Rackspace

Rackspace Technology, Inc. is an American cloud computing firm headquartered in Windcrest, Texas, a San Antonio suburb. In addition to Blacksburg, Virginia, and Austin, Texas, the corporation maintains offices in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, India, Dubai, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, Mexico, and Hong Kong. Cloud Files, Cloud Block Storage, and Cloud Backup are all part of the Rackspace Cloud.

Cloud Files, which was introduced in 2008, takes advantage of OpenStack Swift object storage. People connect to it via the REST application programming interface (API). Rackspace Cloud Files uses a usage-based pricing approach. Clients are charged for storage usage as well as incoming bandwidth, but not for outbound bandwidth or maintenance. The platform also includes fundamental features like replication, guaranteed uptime, and mobile access. Customers can manage their cloud usage through an online control panel, desktop software, or a variety of third-party products that link to the Cloud Files API.

Rackspace also provides cloud block storage and cloud backup services. Cloud Block Storage, which was released in 2012 and competes with Amazon Elastic Block Store, is powered by OpenStack. It uses a combination of hard drives and solid-state drives to provide higher performance than object-based clouds. Rackspace Cloud Backup offers file-level backups while reducing storage costs and improving security through compression, deduplication, and encryption.

Founded: 1998

Headquarters: Windcrest, Texas, US

Official website: https://www.rackspace.com/cloud