{"id":40965,"date":"2020-06-09T08:56:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T08:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=f28c6b2947378a8b37dfb88787319724"},"modified":"2020-06-09T08:56:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T08:56:41","slug":"rackspace-rebrands-for-major-multi-cloud-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/rackspace-rebrands-for-major-multi-cloud-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Rackspace rebrands for major multi-cloud push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field-name-field-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"field-item even\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpro.co.uk\/authors\/bobby-hellard\">Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">9 Jun, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"short-teaser\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpro.co.uk\/\" title=\"\" class=\"combined-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body\">\n<p>Rackspace is ushering in a four-point plan to transform its business into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpro.co.uk\/leadership\/cloud-essentials\/7259\/multi-cloud-looking-after-more-than-one-cloud\" >multi-cloud<\/a> specialist under the name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpro.co.uk\/rackspace\" >Rackspace<\/a> Technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move follows a series of acquisitions and partnerships that have helped bolster the companies&#8217;\u00a0services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--wysiwyg_see-related_plugin--><\/p>\n<p>\nThe four areas focus on cloud optimisation, security, cloud-native enablement and data modernisation, and the name change is the culmination of the company&#8217;s transformation over the past year, led by CEO Kevin Jones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our technical acumen with the world&#8217;s leading cloud technologies &#8211; across apps, data and security &#8211; empowers our customers to build new revenue streams, increase efficiency, and create incredible experiences,&#8221; Jones said.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;Our new name, mission and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpro.co.uk\/cloud-essentials\/hybrid-cloud\/8312\/surge-in-multi-cloud-adoption-reveals-wider-challenges\" >multi-cloud<\/a> solutions better represent the full value we bring to market. Our mission is simple. Embrace technology. Empower customers. Deliver the future.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUnder its new branding, the company will offer multi-cloud services. These include\u00a0cloud optimisation that improves cost and performance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpro.co.uk\/it-infrastructure\/security\" >cloud security<\/a> with compliance services for enterprise cloud customers, cloud-native enablement which accelerates multi-cloud transformation with cloud-native application and data, and finally, a data modernisation service that aims to help customers make predictive, data-driven decisions and increase the return of investment with data analytics.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn terms of value for money, Rackspace has already shown it can usher in multi-cloud transformations at low costs, according to Wyndham Hotels &amp; Resorts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our first year of savings with Rackspace was in the 40-45% range versus our historical run costs. As we&#8217;ve continued to optimise, our second and third year of savings will be more than 60%,&#8221; said Scott Strickland, EVP &amp; CIO, Wyndham Hotels &amp; Resorts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rackspace has been a tremendous partner, and their strategic shift to double down on new multi-cloud solutions addresses our long-term business needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is also the latest in a string of name changes for the tech firm. It was previously known as Rackspace.com, Rackspace Managed Hosting, Rackspace Hosting and, most recently, simply Rackspace. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>      Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n<p>        9 Jun, 2020    <\/p>\n<p>      Rackspace is ushering in a four-point plan to transform its business into a multi-cloud specialist under the name Rackspace Technology.\u00a0<br \/>\nThe move follows a series of acquisitions and partnership&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41018,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40965\/revisions\/41018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}