Private Cloud Solutions for VMware

Enterprise operations: If you rely on VMware for mission-critical operations but are wary of high costs, especially for regulated workloads, it could make sense to keep using VMware for high availability and performance. For many, VMware Cloud Foundation provides the best long-term value because it eliminates third-party dependencies by consolidating tools, like SolarWinds and Puppet. Plus, it reduces costs through integrated Aria Operations and Aria Automation.

Mid-market businesses: You could optimize your VMware investments by using a combination of VMware vSphere Foundation and VMware Cloud Foundation. 

• VMware vSphere Foundation: Offers cost-effective basic infrastructure management with Aria Operations and VMware vSAN storage, which is ideal for seasonal workloads. 
• VMware Cloud Foundation: The advanced Aria Automation can justify the additional cost.

Startups: Your need for flexibility might lead you to consider re-platforming to another solution. However, you could retain VMware for production workloads. A good option is adopting vSphere+, then gradually transitioning to VMware Cloud Foundation as your AI workloads expand. vSphere+ provides flexibility but lacks advanced automation, while VMware Cloud Foundation offers scalability and full automation.

Discover the advantages of our Rackspace SDDC Solutions.

• Rackspace SDDC Enterprise: Experience the full power of an SDDC with VMware Cloud Foundation on a validated, hyperconverged hosted infrastructure.
• Rackspace SDDC Business: Transition or extend your VMware workloads into a hosted environment in a Rackspace data center.
• Rackspace SDDC Flex: Get flexible infrastructure and consumption-based pricing to access the best attributes of public and private cloud.
• Rackspace SDDC Anywhere: Launch a private cloud platform that’s ready to be deployed in your data center or a colocation environment.
• Rackspace SDDC for SAP: Run SAP on a certified, single tenant, private cloud hosting platform.

Get our flexible consumption-based pricing across all your optimization and security activities for VMware workloads with Rackspace Elastic Engineering for VMware. Find out more.

• Our data center: Rackspace runs over 35 data centers located in the world’s most influential technical and financial markets. This provides global reach, scale and agility wherever you are and whenever you need it. Everything is interconnected by a resilient private fiber network called RackConnect^® Global. It provides multiple direct onramps to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft^® Azure^® and Google Cloud, as well as access to other data centers in other parts of the world via Equinix Fabric and Megaport. In addition to traditional compliances such as PCI, HIPAA, SSAE 18, ISO 27001, 14001, and 9001, Rackspace offers FEDRAMP and UK Sovereign VMware-based services.
• Your data center: If retaining your own data center infrastructure is critical to your business, Rackspace provides Rackspace SDDC Anywhere. This service gives you a fully managed private cloud on your premises. Rackspace SDDC Anywhere is continuously monitored and maintained by our experts — eliminating much of the effort involved in building and maintaining your private cloud environment.
• Third-party data center: Rackspace can provide an SDDC solution in a third-party data center (colocation) of your choice.

AngelTrack

This EMS and fire services software company reduced its technical debt by 50% after deploying Rackspace SDDC Business. Read the case study.

Coinstar

This self-service change exchange company reduced its IT costs by 40% after moving out of a colocation data center to a Rackspace Private Cloud Powered by VMware. Read the case study.

Reiter Affiliated Companies

The world’s largest fresh multi-berry producer modernized its technology stack on Rackspace Private Cloud to lower its infrastructure costs while increasing its data accessibility. Read the case study.

Central North West London (CNWL)

The NHS Foundation Trust reduced its costs by 15% while safeguarding sensitive data with a Rackspace hybrid multicloud solution. Read the case study.

JBI Digital

This digital transformation company deployed Rackspace Sovereign Government Cloud on VMware to host new UK public sector clients. Read the case study.

Feeding America

This hunger relief and food rescue organization moved 350 servers and a petabyte of data to a Rackspace VMware SDDC to connect food bank networks. Read the case study.

Zachry Corporation

This construction and engineering leader migrated its VMware environment from its own data center to a Rackspace data center. Read the case study.

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