Projects & Agreements
Rackspace and Lightstream Team to Provide Custom Managed Microsoft Cloud Solutions
Rackspace has announced from the Microsoft Inspire conference in Washington DC a strategic relationship with Lightstream . Through this collaboration , Rackspace will provide custom tools , optimisation and ongoing 24x7x365 Fanatical Support for customers who leverage Lightstream IT transformation and migration services for Microsoft Azure as well as other Microsoft Private Cloud and Microsoft Productivity Cloud solutions .
With a combined 30 + years of experience across the worlds ’ leading technologies , Rackspace and Lightstream will blend technology , automation and human expertise to deliver ongoing architecture and security guidance . Upfront expert strategic guidance from Lightstream and 24x7x365 operational support backed by hundreds of Microsoft certified engineers and architects from Rackspace will help enterprises get the most out of their Microsoft investments , reduce risk and increase efficiency .
Together , the companies will provide managed services across a wide range of Microsoft technologies including Microsoft Azure , Hyper V , Microsoft Cloud Platform , Microsoft Azure Stack and productivity and collaboration solutions including Microsoft Office 365 , Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint .
For further information visit : www . rackspace . com / en-gb / microsoft
Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Helps Xiaomi Deliver Innovation
Nutanix announced that Xiaomi has addressed long-standing storage performance issues by replacing its legacy three-tier IT infrastructure with the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform .
Despite early adoption of virtualisation , the legacy three-tier infrastructure hosting Xiaomi ’ s business critical applications including Microsoft Exchange , MS SQL Server and SAP Business Suite , was struggling to cope with exponential growth in demand . The traditional SAN storage was quickly identified as the main bottleneck , even after upgrading to all-flash arrays . By switching to the highly scalable and robust Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Platform with distributed storage architecture , Xiaomi managed to remove the long-standing issues .
As a result , the smartphone maker has dramatically improved the performance of business-critical workloads while delivering return on investment ( ROI ) and savings through Nutanix Prism , a single management pane for both compute and storage resources .
The decision by Xiaomi to replace its entire three-tier infrastructure was taken after a thorough competitive analysis and a two-month test period . Xiaomi has also significantly reduced the physical occupancy and power consumption of its data centres , with a 70 per cent reduction in rack occupancy and 30 per cent saving in cooling and power requirements . Additionally , the Nutanix solution has halved the workload of IT support staff , allowing them to devote more time and energy to business innovation .
For further information visit : www . nutanix . com / love /
Megaport Software Defined Network Integrates with Alibaba Cloud
Megaport has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Alibaba Cloud . The partnership will provide enterprises with direct and scalable access to Alibaba Cloud via the Megaport global SDN . Alibaba Cloud ’ s customers will be able to access Megaport ’ s global network in more than 20 major markets in Asia Pacific , North American , and European regions with 150 points of presence .
By accessing Alibaba Cloud Express Connect , a high-speed dedicated network connection that securely links customers with their VPCs through Megaport ’ s SDN , enterprises can scale their cloud connectivity and enable rapid provisioning of capacity to Alibaba Cloud . From a single global account , Megaport customers can cut down latency and deploy globally on Alibaba Cloud ’ s network of cloud regions .
Direct , dedicated access to Alibaba Cloud ’ s services adds value to Megaport ’ s platform and the global reach of the Megaport SDN makes it simpler for Alibaba Cloud to access new markets .
For further information visit : www . megaport . com
42 | August 2017