Rackspace Introduces Comprehensive Service for Enterprise Linux Managed Hosting; Rackspace Red Label Managed Hosting Ideally Suited for Advanced Applications Running on J2EE and LAMP.SAN ANTONIO San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. -- Rackspace Managed Hosting today announced its enterprise Linux managed hosting offering, Rackspace Red Label(TM). Already home to more than 4,500 Linux configurations, Rackspace built Red Label in response to rapidly increasing demand from larger enterprises hosting Linux environments seeking comprehensive management, monitoring and security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the needed to ensure 100 percent uptime of mission-critical business applications. Rackspace Red Label is ideally suited for advanced applications running on J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. or Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP/Perl/Python (LAMP). For enterprises migrating from Sun to Linux, Rackspace Red Label delivers the stability, security and lower total cost of ownership these organizations demand from their Linux infrastructure. "Enterprises are increasingly interested in the benefits of Linux, but given the diversity of vendors and relative newness of some of the technology, these enterprises may not have the resources in-house to manage a complex Linux deployment," said Ted Chamberlin, principal analyst, Communications Group, Gartner, Inc. "Managed hosting enables organizations to better focus their human capital on delivering business value by providing a fully-managed Linux environment for application development and deployment." Red Label elevates Rackspace's traditional Linux offering to high-end Linux managed hosting deployed on Dell hardware and includes key services designed to keep complex J2EE and LAMP applications running optimally. Rackspace Red Label premium services include: Proactive Patching -- A redundant and distributed patching system complete with testing and rollback capabilities Multi-Layer Monitoring -- Comprehensive monitoring systems ensure network external business availability, application and database performance, and overall system performance and utilization Application Infrastructure Support -- Full support of application infrastructure components including Oracle, MySQL, JBoss and Apache with a direct escalation path to each vendor Technology Planning -- Detailed monthly account reviews with lead engineer for hardware capacity planning and issue resolution along with data and trend analysis Combining best-of-breed and proven solutions from leading vendors like Dell, Novell, Red Hat, Nimsoft and Mercury Interactive For another company with a similar name, see Mercury Computer Systems. HP Mercury (formerly Mercury Interactive) is a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard that is a market leader in automated software quality assurance and offers products in other areas such as diagnostics, , Rackspace Red Label delivers an unprecedented level of security, stability and responsiveness. "We're responding to a growing demand for advanced Linux hosting, and Rackspace Red Label provides a responsive, secure and stable environment for enterprises looking to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the benefits of Linux for application development," said Paul Froutan, vice president, product engineering, Rackspace Managed Hosting. "Our strong partnerships with some of the best Linux vendors like Novell and Red Hat have enabled us to deliver an openly-architected and best-of-breed solution backed by Rackspace's Linux expertise and Fanatical fa·nat·i·cal adj. Possessed with or motivated by excessive, irrational zeal. fa·nat  i·cal·ly adv. Support."ConsignMall Corporation, an online retailer of goods consigned by merchants who drop-ship negotiated orders to ConsignMall customers, recently deployed on Red Label its proprietary Commerce Automated Clearing House See ACH. Exchange system that facilitates the execution of fraudless transactions by transferring funds and assigning deliveries online. ConsignMall selected Rackspace Red Label to host its web facing application in order to take advantage of the monitoring and usage reporting to aid in capacity planning Determining the required future configuration of hardware and software for a network, datacenter or Web site. There are numerous capacity planning tools on the market used to monitor and analyze the performance of the current hardware and software. for the new site. "Rackspace is known for its long-time Linux expertise and we trust them to manage our enterprise-level Linux environment," said Bill Rodgers People named Bill Rodgers:
About Rackspace Managed Hosting Rackspace Managed Hosting(TM) is the fastest growing managed hosting provider for customers of all sizes -- from start-ups to enterprise customers. Founded in 1998, Rackspace has built a world-class service organization based on its philosophy of Fanatical Support(TM). The company offers a wide range of managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality for enterprise hosting platforms and currently hosts 15 percent of the Fortune 100 Companies. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com, or call 800-961-2888. |
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