Rackspace Technology Wins Three 2023 AWS Partner Awards

Rackspace Technology Wins 2023 AWS Partner Awards

Rackspace Technology Wins Three 2023 AWS Partner Awards

Rackspace Technology recognized as AWS SI Partner of the Year North America, Sustainability Partner of the Year North America and EMEA Education Partner of the Year winner, one of many AWS Partners around the globe that help customers drive innovation

SAN ANTONIO, TX November 27, 2023 - Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT) — a leading end-to-end, hybrid multicloud solutions company, announced today it is a recipient of three 2023 Geo and Global AWS Partner Awards, recognizing leaders around the globe playing a key role helping customers drive innovation and build solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Rackspace Technology is recognized as SI Partner of the Year - NAMER, Sustainability Partner of the Year - NAMER and Education Partner of the Year - EMEA. Rackspace Technology was also named a finalist for four awards including SI Partner of the Year - Global, Migration Partner of the Year - Global, AI/ML Partner of the Year - Global and State or Local Government Partner of the Year – LATAM.

The SI Partner of the Year - NAMER award recognizes top AWS SI Partners that have provided significant contributions related to revenue, launched opportunities, net new certified individuals, and AWS designations earned. The Sustainability Partner of the Year - NAMER award recognizes AWS Partners committed to achieving sustainability goals. Solutions may cover but are not limited to, capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, and computing. The Education Partner of the Year - EMEA award recognizes top AWS Partner with the Education Competency who has delivered innovative, mission-based wins for K-12 or Higher Education.

Announced during a Partner Awards Gala at AWS re:Invent 2023, the Geo and Global AWS Partner Awards recognize a wide range of AWS Partners, whose business models have embraced specialization, innovation, and cooperation over the past year. Geo and Global AWS Partner Awards recognize partners whose business models continue to evolve and thrive on AWS as they work with customers.

Rackspace Technology helps customers solve their most complex and transformative cloud challenges and realize the full benefits of solutions built on AWS. Our experts work collaboratively with businesses to help them transform, manage and optimize their AWS services, build new revenue streams, increase efficiency and deliver incredible customer experiences. Rackspace Technology experts apply deep technical knowledge and expertise in generative AI, machine learning, data and analytics, cloud native development, containerization, application modernization, and optimization, while leveraging AWS, the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud, offering over 200 fully featured services globally.

“Rackspace Technology is proud to receive the distinct honor and recognition of these numerous AWS Partner Awards,” said D K Sinha, President, Public Cloud Business Unit, Rackspace Technology. “The awards are an incredible validation of our commitment to accelerating innovation on AWS and a testament to the expertise of our certified Rackers who are dedicated to helping companies achieve their business outcomes by leveraging the agility, breadth of services, and pace of innovation that AWS provides.” 

The AWS Partner Network (APN) is a global program focused on helping companies build successful AWS-based businesses or solutions by providing business, technical, marketing, and go-to-market support. The APN includes independent software vendors (ISVs) and systems integrators (SIs) around the world, with AWS Partner participation growing significantly during the past 12 months. A panel of AWS experts selected the winners based on strict criteria with third-party audit conducted by Canalys. Rackspace Technology is excited to announce it has received SI Partner of the Year NAMER, Sustainability Partner of the Year NAMER and EMEA Education Partner of the Year winner.

For the second year in a row, AWS Partner Awards included a self-nomination process across several award categories, which are awarded at both the regional and global level. All AWS Partners were invited to participate and submit a nomination. Award submissions were reviewed by a third-party firm, Canalys, and selected with special emphasis placed on customer success use cases presented in the nomination form. In addition, there were a number of data-driven award categories, which were comprised of a unique set of metrics that helped measure AWS Partners’ performance within the past year. Canalys audited the datasets used to ensure that all measurements and calculations were objective and correct in nature. A panel of AWS experts selected the winners based on strict criteria with third-party audit conducted by Canalys.

The AWS Partner Network (APN) is a global community of partners that leverages programs, expertise, and resources to build, market, and sell customer offerings. The APN includes a diverse network of over 100,000 partners from more than 150 countries.

About Rackspace Technology

Rackspace Technology is a leading end-to-end, hybrid multicloud technology services company. We can design, build, and operate our customers’ cloud environments across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize applications, build new products, and adopt innovative technologies.

Media Contact: Natalie Silva, publicrelations@rackspace.com