Rackspace to further the open cloud vision by extending it into its
data center infrastructure solutions
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SAN ANTONIO -- (Business Wire)
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:
RAX) COO Mark Roenigk today unveiled plans by the San Antonio-based open
cloud company to support and partner with Open Compute suppliers that
provide open source datacenter solutions.
Rackspace launched the industry’s first OpenStack powered cloud platform
of compute, storage and networking in 2012.
“Rackspace will support those companies and organizations that share our
vision for an open cloud,” said Roenigk. “Rackspace is committed to
supporting like-minded companies who are dedicated to open standards and
breaking down the engineering barriers that lock users into proprietary
technologies.”
Rackspace COO and Open Compute Foundation board member Roenigk delivered
his remarks today during his keynote address at the Open Compute Summit
in Santa Clara, CA.
Rackspace has contributed a server design to the Open Compute Project
community and expects to announce plans later this year to purchase
servers from Open Compute Project suppliers for one of the company’s new
data centers.
“Open Compute Project members like Rackspace are breaking down the
barriers for open cloud adoption,” said Frank Frankovsky, Chairman of
the Open Compute Foundation Chairman and Vice President of Hardware
Design & Supply Chain at Facebook. “Today’s announcement by Rackspace
shows the progress that the Open Compute Project is making in advancing
open source infrastructure technologies.”
Rackspace is a founding member of the
Open Compute Project and has worked closely with technology leaders
who share a common vision for the future around open standards. As a
founder of OpenStack, Rackspace’s work with the Open Compute Project
aligns with this vision.
The Open Compute Project is a rapidly growing community of engineers
around the world whose mission is to design and enable the use of the
most efficient server, storage and data center hardware designs for
scalable computing. Open Compute members believe that openly sharing
ideas, specifications and other intellectual property is the key to
maximizing innovation and reducing operational complexity in the
scalable computing space.
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX) is the open cloud company,
delivering open technologies and powering more than 197,000 customers
worldwide. Rackspace provides its renowned Fanatical Support®
across a broad portfolio of IT products, including Public Cloud, Private
Cloud, Hybrid Hosting and Dedicated Hosting. Rackspace has been
recognized by Bloomberg BusinessWeek as a Top 100 Performing Technology
Company, is featured on Fortune’s list of 100 Best Companies to Work For
and is included on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Rackspace was
positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner Inc. in the “2011 Magic
Quadrant for Managed Hosting.” Rackspace is headquartered in San Antonio
with offices and data centers around the world. For more information,
visit www.rackspace.com.
Rackspace® is a registered trademark of Rackspace Hosting Inc.
OpenStack® is a registered trademark of the OpenStack Foundation. Other
names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties
materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the results of
Rackspace Hosting could differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All
statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that
could be deemed forward-looking statements, including any statements
concerning expected development, performance or market acceptance
associated with the Open Compute project; anticipated operational and
financial benefits from the Open Compute project; any statements of
expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any
of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include including
the possibility that expected benefits from the Open Compute project,
support services and training may not materialize because Open Compute
products and services are not generally accepted in the marketplace,
which could occur due to certain factors including (i) a failure to
market the products and services cost effectively, differentiate the
products and services from competitive products or communicate
differentiations effectively, (ii) the reliability, quality or
compatibility associated with the products and services, (iii) changes
in technology which adversely affect the benefits of the products and
services, (iv) slowdowns in the general economy or technology industry
that impact consumer spending habits, (v) internal strategy decisions
that impact the products and services, and (vi) other risks that are
described in Rackspace Hosting’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2012, filed with the SEC on November 7, 2012. Except as
required by law, Rackspace Hosting assumes no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual
results could differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in
the future.
Contacts:
Rackspace Hosting
Rachel Romoff, 210-312-3732
rachel.romoff@rackspace.com
Source: Rackspace Hosting