{"id":10955,"date":"2022-04-07T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rax-stg-wp-aws.com\/news\/rackspace-technology-and-cohesity-partner-to-offer-comprehensive-data-protection-to-boost-business-resiliency-against-ransomware\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:04:33","slug":"rackspace-technology-and-cohesity-partner-to-offer-comprehensive-data-protection-to-boost-business-resiliency-against-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/rax-prod-wp-aws.com\/de\/news\/rackspace-technology-and-cohesity-partner-to-offer-comprehensive-data-protection-to-boost-business-resiliency-against-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Rackspace Technology and Cohesity Partner to Offer Comprehensive Data Protection to Boost Business Resiliency Against Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rackspace Technology and Cohesity Partner to Offer Comprehensive Data Protection to Boost Business Resiliency Against Ransomware<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Provides Robust Remediation Against Ransomware, Rapid Recovery, and Greater Business Continuity for VMware-based Clouds Globally<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2013 April 07, 2022 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rackspace.com\/\">Rackspace Technology<\/a>\u00ae&nbsp;(NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end, multicloud technology solutions company, today announced a strategic partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cohesity.com\/next-gen-data-management\/?utm_content=next-gen-dm&amp;amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;amp;utm_source=google&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy22-q3-02-amer-us-next-gen-data-management&amp;amp;utm_term=cohesity&amp;amp;utm_targetid=kwd-306900036235&amp;amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA9tyQBhAIEiwA6tdCrPdficmH0PN6G7Xt7kaZvUGre5LdgpfPh1axKpn40AZJsBWTX0mO2hoC3V8QAvD_BwE\">Cohesity<\/a>, a leader in next-gen data management, to deliver multicloud managed backup and recovery solutions for Rackspace Technology customers globally. Under the partnership, Rackspace Technology will offer customers Rackspace Data Protection, a high-performance, software-defined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cohesity.com\/solutions\/industry\/service-provider\/\">Cohesity-Powered<\/a> backup and recovery service that delivers cyber resilient managed backup and recovery across VMware-based clouds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cohesity.com\/products\/dataprotect\/\">Cohesity DataProtect<\/a> is the foundation of the Rackspace Data Protection solution which includes backup and recovery for VMware workloads and options such as advisory services and ransomware anomaly detection and remediation services. Rackspace Technology customers leveraging Rackspace Data Protection can gain access to several critical next-gen data management and protection advantages and efficiencies including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A Single, Simple Solution <\/strong>\u2013 Rackspace Data Protection simplifies global backup and recovery by replacing multiple point products with a single solution for on-premises or multicloud high-performance backup and recovery. It also allows organizations to protect and manage traditional and modern data sources from a single, global UI.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ransomware Remediation <\/strong>\u2013 Immutable snapshots help prevent ransomware from encrypting backup data, while machine learning-based anomaly detection can help uncover hidden threats and can play a key role in a&#108;erting customers to potential cyber-attacks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rapid<\/strong> <strong>Recovery at Scale <\/strong>\u2013 In the event of a cyber attack, natural disaster, or human error, fully hydrated snapshots can allow user admins with the right privilege to rapidly restore data at a granular level and applications to any point in time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scaling While Shrinking Data and Storage Footprint <\/strong>\u2013 By eliminating complex and expensive on-premises forklift upgrades, organizations can easily scale without disruption. In addition, Rackspace Data Protection can optimize storage capacity and data mobility with global variable-length deduplication and compression to reduce customers\u2019 data footprints and attack surface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe partnership with Cohesity gives our customers access to a proven, robust data protection solution that eliminates legacy backup silos and provides comprehensive protection against the array of rising data threats they are facing, including ransomware,\u201d said Josh Prewitt, chief product officer at Rackspace Technology. \u201cCustomers can now manage and control data recovery from a single source, more efficiently store data, and eliminate potentially costly disruptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rackspace Technology is an industry-recognized leader in providing VMware-based cloud services. Adding Cohesity\u2019s data protection layer with integrated VMware Cloud Director (vCD) will help unify the efforts of SecOps and ITOps to better combat cyber threats and empower customers with self-service management. The managed service helps assure Rackspace Technology customers that their data and workloads running on VMware infrastructure are more resilient than ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to engage in this partnership as it really addresses customers\u2019 number one concern today, developing cyber resilience so they can quickly defend and if needed, rapidly recover data in the event of a cyberattack,\u201d said John Theberge, vice president, global alliances, service providers and GSIs, Cohesity. \u201cOur next-gen data management capabilities, including DataProtect, give Rackspace Technology customers a simple and powerful solution that can enhance their security posture, advance protection, and improve their business resiliency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Rackspace Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=-Z0o2MzIRZwXsZ_N6tiGv2DXHtNlHmLdsYdoAyA53Sexqit-nrQF6tWBcsTz5uzRXjNDiyQ3tJkXM-qnuCawJbOt-HNwmnSsU46ixxF2Gfc%3D\">Rackspace Technology <\/a>is a leading end-to-end multicloud technology services company. We can design, build, and operate our customers\u2019 cloud environments across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize applications, build new products and adopt innovative technologies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Cohesity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cohesity.com%2F&amp;amp;esheet=52573663&amp;amp;newsitemid=20220203005551&amp;amp;lan=en-US&amp;amp;anchor=Cohesity&amp;amp;index=14&amp;amp;md5=c22c635625e2ef7920e3d478fc0c36c9\">Cohesity <\/a>radically simplifies data management. We make it easy to protect, manage and derive value from data \u2013 across the data center, edge, and cloud. We offer a full suite of services consolidated on one multicloud data platform: backup and recovery, disaster recovery, file and object services, dev\/test, and data compliance, security, and analytics \u2013 reducing complexity and eliminating mass data fragmentation. Cohesity can be delivered as a service, self-managed, or provided by a Cohesity-powered partner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rackspace Technology and Cohesity Partner to Offer Comprehensive Data Protection to Boost Business Resiliency Against Ransomware Provides Robust Remediation Against Ransomware, Rapid Recovery, and Greater Business Continuity for VMware-based Clouds Globally SAN ANTONIO \u2013 April 07, 2022 \u2013 Rackspace Technology\u00ae&nbsp;(NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end, multicloud technology solutions company, today announced a strategic partnership with Cohesity, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","headline":"Rackspace Technology and Cohesity Partner to Offer Comprehensive Data Protection to Boost Business Resiliency Against Ransomware","seo_title":"Rackspace Technology and Cohesity Partner to Offer Comprehensive Data Protection to Boost Business Resiliency Against Ransomware","seo_description":"Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end, multicloud technology solutions company, today announced a strategic partnership with Cohesity, a leader in next-gen data management, to deliver multicloud managed backup and recovery solutions for Rackspace Technology customers globally. 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