Rackspace Technology has announced the launch of OpenStack Enterprise, a fully managed, enterprise-ready cloud solution designed for secure, efficient, and scalable performance.
The new offering builds on the company’s open source history, hoping to move companies toward a focus on innovation rather than infrastructure.
Rackspace says OpenStack Enterprise offers the flexibility of cloud solutions at a fraction of the cost compared to competitors.
RackSpace Launches OpenStack Enterprise
“Our renewed commitment to OpenStack addresses the platform’s long-standing challenges by simplifying complexity and delivering a suite of fully managed services that improve accessibility,” said Josh Villarreal, General Manager for OpenStack and Kubernetes at RackSpace.
The company has been busy adding new features over the past year as part of its extensive product roadmap for OpenStack, and the launch of a new enterprise product is seen as a logical next step.
More broadly, Rackspace has contributed over 5.6 million lines of code to OpenStack since its original founding in partnership with NASA in 2010. Today, Rackspace is one of the largest OpenStack cloud providers in the world.
“We provide customers with industry-leading, enterprise-grade open source solutions that simplify infrastructure management and empower them to take control of their destiny, maintain control, and modernize with the latest technology advancements,” said Kevin Carter, Product Director at Rackspace Technology.
In partnership with CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, the company has also enhanced its private cloud infrastructure to support scientific research and innovation. Luke Chandler, Senior Director of Cloud Platforms and Solutions, Infrastructure and Support Services for CAS, added: “Rackspace played a critical role in enabling CAS to deploy a robust private cloud infrastructure that enables people, businesses, institutions and academia to accelerate innovations and deliver scientific discoveries that save lives.”
