Rackspace
today announced the release of Rackspace Private Cloud powered by Red
Hat, which delivers OpenStack private clouds as-a-service using the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. The new offering expands
the Rackspace OpenStack-as-a-Service product portfolio,
further extending the company's strategy to deliver the most reliable
and easy-to-use OpenStack private and hybrid clouds in the world.
"As
the leading operator of OpenStack clouds with the most comprehensive
OpenStack product portfolio in the industry, Rackspace is excited to
expand our managed services and expertise to the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux OpenStack Platform," said Darrin Hanson, vice president and
general manager of OpenStack Private Cloud at Rackspace. "We help make
OpenStack simple by eliminating the complexity and delivering it
as-a-service to customers in their data center, a Rackspace data center
or in a colocation facility."
Fully managed by OpenStack and Red
Hat experts at Rackspace and backed by Fanatical Support®, Rackspace
Private Cloud powered by Red Hat provides public cloud benefits with the
security, control and performance of an enterprise environment. The
offering is backed by an industry-leading 99.99 percent OpenStack API
uptime guarantee. Rackspace is contributing to Red Hat's continued
efforts to improve Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform by
testing and certifying for broad hardware and software compatibility,
performance and availability. Rackspace manages and maintains the Red
Hat environment including the underlying Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red
Hat Satellite and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform so
customers can focus on their business applications and not their
infrastructure.
"We are excited about the launch of Rackspace
Private Cloud powered by Red Hat. This solution will further accelerate
the adoption of OpenStack by bringing its power to customers keen to
consume private cloud delivered as a managed service," said Radhesh
Balakrishnan, general manager, OpenStack, at Red Hat. "Red Hat and
Rackspace have a long history of working together to deliver leading
technology solutions to customers, and we look forward to continuing to
drive great outcomes for our customers through this extension of our
relationship."
As the 2015 Red Hat North American Cloud Partner of the Year
with more than 170 Red Hat certifications and OpenStack operational
expertise, Rackspace is uniquely positioned to provide customers the
following benefits through a managed deployment of Red Hat powered
private clouds:
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Red Hat Certified Solution -- The solution is a
certified deployment of Red Hat Linux OpenStack Platform that is
enterprise hardened and supported by a broad partner ecosystem.
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Reduced Complexity -- Customers have a single
point of contact that will deploy, manage and maintain their Red Hat
powered private cloud at Rackspace. As an additional feature of
Rackspace Private Cloud powered by Red Hat, customers have the
flexibility of bringing their own Red Hat subscriptions to Rackspace,
using Red Hat Cloud Access.
"We are consistently hearing feedback from enterprises that
one of the primary barriers to OpenStack adoption continues to be the
operational complexities around deployment," said Gina Longoria, senior
analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. "With Rackspace expanding their
offerings to provide a tested and managed deployment of the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, customers can take out a lot of the
uncertainty of the do it yourself model and leverage the OpenStack
as-a-service product portfolio at Rackspace. The company's leadership
within OpenStack and long standing operational experience in running
OpenStack powered clouds will continue to help drive enterprise
adoption."
Rackspace Private Cloud powered by Red Hat is now generally available for customers globally.