Rackspace Accelerates OpenStack Enterprise Push

Jan 30, 2013

Rackspace Hosting (RAX) continues the OpenStack push with three new reference architectures, and some heavy-hitters get private cloud certified.

Rackspace Plans Major Cloud Expansion in UK

Jan 21, 2013

Rackspace Hosting plans a major expansion of its cloud computing infrastructure in the United Kingdom, and has hired Digital Realty Trust to build a new data center that will add 10 megawatts of capacity.

Rackspace: We'll Fill Data Centers With Open Compute Gear

Jan 17, 2013

ll new servers added to the Rackspace Cloud will run on Open Compute hardware, the company said yesterday. The announcement at yesterday's Open Compute Summit marked one of the largest commitments to hardware designs based on the Open Compute...

Cloud News: Savvis, Rackspace, Piston Cloud

Dec 04, 2012

Savvis launches Cloud Storage, Rackspace enhances Open Cloud Platform, Piston Cloud names Jim Morrisroe as CEO.as Joshua McKenty shifts to CTO.

Report: Wal-Mart's Big Data Moves Will Boost Rackspace

Oct 22, 2012

Reports indicate that Rackspace (RAX) will likely win more business from retail giant Wal-Mart (WMT), which is hiring engineers for the OpenStack platform.

Vendors Outline API Standard for PaaS Clouds

Sep 04, 2012

In 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.

Acquisitions Abound: IBM, Rackspace, RedHat, AppFog

Aug 29, 2012

A 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.

Rackspace Buys Oregon Land for Data Center

Aug 22, 2012

Rackspace 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...

'Super Wholesale' Deals Boost Data Center Developers

Jul 30, 2012

A 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...

Rackspace Shares Decline on Earnings Report

May 08, 2012

Shares 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.