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Creating Cost and Energy Efficiency through Outsourcing Hosting Solutions
The White Paper looks at the efficiencies of outsourcing web and online infrastructure in an increasingly volatile and environmentally aware society. Specifically the white paper looks at the benefits of managed web hosting services compared with in-house hosting using a company's own datacentre facilities.
Tags: rackspace, web hosting, outsourcing, internet, it operations, business operations, outsourcing & subcontracting
White papers 2008-02-04
'Fanatical Support' Distinguishes Rackspace's Leadership in Managed Hosting
Rackspace is a San Antonio, Texas - based company that provides enterprise-level Web infrastructure and managed services to businesses of all sizes. eBid, a procurement technology system provider, came to Rackspace for help serving its clients without having to worry about issues like infrastructure and bandwidth. eBid wanted a hosting...
Tags: managed hosting, rackspace, leadership, purchasing & procurement, web hosting, it services, business operations, internet
Case studies 2007-03-14
Webcast: Managed Hosting Delivers Reliable, Scalable Infrastructure
Delivering scalable and reliable hosting solutions is a necessity in today's high-growth environment. Stringent uptime requirements and unprecedented performance are both important to any expanding company. Listen to this TechRepublic Webcast, now available on demand, to hear John Engates, CTO of Rackspace Managed hosting, and Felipe Payet, Worldwide...
Tags: managed hosting, rackspace, webcast, web hosting, processors, digital media, internet, semiconductors, hardware, components, consumer electronics, personal technology
Webcasts 2006-08-02
Rackspace Managed Hosting: Utilizes VeriSign's Authentication and E-Commerce Solutions
Rackspace Managed Hosting provides managed Web hosting services to enterprises of all sizes. Rackspace supplies all the servers, software, bandwidth and management needed to run almost any hosted application - from Internet to enterprise. With the need for their customers to have the ability to conduct e-commerce in a secure...
Tags: rackspace, verisign inc., authentication, e-business, security
Case studies
Rackspace Leverages Red Hat Solutions to Provide Fanatical Support to Its Customers
Rackspace Managed Hosting, the leading managed service provider, entrusts thousands of its customers' Web servers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network. Founded in 1998 on the premise that Web hosting requires great service in addition to great technology, Rackspace initially deployed the legacy Red Hat Linux operating...
Tags: rackspace, red hat inc., open source
Case studies

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Managed Hosting Provider Powers Extreme Growth and Virtualization With Hyperic
Launched in February, 2006 as a venture company of Rackspace Managed Hosting, Mosso was started by two entrepreneurial employees, Jonathan Bryce and Todd Morey. Simplifying complex technology to bring reliable, scalable service to web application developers is Mosso's mission. Enterprise systems management software that keeps pace with their always-on, always-changing...
Tags: entrepreneurial, team, managed hosting, web application, entrepreneurship, virtualization, team management, storage management, utility computing, management, hardware, storage
Case studies 2007-11-02
Hosting Service Provider Reduces Server Build Times by 68 Percent, Patch Deployment by 85 Percent
Intensive Hosting, the Microsoft enterprise services division of Rackspace Managed Hosting, has further increased operational efficiencies and reduced operating costs by upgrading from version 1.5 to version 2.0 of the Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting. The new Server Purposing module in version 2.0 has shown Intensive Hosting how to make...
Tags: patch deployment, microsoft corp., patch management module, microsoft windows, patches, microsoft windows server 2003, servers, operating systems, software, hardware
Case studies
Red Hat's licensing moves have changed the future of Linux
By Tim LandgraveOver the last three years, Linux has emerged from a cult phenomenon driven by thousands of programming enthusiasts around the world into an enterprise-ready operating system. This has become possible because Linux’s destiny has also shifted from the dedication of those enthusiast programmers to a small number of...
Tags: e advantage, hosting company, linux, red hat inc.
Technical articles 2003-09-16
Intel and IBM, two corporations concentrating on social responsibility
The chairman of Intel recently sat down for an interview with a News.com reporter, and one of the themes discussed was the issue of "social responsibility," or the belief that corporations should push initiatives that improve society at large in addition to those that simply add to the company's bottom...
Tags: intel corp., ibm corp., internet, taxes, free trade, regulations, government, financial planning, finance, andy moon
Blog posts 2007-10-22
Calculating systems power requirements
Deciding on a final power management strategy for server rooms can be a difficult task. Priorities must be assessed and service level requirements taken in to account. How long should systems be kept running once main power has been lost? Can some non-essential systems be shut down early to give...
Tags: data centre, infrastructure, kva, power, server, united parcel service of america inc.
Blog posts 2006-12-18
Evaluting Web hosting options
Recently, David Berlind wrote (http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2637) about four different web hosting options, one of them a distinct vendor solution. Below is part of that post reproduced. Looking for more thoughts on the pros and cons of each along with personal experiences...1. Insource the Web server - in other words, find a...
Tags: server, web hosting, managed hosting, dedicated hosting, chris jablonski, programming, server hosting, web hosting company, web
Discussion threads 2006-03-30
Status Quo versus changing organization
Status Quo versus changing organizationOutsourcing may work in some instances where the organization you are trying to service stays somewhat static. Where many outsourcers will kill you with costs is with change. From what I have seen, if you save money on managing todays servers, the outsourcer will really gouge...
Tags: data center, infrastructure, it management, miscellaneous, outsourcing, outsourcing company, server, trtjj@...
Discussion threads 2006-01-30
Comms Room Planning
Comms Room PlanningHi,We're about to start planning a new building for our company and we're gathering requirements for our comms/server room. This comms room will house our IT infrastructure and as part of the planning process, I was wondering what others experiences were in doing this. Specifically, I guess I'm...
Tags: server
Discussion threads 2005-04-05
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