Rackspace to support VMware Software-Defined Data Centre technologies

“With more than a decade’s worth of VMware operational expertise gained from operating thousands of virtual machines and hypervisors on a global scale, Rackspace is well positioned to extend support capabilities to VMware SDDC technologies,” said Kaushik Balasubramanian, senior director of VMware Practice at Rackspace. “This is a logical step toward helping facilitate enterprise adoption of the hybrid cloud model, while accelerating businesses’ journey toward the software-defined model of infrastructure. This also furthers our company mission to provide the best expertise and support for the world’s leading clouds.”

Rackspace support for VMware SDDC technologies allows customers to offload daily management while gaining the following benefits:

• Consistent Tooling and Code: Customers can migrate or extend to the VMware cloud without retooling environments or refactoring code by leveraging the same VMware technology that enterprises run in their data centres through Rackspace Private Cloud powered by VMware.
• On-Demand Access and Automation with Control: Customers receive self-service access to VMware virtualisation infrastructure, applications and custom services in the cloud. Enterprise central IT can further enable the DevOps model by automating the rapid delivery of resources internally, while maintaining control through policy-based governance and resource quotas, service levels, and security and compliance standards.
• Leverage Existing VMware Investments: Customers maintain value of existing investments made in training, VMware technology and familiar tools by accelerating adoption of software-defined infrastructure.
• Managed by Rackspace, Powered by VMware: Customers have access to 24x7x365 Fanatical Support more than 100 VMware Certified Professionals (VCPs) to help migrate, architect, secure and operate VMware clouds. Rackspace was named Service Provider Partner of the Year in the 2015 Americas VMware Partner Innovation Awards for achievements in the partner ecosystem.

“VMware software-defined data centre technologies aim to meet enterprise demand for a solution that will ease adoption and automation of the cloud,” said Geoff Waters, vice president, Global Service Providers at VMware. “We are excited to strengthen our alignment with Rackspace, a strategic vCloud Air Network partner, as the company extends its Fanatical Support to the SDDC stack to help bring this technology to more enterprises across the globe. We look forward to our continued collaboration.”