Rackspace Joins EMC Velocity Service Provider Partner Program
November 2, 2011
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Rackspace(R) Hosting /quotes/zigman/259867/quotes/nls/rax RAX +0.63% , the service leader in cloud computing, today announced it will expand its relationship with EMC by joining the EMC Velocity(TM) Service Provider Program to develop new cloud-based service offerings. The two companies have collaborated since 2001 to bring a full range of innovative solutions leveraging EMC’s portfolio of information infrastructure products including virtual storage and a range of cloud-based data management services…
"Our end-users will benefit from the relationship between EMC and Rackspace as it provides the IT solutions from both companies on one seamless offering while lowering costs," said Jim Lewandowski, senior vice president of worldwide sales for Rackspace. "In the past, meeting computing needs meant you had to buy servers, hire technical talent and then continually reinvest to keep up with technology. Now the end-users can shift their focus to their mission-critical apps, core competencies and innovation while being supported by our hallmark Fanatical Support."
With the expanded relationship the companies will work together on new, joint solutions that will enable enterprises to optimize efficiencies and reduce costs. Through the Velocity Service Provider Partner Program, EMC will work with Rackspace to enable Rackspace to deliver a wide variety of cloud-based IT services to the global IT market.
Current service offerings include Rackspace managed Enterprise Private Clouds that are based on EMC Symmetrix VMAX(TM) and EMC VNX(TM) unified storage to deliver enterprise storage area networks. Additionally, Rackspace provides data replication services based on EMC RecoverPoint, EMC Data Domain(R), and EMC Isilon(R) products. Rackspace also offers EMC solutions with Fanatical Support(R), giving end-users a wider choice of cloud-based IT strategies and tactical advantages such as cost savings, flexibility and scalability coupled with world-class support to boost its efficiency.
"As long time partners, the expansion of our relationship to develop new cloud-based solutions is a natural evolution. Rackspace’s rock solid foundation and world class Fanatical Support combined with EMC’s portfolio of products that are optimized for virtual environments will enable Rackspace to deliver innovative cloud computing offerings," said EMC’s Dennis Hoffman, Senior Vice President, Service Providers. "EMC is committed to working with service providers like Rackspace to deliver trusted, enterprise-class cloud services that allow our mutual customers to choose the right source for every IT workload."