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World's Leading Cloud and Content Providers Team With BTI Systems Global Services Group
Marketwire - Tue Apr 15, 8:02AM CDT
BTI Systems, an award-winning provider of cloud and metro networking software and systems to content and service providers around the world, today announced significant expansions to its service and support capabilities and partner ecosystem.
ScaleArc Joins Rackspace Marketplace to Bring Database Traffic Management to the Cloud
Business Wire - Tue Apr 15, 7:02AM CDT
ScaleArc today announced that its database traffic management software is now available on the Marketplace for Rackspace(R) Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company. Rackspace hybrid cloud customers can now choose either ScaleArc for SQL Server or ScaleArc for MySQL to increase the availability, performance, and scalability of business-critical applications without modifying either the applications or databases.
Earnings Releases Schedules, Deployment of Advanced Solutions, and New Technology Contracts - Analyst Notes on Check Point Software, NCR, Rackspace, Radware, and ManTech
PR Newswire - Tue Apr 15, 7:00AM CDT
Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR), Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), Radware Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDWR), and ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ: MANT). Private wealth members receive these notes ahead of publication. To reserve complementary membership, limited openings are available at: http://www.analystsreview.com/1145-100free
Look for Shares of Rackspace Hosting to Potentially Rebound after Yesterday's 1.80% Sell Off
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Apr 14, 5:10PM CDT
Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $30.77 to a high of $32.04. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.8%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $31.32 on volume of 2.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
Is Rackspace's Cloud Business in Big Trouble?
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 11, 1:03PM CDT
Apparently, Rackspace is a premium service provider that doesn't feel it necessary to lower the prices of its cloud infrastructure, or laaS, products to match competitors. These competitors include juggernauts Amazon , Google , and Microsoft ...
Rackspace Appoints Ryan Neading as Chief Information Officer
Marketwire - Thu Apr 10, 8:06AM CDT
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company, today announced the appointment of Ryan Neading as chief information officer. Neading will be responsible for the Rackspace billing systems, internal IT systems and tools, technology operations, operational metrics and interfacing with external suppliers and resource providers, while reporting to Mark Roenigk, chief operating officer.
Why Rackspace Hosting (RAX) Stock Is Down Today
at The Street - Wed Apr 09, 10:19AM CDT
Rackspace Hosting (RAX) stock is lower after the company said the cloud provider refuses to join in the price cutting battle going on between Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN).
These 2 Companies Are Losing the Cloud Price War
Timothy Green, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 09, 8:45AM CDT
The cost of cloud computing is rapidly declining, and for the past few years, Amazon has been dictating the pace of this decline. Microsoft has been matching the price cuts of Amazon, ensuring that its Azure cloud is competitive, but Amazon has...
Critical Alerts For Blackberry, ConocoPhillips, AngloGold Ashanti, Rackspace Hosting, and Philip Morris International Released By InvestorsObserver
PR Newswire - Wed Apr 09, 8:31AM CDT
InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for BBRY, COP, AU, RAX, and PM.
Rackspace DevOps Automation Service Helps Appboy Quickly Deploy and Scale Marketing Automation for Apps Platform
Marketwire - Wed Apr 09, 7:03AM CDT
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company, today announced that Appboy, a leading platform for marketing automation for apps is leveraging Rackspace DevOps Automation Services to quickly deploy and scale their application platform. This service, which launched in December, is gaining momentum, as it is allowing Appboy and a variety of other companies to automate the process of deploying and scaling hybrid cloud infrastructure for fast-growing applications.
