The newly created role further highlights the importance of the region for the technology services company as it continues to invest locally
Amsterdam – 6 May 2020 – Rackspace, the technology services company, has today announced the promotion of Bert Stam to General Manager for Netherlands and Nordics. The newly created role comes as the company announces its ambition to double the size of the business in the next three years.
Fundamental to this ambition will be investment across the Netherlands and Nordics region. The investment will primarily focus on the continuous growth of Professional Services which expanded significantly in 2019. Rackspace will continue to recruit within the team in 2020 to meet the high demand of its consultancy expertise.
“The growth in our local Professional Services team has allowed us to support customers in region better than ever before with on the ground experts,” said Stam. “We doubled the number of team members last year and will continue to meet demand this year through further enhancements to the core local team.”
“Cloud technology is experiencing continuous growth across a number of industries in the Netherlands and Nordics. We are able to support businesses as every stage in their cloud journey with unbiased expertise.”
Rackspace employs 7,000 employees worldwide with expertise in applications, data, security, hybrid and multiple clouds. In addition to the Netherlands office, it also has offices in Australia, Dubai, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, US and UK.
About Rackspace
At Rackspace, we accelerate the value of the cloud during every phase of digital transformation. Across applications, data, security, hybrid and multiple clouds worldwide, we provide cloud specialists with unbiased expertise, continuous modernization and Rackspace Service BlocksTM. We work with leading partners and alliances. As a recognized Gartner Magic Quadrant leader, we deliver Fanatical Experience™ across every interaction. Rackspace has been honored by Fortune, Forbes, Glassdoor and others as one of the best places to work.
Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT) is the operator of the full enterprise AI stack from governed private cloud to AI inference and agents in production. With an Outcomes-as-a-Service model built on secure infrastructure, data foundations, and forward-deployed engineering, Rackspace delivers business results for regulated and mission-critical industries where governance, sovereignty, and uptime are non-negotiable. Learn more at
www.rackspace.com.
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