Solve Connections: Tackling IT Challenges City by City
In 2014, Rackspace launched our Solve series, one-day summits showcasing how companies can tackle their toughest technology challenges. The idea was to have cutting edge companies focused on innovative...
View ArticleRackspace Database Experts at Percona Live Data Performance Conference
As the volume of data continues to grow exponentially, open source technologies can provide IT developers and administrators better ways to improve the power and performance of databases. At Rackspace,...
View ArticleManaged Cassandra Powered by DataStax Now Available From Rackspace
Rackspace has expanded its data services offerings with the addition of Managed Cassandra powered by DataStax as part of its leading, comprehensive data services portfolio. Managed Cassandra helps...
View ArticleEU Ruling on Safe Harbor: Rackspace Stands Prepared
Yesterday, the European Union Court of Justice ruled the U.S.- EU Safe Harbor framework invalid. In place since 2000, the framework offered an established data transfer compliance mechanism that...
View ArticlePrivate Cloud now with Ceph Clusters, EMC and Multi-Region Swift Support
As organizations continue to look to the cloud to help them transform their business, they’re seeking solutions to protect one of their most valuable assets — data. Since we launched our mission has...
View ArticleResponding to the Hack of the Century
For today’s medium to large enterprises, being hacked by outsiders has become a working reality. The challenge leaders face is knowing what to do about it. Security has become a central focus for...
View ArticleTips to reduce cloud latency when dealing with data gravity
As data is pulled closer to that infrastructure, it can reduce latency, increase efficiencies and speed, as well as increase application performance, all of which can positively impact the end user’s...
View ArticleData for DevOps: Part II
Infrastructure monitoring data can provide IT departments with insight into the virtual or physical, systems they manage. Analyzing these data can provide value across multiple axes, including outside...
View ArticleData for DevOps: Part III
Currently, most IT departments are already using monitoring data to automatically trigger alarms, alerting operations staff to issues as soon as they arise. While this is a considerable improvement...
View ArticleTaking Advantage of IoT
By 2020, the IoT is expected to grow to a $3.7 billion market comprised of 30.7 billion devices. While the sheer number of devices can be overwhelming, there are huge implications for how companies...
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