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Rackspace Technology extends AWS offerings to Australian customers and expands global footprint
“ We continue to see sustained growth in this market , with an increasing number of Australian customers trusting us to support their cloud journeys ,” said Tolga Tarhan , Chief Technology Officer at Rackspace Technology .
“ As our global footprint continues to expand , our full spectrum of cloud services will support some of the world ’ s most complex technology projects . We look forward to enabling our Australian customers to build new revenue streams , increase efficiency and deliver innovative experiences .”
Rackspace Technology , a leading end-to-end multi-cloud technology solutions company , is extending AWS capabilities to Australian customers .
The expansion further establishes Rackspace Technology ’ s leadership in the Asia Pacific and Japan ( APJ ) market and the services include application modernization , Machine Learning ( ML ), Internet of Things ( IoT ), containers and serverless computing offerings .
With continued regional demand across Rackspace Technology ’ s service areas , this new focus will expand the company ’ s Australiabased team and roll out new AWS migrations and cost management initiatives for 2021 .
“ As cloud technologies continue to gain traction across a number of Australian industries , the need for a partner with exceptional support and deep expertise has become paramount ,” said Emma Pudney , Chief Technology Officer , APJ , at Rackspace Technology . “ Rackspace Technology ’ s investment in this space is a testament to the company ’ s longstanding commitment to exceeding growing customer needs .”
blueAPACHE embarks on multi-million dollar Cisco Core Network refresh
Leading IT services company blueAPACHE based in Victoria , Australia , has embarked on a A $ 6 million , multi-phase refresh of its core emPOWER network infrastructure based on Cisco router network technology .
The core network upgrade will provide the global managed services company with an enhanced fit for purpose , feature rich cloud managed services offering for mid-to-large size enterprise organizations while at the same time support blueAPACHE ’ s ability to automate customer requirements and lower their overall total cost of ownership .
Chris Marshall , Founder and Managing Director , blueAPACHE , said : “ Our core network infrastructure refresh raises the bar for automated , scalable and secure networks . By partnering with Cisco , we ’ re delivering a solution that allows us to automate service provisioning , accelerating the time to value for our customers .
Indeed , the speed at which we can onboard last-mile , inter data-center connectivity services and aggregation services will now increase exponentially .”
blueAPACHE selected the Cisco ASR 9000 Series high performance aggregation services routers to turbocharge its network refresh . These core routers are engineered to serve demanding Edge markets and are capable of supporting the applications required to power blueAPACHE ’ s global customer 4G and 5G service requirements .
Equipped with robust security , time telemetry , segment routing and Ethernet Virtual Private Networks , they also feature core MPLS routing and enhanced port flexibility supporting 1G to 400G and new form factors .
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