Rackspace Hosting Set to Possibly Pullback After Yesterday's Rally of 3.88%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Apr 08, 5:36PM CDT
Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $32.46 to a high of $34.21. Yesterday, the shares gained 3.9%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $33.82 on volume of 2.8 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
Pricing the Cloud 2014-2019 - Data for Public, Private & Hybrid Clouds Worldwide
M2 - Tue Apr 08, 8:32AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/z8ktst/pricing_the_cloud) has announced the addition of the "Pricing the Cloud" report to their offering. Global public cloud revenue is to increase by an average of 34 per cent per annum for the five year period from the end of 2014 from USD $28.2 billion - up to USD $76.3 billion as of the end of 2019. Pricing the Cloud - Cloud computing service pricing including public, private & hybrid clouds worldwide - from the end of 2014 to the end of 2019 report - The report provides coverage of global public cloud pricing with a comparison of virtual CPU, storage and bandwidth pricing for the key providers. It provides examples of pricing trends and a forecast for cloud computing pricing and revenues over the 5 year period from 2014 to 2019. The evolution of cloud computing, public, private & hybrid cloud services Cloud computing has evolved over time from a public service to a mix of hybrid and secure private cloud platforms. The cloud computing service was first introduced during the 1990s by salesforce.com aimed at enterprises using CRM applications. In 2002 Amazon launched AWS (Amazon Web Services), which rapidly became the market leader in public cloud computing using the Amazon EC2 (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud). It is estimated that AWS has up to 5 times the amount of computing power of its closest competitors combined. From 2006 onwards IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) was launched as a pay as you go model for IT services - with Amazon launching its first IaaS platform in 2006. IaaS platforms are used to enable cloud services for service developers and large enterprises and allow an element of customization. In 2008 Google first introduced its Google App engine, which is used by a number of cloud providers and telecoms providers to derive their own cloud service. In 2009 Microsoft first launched its Windows Azure cloud computing platform which is also sold via Microsoft ISVs and 3rd party reseller channels as well as direct to end users via the Microsoft sales channel and via the internet. Key Topics Covered: - Defining the cloud & the cloud services offered - Cloud computing services & pricing models - Key cloud computing players & cloud computing pricing - Pricing the Cloud - Pricing trends from the end of 2014 to the end of 2019 Companies Mentioned - Accenture - Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Apple - AT&T - BMC Software - BT Global Services - Cisco Systems - Citrix - Dell - EMC - Fujitsu - Google - HP - IBM (SoftLayer) - Microsoft - Navisite - Oracle - Orange Business Services (OBS) - OVH - PLDT (Philippines) - Portugal Telecom (PT) - Rackspace Hosting - Salesforce.com - SAP - T-Systems - TelecityGroup - Telefonica - Verizon - VMware - Vodafone Visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/z8..._the_cloud
Rackspace Appoints Industry Veteran Will Knight to Drive Channel Strategy
Marketwire - Mon Apr 07, 8:03AM CDT
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company, today announced that industry veteran Will Knight has been named the new Vice President of Channel Partner Sales. Mr. Knight is an international business leader with more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry across sales, marketing and channel strategies.
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights:IBM, Cisco Systems, NetSuite, Rackspace Hosting and Veeva Systems
PR Newswire - Fri Apr 04, 8:30AM CDT
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM-Free Report), Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO-Free Report), NetSuite Inc. (NYSE:N-Free Report), Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX-Free Report) and Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV-Free Report).
Why Box May Be the Next Hot M&A Target
at The Street - Thu Apr 03, 2:21PM CDT
Even as it gets ready for its IPO, investors are also looking at Box for its acquisition potential.
In Cloud Wars, Don't Forget No. 2 Rackspace
Nancy Gohring, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 03, 12:00PM CDT
This story originally written by Nancy Gohring at CITEworld . Sign up for our free newsletter here. With the cloud pricing war taking place over the last week, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Amazon , Microsoft and Google are...
Dark Clouds Hover Over These 3 Cloud Stocks - Analyst Blog
Supriyo Bose - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 03, 7:20AM CDT
These cloud computing stocks appear to be falling behind and are expected to perform poorly in the short-term.
'Fast Money' Recap: A Market In Higher Gear
at The Street - Wed Apr 02, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discussed the General Motors recall and what effect it will have on the company and other automotive stocks.
Microsoft Corporation Joins The Cloud Price War
Evan Niu, CFA and Erin Kennedy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 01, 7:00PM CDT
Last week, Google began something of a price war in its cloud computing business. Amazon.com responded in kind, and now Microsoft is joining in with price cuts. Should investors be worried about a race to the bottom crushing margins in this...
Rackspace's 1,000 Cuts Spell More Pain but Not Death
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 01, 1:00PM CDT
Shares of Rackspace Hosting, had another difficult week as both Amazon and Google cut pricing of cloud services. Shares ended down 5.3% for the week and 20% for the year as investors sold ahead of the first quarter closing on Monday. Looking...
