Rackspace and Lightstream team

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.

 

“As more enterprises adopt Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft cloud technologies, they often require assistance to help them reduce complexity – from strategic planning and migration to the ongoing tasks of scaling applications, managing costs, maintaining security and ensuring application uptime,” said Ramakant Pandrangi, vice president and general manager of Microsoft Clouds at Rackspace. “This is where Rackspace and Lightstream are well-positioned to help. By coupling our robust Microsoft expertise, support and guidance, this collaboration provides a unique end-to-end experience for customers who want to optimise their Microsoft 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^®.

 

“We are thrilled to work with Rackspace to couple Lightstream and Microsoft solutions with its renowned Fanatical Support and expertise,” said Rod Stout, president of Lightstream. “Lightstream and Rackspace serve as trusted technology providers for organisations that need help navigating the often complex and ever-changing cloud ecosystem in their cloud adoption journey. By combining our Microsoft expertise to deliver the highest value to enterprises seeking managed services, we can drive new consumption, additional workloads and new business opportunities.”

 

Lightstream is a solutions innovator and Microsoft Gold Cloud Platform Partner, combining years of data networking and systems integration expertise with an extensive Microsoft cloud practice to deliver world-class Microsoft technology solutions.  With an emphasis on its core foundation of long-term relationships and enhanced customer care, Lightstream not only designs complex enterprise solutions, but becomes a single trusted advisor in information technology environments, enabling organisations to rapidly meet business objectives through the successful implementation of information technology strategies.

 

As a long-time Microsoft partner, Rackspace has gained significant hybrid cloud expertise through managing Microsoft Private Cloud and Azure public cloud as part of a broad Microsoft technology portfolio. With more than 15 years of Microsoft experience, Rackspace operates one of the largest Azure managed services practices worldwide. Rackspace is the only five-time Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year and holds 11 silver and gold Microsoft technical competencies and more than 1,000 technical Microsoft certifications