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Vendors Outline API Standard for PaaS Clouds
September 4th, 2012 : John RathIn cloud computing news, a group of IT companies lef by Oracle, Rackspace and Red Hat are set to submit a management specification for platform as a service (PaaS), and Quantum challenges Amazon Glacier with its new Q-Cloud. Read More
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Acquisitions Abound: IBM, Rackspace, RedHat, AppFog
August 29th, 2012 : John RathA busy day for deals: IBM to buy Kenexa for $1.3 billion, Rackspace Hosting (RAX) to acquire Mailgun, AppFog has agreement to buy Nodester, Red Hat purchases BPM from Polymita. Read More
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Rackspace Buys Oregon Land for Data Center
August 22nd, 2012 : Rich MillerRackspace Hosting has confirmed that it has bought land in Oregon for a possible data center, but the company says it has not finalized any plans, and would work with a third-party developer rather than building the facility itself. Rackspace (RAX) also announced that it is partnering with Digital Realty on a new data center in Sydney, Australia. Read More
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‘Super Wholesale’ Deals Boost Data Center Developers
July 30th, 2012 : Rich MillerA new breed of customer is having a big impact on the bottom line for data center developers. The "super wholesale" category includes users with large Internet infrastructures who have previously built their own data centers, but are now looking to lease "plug-n-play" space from developers. Read More
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Rackspace Shares Decline on Earnings Report
May 8th, 2012 : Rich MillerShares of Rackspace Hosting declined sharply today after the cloud computing provider's earnings fell just short of analyst expectations. Shares of RAX were lower by about 12 percent, in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Read More
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Roundup: Windstream, Rackspace, Savvis, AboveNet
April 13th, 2012 : John RathWindstream opens Little Rock data center, Cognizant selects Savvis (CTL) for cloud services, AboveNet (ABVT) accesses BATS Europe and Chi-X Europe, Rackspace (RAX) launches Exchange 2010 solution. Read More
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Roundup: Windstream, Rackspace, IO, CoreLink
April 4th, 2012 : John RathWindstream introduces Disaster Recovery as a Service, Rackspace enhances Cloud Sites for Ad Agencies, IO selected by BlueChannel, CoreLink selected by Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance. Read More
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Rackspace: Minting Billionaires?
March 19th, 2012 : Rich MillerMedia outlets noted this week that Rackspace chairman Graham Weston's holdings in the company have soared past $1.1 billion. Here's a closer look at Weston's unique approach to corporate culture and making work matter. Read More
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Rackspace Cloud Will Expand in Dallas
January 6th, 2012 : Rich MillerRackspace Hosting (RAX) has leased 58,200 square feet of data center space at Digital Realty Trust's huge Datacenter Park - Dallas campus to expand its growing cloud computing operation. Read More
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