World's Leading Cloud and Content Providers Team With BTI Systems Global Services Group
Marketwire - Tue Apr 15, 8:02AM CDT
BTI Systems, an award-winning provider of cloud and metro networking software and systems to content and service providers around the world, today announced significant expansions to its service and support capabilities and partner ecosystem.
ScaleArc Joins Rackspace Marketplace to Bring Database Traffic Management to the Cloud
Business Wire - Tue Apr 15, 7:02AM CDT
ScaleArc today announced that its database traffic management software is now available on the Marketplace for Rackspace(R) Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company. Rackspace hybrid cloud customers can now choose either ScaleArc for SQL Server or ScaleArc for MySQL to increase the availability, performance, and scalability of business-critical applications without modifying either the applications or databases.
Earnings Releases Schedules, Deployment of Advanced Solutions, and New Technology Contracts - Analyst Notes on Check Point Software, NCR, Rackspace, Radware, and ManTech
PR Newswire - Tue Apr 15, 7:00AM CDT
Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR), Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), Radware Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDWR), and ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ: MANT). Private wealth members receive these notes ahead of publication. To reserve complementary membership, limited openings are available at: http://www.analystsreview.com/1145-100free
Look for Shares of Rackspace Hosting to Potentially Rebound after Yesterday's 1.80% Sell Off
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Apr 14, 5:10PM CDT
Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $30.77 to a high of $32.04. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.8%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $31.32 on volume of 2.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
Is Rackspace's Cloud Business in Big Trouble?
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 11, 1:03PM CDT
Apparently, Rackspace is a premium service provider that doesn't feel it necessary to lower the prices of its cloud infrastructure, or laaS, products to match competitors. These competitors include juggernauts Amazon , Google , and Microsoft ...
Rackspace Appoints Ryan Neading as Chief Information Officer
Marketwire - Thu Apr 10, 8:06AM CDT
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company, today announced the appointment of Ryan Neading as chief information officer. Neading will be responsible for the Rackspace billing systems, internal IT systems and tools, technology operations, operational metrics and interfacing with external suppliers and resource providers, while reporting to Mark Roenigk, chief operating officer.
Why Rackspace Hosting (RAX) Stock Is Down Today
at The Street - Wed Apr 09, 10:19AM CDT
Rackspace Hosting (RAX) stock is lower after the company said the cloud provider refuses to join in the price cutting battle going on between Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN).
These 2 Companies Are Losing the Cloud Price War
Timothy Green, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 09, 8:45AM CDT
The cost of cloud computing is rapidly declining, and for the past few years, Amazon has been dictating the pace of this decline. Microsoft has been matching the price cuts of Amazon, ensuring that its Azure cloud is competitive, but Amazon has...
Critical Alerts For Blackberry, ConocoPhillips, AngloGold Ashanti, Rackspace Hosting, and Philip Morris International Released By InvestorsObserver
PR Newswire - Wed Apr 09, 8:31AM CDT
InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for BBRY, COP, AU, RAX, and PM.
Rackspace DevOps Automation Service Helps Appboy Quickly Deploy and Scale Marketing Automation for Apps Platform
Marketwire - Wed Apr 09, 7:03AM CDT
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company, today announced that Appboy, a leading platform for marketing automation for apps is leveraging Rackspace DevOps Automation Services to quickly deploy and scale their application platform. This service, which launched in December, is gaining momentum, as it is allowing Appboy and a variety of other companies to automate the process of deploying and scaling hybrid cloud infrastructure for fast-growing applications.
