Cloud Computing: Rackspace names Joe Eazor as new CEO
May 25, 2017
Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Editorial Staff.
Rackspace’s board of directors has appointed Joe Eazor as the company’s new CEO, effective June 12, Rackspace announced Wednesday. Rackspace President Jeff Cotten has been serving as interim CEO since chief executive Taylor Rhodes left earlier this month. Eazor has spent more than 25 years as a technology executive and was most recently CEO of EarthLink.
Rackspace highlighted Eazor’s role leading EarthLink into new, profitable areas like cloud computing, noting that he doubled EarthLink’s free cash flow. In February, he led Earthlink’s sale to Windstream for $`1.1 billion. Prior to serving at EarthLink, Eazor was an executive at EMC and HP. He was also an executive at EDS before and after its sale to HP. After the acquisition, Eazor was responsible for integrating EDS’s $22 billion business into its new parent company…
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