Rackspace Wins 2017 Red Hat Innovator of the Year Award
Rackspace Private Cloud powered by Red Hat provides agility and
efficiency of public cloud with the security features, control and
performance of a dedicated enterprise platform
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that Rackspace®, a leading managed
cloud provider, won the 2017 Red Hat Innovator of the Year award. It was
selected as the Innovator of the Year out of five finalists and category
winners for the 2017 Red Hat Innovation Awards after a public vote.
Rackspace was recognized for its collaboration with Red Hat to build an
enterprise, managed private cloud solution built on Red
Hat OpenStack Platform. The result was Rackspace
Private Cloud powered by Red Hat, which launched in February 2016.
This offering includes other Red Hat technologies such as Red
Hat Ceph Storage, Red
Hat Enterprise Linux, Red
Hat Satellite and Red
Hat CloudForms, with Fanatical Support® and operations
from Rackspace layered on top.
Rackspace also worked with a Red
Hat Technical Account Manager to help develop the solution, and used Red
Hat Training and Certification
to gain expertise on Red Hat OpenStack software and tools. Ultimately
with Rackspace Private Cloud powered by Red Hat, end users can receive
the agility and efficiency of public cloud with the security features,
control and performance of enterprise private cloud software provided by
Red Hat, all coupled with managed services from Rackspace, which has
industry-leading OpenStack operational expertise. Through this
collaboration, Rackspace contributes to Red Hat’s continued efforts to
improve the Red Hat OpenStack Platform by testing for broad hardware and
software compatibility, performance and availability. Red Hat and
Rackspace also work together on version and feature updates.
The 2017
Red Hat Innovation Award category winners include Barclays Bank; the
Government of British Columbia; the Government of the State of Jalisco,
Mexico; Macquarie, and Rackspace. The category winners were selected by
a panel of judges, including Red Hat executives, technology journalists
and analysts, representatives from the 2016 Innovator of the Year,
Amadeus.
Since 2007, the Red Hat Innovation Awards program has recognized the
technological achievements of customers and partners who demonstrate
creative thinking, determined problem-solving, and innovative uses of
Red Hat technologies. Winners have included leaders from around the
world and across industries who are using open source solutions to
transform their organizations and enable faster innovation.
Supporting Quotes
Bryan Thompson, general manager, OpenStack Private Cloud, Rackspace
“We
are honored to be recognized as the 2017 Red Hat Innovator of the Year
amongst some tough competition,” said Bryan Thompson, general manager of
OpenStack Private Cloud at Rackspace. “We launched Rackspace Private
Cloud powered by Red Hat more than one year ago with the goal of meeting
customer demand for Rackspace’s operational expertise and Fanatical
Support on top of their OpenStack distribution of choice. This
recognition from public vote is a testament to the success and
innovation of the product as an enterprise-grade managed OpenStack
offering, as well as the collaboration between Rackspace and Red Hat. We
look forward to continuing to work with Red Hat to refine and innovate
Rackspace Private Cloud powered by Red Hat.”
Marco Bill-Peter, vice president, Customer Experience and Engagement,
Red Hat
“Rackspace and Red Hat have worked together for more
than 13 years to bring open source to enterprise customers. Our latest
collaboration is a testament to what can be accomplished by using
innovative thinking and problem solving to meet changing customer needs.
It is an honor to name Rackspace as the 2017 Red Hat Innovator of the
Year.”
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