Rackspace Hosting Set to Possibly Pullback After Yesterday's Rally of 3.88%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Apr 08, 5:36PM CDT
Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $32.46 to a high of $34.21. Yesterday, the shares gained 3.9%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $33.82 on volume of 2.8 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
Pricing the Cloud 2014-2019 - Data for Public, Private & Hybrid Clouds Worldwide
M2 - Tue Apr 08, 8:32AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/z8ktst/pricing_the_cloud) has announced the addition of the "Pricing the Cloud" report to their offering. Global public cloud revenue is to increase by an average of 34 per cent per annum for the five year period from the end of 2014 from USD $28.2 billion - up to USD $76.3 billion as of the end of 2019. Pricing the Cloud - Cloud computing service pricing including public, private & hybrid clouds worldwide - from the end of 2014 to the end of 2019 report - The report provides coverage of global public cloud pricing with a comparison of virtual CPU, storage and bandwidth pricing for the key providers. It provides examples of pricing trends and a forecast for cloud computing pricing and revenues over the 5 year period from 2014 to 2019. The evolution of cloud computing, public, private & hybrid cloud services Cloud computing has evolved over time from a public service to a mix of hybrid and secure private cloud platforms. The cloud computing service was first introduced during the 1990s by salesforce.com aimed at enterprises using CRM applications. In 2002 Amazon launched AWS (Amazon Web Services), which rapidly became the market leader in public cloud computing using the Amazon EC2 (Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud). It is estimated that AWS has up to 5 times the amount of computing power of its closest competitors combined. From 2006 onwards IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) was launched as a pay as you go model for IT services - with Amazon launching its first IaaS platform in 2006. IaaS platforms are used to enable cloud services for service developers and large enterprises and allow an element of customization. In 2008 Google first introduced its Google App engine, which is used by a number of cloud providers and telecoms providers to derive their own cloud service. In 2009 Microsoft first launched its Windows Azure cloud computing platform which is also sold via Microsoft ISVs and 3rd party reseller channels as well as direct to end users via the Microsoft sales channel and via the internet. Key Topics Covered: - Defining the cloud & the cloud services offered - Cloud computing services & pricing models - Key cloud computing players & cloud computing pricing - Pricing the Cloud - Pricing trends from the end of 2014 to the end of 2019 Companies Mentioned - Accenture - Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Apple - AT&T - BMC Software - BT Global Services - Cisco Systems - Citrix - Dell - EMC - Fujitsu - Google - HP - IBM (SoftLayer) - Microsoft - Navisite - Oracle - Orange Business Services (OBS) - OVH - PLDT (Philippines) - Portugal Telecom (PT) - Rackspace Hosting - Salesforce.com - SAP - T-Systems - TelecityGroup - Telefonica - Verizon - VMware - Vodafone Visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/z8..._the_cloud
Rackspace Appoints Industry Veteran Will Knight to Drive Channel Strategy
Marketwire - Mon Apr 07, 8:03AM CDT
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company, today announced that industry veteran Will Knight has been named the new Vice President of Channel Partner Sales. Mr. Knight is an international business leader with more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry across sales, marketing and channel strategies.
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights:IBM, Cisco Systems, NetSuite, Rackspace Hosting and Veeva Systems
PR Newswire - Fri Apr 04, 8:30AM CDT
Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM-Free Report), Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO-Free Report), NetSuite Inc. (NYSE:N-Free Report), Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX-Free Report) and Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV-Free Report).
Why Box May Be the Next Hot M&A Target
at The Street - Thu Apr 03, 2:21PM CDT
Even as it gets ready for its IPO, investors are also looking at Box for its acquisition potential.
In Cloud Wars, Don't Forget No. 2 Rackspace
Nancy Gohring, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 03, 12:00PM CDT
This story originally written by Nancy Gohring at CITEworld . Sign up for our free newsletter here. With the cloud pricing war taking place over the last week, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Amazon , Microsoft and Google are...
Dark Clouds Hover Over These 3 Cloud Stocks - Analyst Blog
Supriyo Bose - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Apr 03, 7:20AM CDT
These cloud computing stocks appear to be falling behind and are expected to perform poorly in the short-term.
'Fast Money' Recap: A Market In Higher Gear
at The Street - Wed Apr 02, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discussed the General Motors recall and what effect it will have on the company and other automotive stocks.
Microsoft Corporation Joins The Cloud Price War
Evan Niu, CFA and Erin Kennedy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 01, 7:00PM CDT
Last week, Google began something of a price war in its cloud computing business. Amazon.com responded in kind, and now Microsoft is joining in with price cuts. Should investors be worried about a race to the bottom crushing margins in this...
Rackspace's 1,000 Cuts Spell More Pain but Not Death
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 01, 1:00PM CDT
Shares of Rackspace Hosting, had another difficult week as both Amazon and Google cut pricing of cloud services. Shares ended down 5.3% for the week and 20% for the year as investors sold ahead of the first quarter closing on Monday. Looking...
