We’re inching closer to the summer months, but the heat isn’t slowing us down here at the Rack. This week we’ve continued our fight against patent trolls; we’ve created a new email guide to help you make smarter business decisions; and we’ve rolled out several exciting new API and Cloud Panel features in Cloud Files. Check out this week’s digest for all of that and more.
We’re inching closer to the summer months, but the heat isn’t slowing us down here at the Rack. This week we’ve continued our fight against patent trolls; we’ve created a new email guide to help you make smarter business decisions; and we’ve rolled out several exciting new API and Cloud Pa…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 24th, 2013 by Leezia Dhalla
The business value of cloud computing – or “cloudonomics” – is taking the world by storm. The changes in the IT landscape are forcing C-level executives to evaluate even the most basic businesses practices that they’ve held sacred.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 23rd, 2013 by Leezia Dhalla
The patent abuse fight is picking up momentum, and we have new ammunition. Yesterday, the senior Senator from Texas, John Cornyn, introduced the Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 (the “PAR Act”). My home state U.S. Senator has just taken a huge step to solve the patent troll epidemic. This bill is a breath of fresh air in the battle against patent trolls and their brazen abuse of the patent system. The PAR Act is designed to “deter patent litigation abusers without prejudicing the rights of responsible intellectual property holders,” Cornyn said in a
statement.
The patent abuse fight is picking up momentum, and we have new ammunition. Yesterday, the senior Senator from Texas, John Cornyn, introduced the Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 (the “PAR Act”). My home state U.S. Senator has just taken a huge step to solve the patent troll epidemic. This bill…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 23rd, 2013 by Alan Schoenbaum
Alan Perkins recently joined Rackspace as Director of Product and Technology, Asia Pacific. In this two-part series, he discusses why he joined Rackspace. In Part I, he highlighted
the company and its values.
Alan Perkins recently joined Rackspace as Director of Product and Technology, Asia Pacific. In this two-part series, he discusses why he joined Rackspace. In Part I, he highlighted the company and its values.…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 22nd, 2013 by Alan Perkins
Last week, we released the free
Business Email 101 Guide to help you think through the decisions involved in choosing the right business email strategy. When considering your business email, the first decision you need to make is where to run it – on-premise or hosted. Your decision should take into consideration three very broad areas that we’ll eventually bring into focus as we move through the guide. The three areas to consider are:
Last week, we released the free Business Email 101 Guide to help you think through the decisions involved in choosing the right business email strategy. When considering your business email, the first decision you need to make is where to run it – on-premise or hosted. Your decision should take in…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 22nd, 2013 by Lizetta Staplefoote
In a recent episode of Mad Men, Peggy Olson channels her old boss, Don Draper, when she pitches Heinz ketchup. There’s ketchup, Peggy says, and then there’s the cheap and watery imitation—catsup. “They’re selling their watered down, flavorless sauce by pretending that they’re you,” she says, looking straight at the Heinz executive. “It makes you angry, doesn’t it?” The exec seems intrigued. A beat later, Peggy says, “But I always say, if you don’t like what they’re saying, change the conversation.” Then she uncovers her concept:
In a recent episode of Mad Men, Peggy Olson channels her old boss, Don Draper, when she pitches Heinz ketchup. There’s ketchup, Peggy says, and then there’s the cheap and watery imitation—catsup. “They’re selling their watered down, flavorless sauce by pretending that they’re you,” she…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 21st, 2013 by Dominic Smith
We all wish we could be rock star web designers and developers, but there just isn’t enough time in the day. Wireframing is time-consuming and so is learning HTML5. Instead, you can call on
Drifty, a new software studio based out of Madison, Wis. that makes easy-to-use cloud-based tools for developing mobile apps and websites using web technologies. The two apps,
Codiqa and
Jetstrap, are helping more than 150,000 users combined create apps and sites faster and more efficiently.
We all wish we could be rock star web designers and developers, but there just isn’t enough time in the day. Wireframing is time-consuming and so is learning HTML5. Instead, you can call on Drifty, a new software studio based out of Madison, Wis. that makes easy-to-use cloud-based tools for develo…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 20th, 2013 by Andrea Michnik
Is capacity planning dead? Will one platform satisfy all future IT initiatives? How much does downtime truly cost your company?
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 20th, 2013 by Leezia Dhalla
If
your mobile app ever gets a featured spot in an app store, Oprah endorses your product or you make an appearance on ABC’s
Shark Tank, you are going to experience mind-blowing traffic to your site. Rackspace knows how to keep your app or site online
when experiencing a high traffic event. Our customer gdgt knows this first hand as their site has been one of the few to remain accessible while
live blogging important Apple announcements amid crushing traffic.
If your mobile app ever gets a featured spot in an app store, Oprah endorses your product or you make an appearance on ABC’s Shark Tank, you are going to experience mind-blowing traffic to your site. Rackspace knows how to keep your app or site online when experiencing a high traffic event. Our cu…
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 17th, 2013 by Garrett Heath
We’re barreling full steam ahead here at the Rack. We’ve welcomed new allies in our battle against patent trolls; invested in a NoSQL DBaaS provider; and added a new level of support just for developers. Take a look at the digest and see what happened this week.
Filed in Cloud Industry Insights on May 17th, 2013 by Andrew Hickey
