yet powerful representation of how Park Place helps customers eliminate complexity, respond quickly when issues arise and keep critical systems running smoothly. Just as a genie grants wishes, Park Place removes friction from IT operations so organizations can focus on what matters most.

The spot will begin to stream online this week (April 27) and in all PPA Tour and MLP coverage, such as Pickleball TV, Fox Sports 1 and 2, ESPN 1 and 2 and CBS and then will air on CBS-TV during the May 2 Atlanta Pickleball Championships. Beyond the screen, Bouchard, who will compete in this summer’s Wimbledon’s Legends, will represent Park Place both on and off the court, sporting the company’s logo during competitions and connecting directly with customers through hands-on experiences such as Play-with-a-Pro clinics.

Genie Bouchard, one of the most recognizable names in professional pickleball and 2014 Wimbledon finalist, has signed a representation deal with Park Place Technologies, a global leader in IT infrastructure services.

Bouchard will represent Park Place Technologies with a logo on her uniform, personal appearances, television commercials and support in broad business development and branding opportunities aligned with her growing presence in professional pickleball and her expanding off-court portfolio.As a noted world-class athlete who has successfully transitioned from an elite tennis career to becoming a standout competitor on the professional pickleball circuit, Bouchard continues to build her brand as one of the sport’s most influential ambassadors. Known for her competitive drive, entrepreneurial mindset and strong social media following, she represents a new generation of athletes leveraging performance and personality to create meaningful business impact.

Park Place is both the Official Technology Partner of the Carvana Professional Pickleball Association Tour and Major League Pickleball. Pickleball is one of the fastest-growing sports in the U.S. with nearly 70,000 places to play and nearly 20 million participants.

The partnership reflects Park Place Technologies’ continued investment in its brand and in customer experiences, connecting elite talent with its innovative services and products portfolio. Bouchard is already sporting the company’s logo and hosted an initial “play-with-a-pro” clinic during last month’s Veolia Texas Open. Additional activities, including those tied to next week’s Pickleball Slam 4 to be aired on ESPN on April 15, will be announced.