Rackspace Technology, a leading end-to-end multicloud technology solutions company, on Thursday announced it has made a strategic investment in Platform9, the leading SaaS Managed Kubernetes provider for distributed clouds.
Rackspace has also launched Rackspace Managed Platform for Kubernetes (MPK). Driven by a shared multicloud vision, both companies will collaborate and deeply align on products, technologies, and go-to-market activities.
Businesses today are moving to containers and Kubernetes in an effort to improve delivery metrics, accelerate digital transformation, and decrease time to market. This transition to a modern application framework often leaves businesses having to balance between streamlining the delivery of critical applications and infrastructure with delivering meaningful results to their customers and shareholders.
Powered by Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK) solution, Rackspace MPK solves for these common customer challenges by providing a:
- Single pane of glass for deploying and managing clusters across public and private clouds
- Curated platform experience that provides frequently requested infrastructure services for containerized applications
- Specialized support team comprised of Certified Kubernetes Administrators versed in Kubernetes, Platform9, and multicloud
Sirish Raghuram, CEO of Platform9
Platform9’s SaaS managed Kubernetes, paired with the Rackspace Technology team’s unmatched leadership in managed operations along with Fanatical Experience is a game-changer in distributed Kubernetes management.
Taylor Bird, VP of Technology Strategy, Rackspace Technology
At Rackspace Technology and Platform9, we see the strain that transformation and growth puts on a businesses’ ability to fully realize their cloud native strategy.
