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Rackspace and Pure Storage Accelerate the Value of Cloud through Block Storage Solution with Ultra-Fast Performance

February 26, 2019

Rackspace and Pure Storage Accelerate the Value of Cloud through Block Storage Solution with Ultra-Fast Performance

SAN ANTONIO– February 26, 2019–Rackspace today announced that it is aligning efforts with Pure Storage, the data solutions leader that helps innovators build a better world with data, to help accelerate the value of customers’ hybrid-cloud environments with the launch of the new Ultra-Fast Performance Rackspace Block Storage solution.

This collaboration makes Rackspace the largest global Managed Service Provider member of the Pure Partner Program. The Ultra-Fast Performance Rackspace Block Storage solution provides customers with fast access to their storage, hybrid-cloud connectivity and low latency for workloads where performance cannot be compromised.

Customers can leverage this offering as they progress along their cloud journey to get extensive data portability across multiple platforms and bring products to market faster. This offering advances Rackspace’s strategy of helping customers get to the cloud and maximize their IT investment by allowing them to seamlessly migrate mission critical workloads such as eCommerce, databases, disaster recovery, artificial intelligence, machine learning and Internet of Things to Rackspace’s infrastructure, while maintaining high performance and availability.

“This partnership is allowing us to bring together two big disruptors in the next-gen cloud services and storage industries,” said Prashanth Chandrasekar, senior vice president and general manager at Rackspace. “We’re excited to partner with Pure Storage to bring a fast, high performance solution to market that gives our customers the ability to make progress on their respective hybrid cloud journeys.” The new Ultra-Fast Performance Rackspace Block Storage solutions help customers address a variety of data storage challenges by providing key features and benefits including:

  • Hybrid-Cloud Transformation: With this offering, Rackspace will help customers migrate, secure and optimize their hybrid-cloud environments with unbiased expertise, while providing a Fanatical Experience.
  • Enterprise Level Security: Pure Storage’s Purity Operating Environment secures data at  the highest standards, providing customers with peace of mind that their data is residing with a trusted partner on world-class technology.

“This collaboration with Rackspace is helping to address a major customer need in the market,” said Jack Hogan, Vice President of Technology Strategy at Pure Storage. “Our goal is to help customers unleash the full power of data storage in a way that helps them drive their business forward. The combination of our industry-leading storage technology, the go-to-market support of the Pure Partner Program, and Rackspace’s managed services and hybrid-cloud transformation expertise provide a differentiated, supported solution that empowers customers along their cloud journey.” The new Ultra-Fast Performance Rackspace Block Storage solution is available now to customers in the U.S., UK and APAC. For additional information, please visit:

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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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