The advisor on your side of the table.
Foretel Solutions is the infrastructure-migration practice of Bridgepointe Technologies, a vendor-neutral advisory built to give IT leaders honest answers about the VMware and IBM Power decisions they're being forced into, without the vendor runaround.
The one party in the room who doesn't care which option you pick
When Broadcom acquired VMware, renewal quotes jumped 3–5× almost overnight, and every vendor in the market suddenly had a pitch for what you should do about it. The Nutanix rep says migrate to Nutanix. The Azure rep says move to AVS. The hosting provider says move to their cloud. Everyone is convinced their platform is the answer, because it's the only one they sell. The same dynamic is now playing out as IBM pushes Power workloads off aging hardware and into the cloud.
We built Foretel to be the party in that conversation that doesn't care which option you choose. We're a vendor-neutral advisory, not a lead aggregator. When you request an assessment, your information goes to one place: a Bridgepointe advisor. No call rooms. No five-vendors-in-an-hour treatment. Just an honest comparison of every realistic path, including keeping VMware through a lower-cost provider, and including “extend the contract and wait” when that's the right call.
How the model works
Bridgepointe is a technology solutions distributor (TSD), the advisory model that's been standard in enterprise telecom and cloud purchasing for decades. We hold contracts with 200+ suppliers: managed VMware clouds, hyperscalers, HCI vendors, bare metal, colocation, IBM Power cloud, and migration specialists. When you select a provider through us, that provider pays Bridgepointe a commission out of their own margin, at rates that are consistent across suppliers, so there's no financial reason for us to push one over another. You pay nothing, and your pricing is the same or better than going direct, because we negotiate from existing volume relationships.
Why we work this way
Our compensation continues only as long as you stay with the provider you chose. If we steer you somewhere that doesn't fit, you leave at renewal and the relationship is over. That alignment is the entire point, and it's why we'll happily tell you when the option you were leaning toward is the wrong one for your environment.
One of the largest technology advisories in the country
Foretel Solutions is operated by Bridgepointe Technologies, founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with advisors across the country helping mid-market and enterprise organizations buy infrastructure, cloud, security, and communications the smart way.
When Bridgepointe requests proposals for your workload, we're not a stranger walking in cold, we have existing relationships with every serious VMware cloud provider, alternative platform, and IBM Power destination in the market. That translates directly into pricing, terms, and responsiveness that one-off buyers rarely see.
Built for mid-market teams feeling the squeeze
We're the strongest fit for mid-market organizations running 25 to 2,000 VMs, or an IBM Power estate facing end-of-life hardware, large enough that the price increase hurts, small enough that the vendor isn't negotiating hard to keep you. We're especially helpful if you're:
- ✓ Staring at a renewal quote that's 3–5× your last one.
- ✓ Weighing a hardware refresh against a platform change.
- ✓ Bound by HIPAA, PCI, CMMC, or state compliance requirements.
- ✓ Wondering whether staying on VMware through a provider beats migrating at all.
- ✓ Tired of being sold to instead of advised.
The four commitments we make to every client
Your info never gets sold
One advisor sees your assessment. Providers see it only with your consent.
No vendor bias
Consistent supplier rates mean we recommend the right fit, not the highest payer.
You never pay us
Providers cover the advisory fee out of their margin. Always.
Every option on the table
Including open-source alternatives and “stay on VMware”, even when there's nothing in it for us.
Talk to an advisor.
Reach out directly or start the assessment. A Bridgepointe advisor will respond within one business day.