Rackspace Partner Network
Businesses partner with us because they trust us—with their customers, partners and, ultimately, their reputations. Fanatical Support® and a responsive working relationship from the first sales call is what they expect. And it's what we deliver. We understand that your business needs are unique, which is why we have created a partner network to ensure you're engaging with us in a manner that best suits your business.
Rackspace Partner Program
The Rackspace Partner Program can provide you with a portfolio of compute platforms, ranging from traditional dedicated hosting and cloud hosting, to email and Private Cloud powered by OpenStack, empowering you to capitalize on this significant business opportunity and increase your "trusted advisor" status with your customers. Whether you are looking to own the customer relationship or refer business opportunities directly, we will empower you with a broad suite of hosting solutions to expand your markets and customer base.
Our program is built to enable all types of businesses to incorporate IT hosting services into their current product and service offerings. This allows you to complement what you provide and gives you the ability to deliver a broader solution choice to your customers. Some of the businesses that are members of the Rackspace Partner Program include:
- Advertising Agencies
- CMS Providers
- IT Consultants
- Web Designers/Developers
- Systems Integrators
- eCommerce Providers
- MSPs
- VARs
- And more
Rackspace Partner Program Benefits
Qualified Partners are eligible for a range of benefits including:
Sales
- Designated Channel Account Managers to support your growing business
- Racker™ power to help shorten your sales cycle
- Business planning tools and online resources
- Pre and post technical resources and sales support
- Comprehensive on-boarding, training, and education programs
- Competitive compensation and discount structure
- Single-dashboard control panels to manage your customer accounts for Cloud and Email hosting
Marketing
- Partner portal to access a full library of online resources and tools
- Co-branding marketing automation for lead generation activities
- Dedicated, Cloud and Email Hosting content syndication to your website
- Searchable peer-to-peer networking database
- Marketing collateral, sales aids and press release opportunities
- Participation at Rackspace customer events nationally
Technology Partners
Partner with the leader in cloud computing and get the tools and resources to build and deliver your solutions on the open cloud powered by OpenStack®. This ecosystem of partners is created exclusively for software, hardware, and storage vendors with programs designed to fit your unique business needs including the Cloud Tools Marketplace to connect your developed applications designed for the Rackspace Cloud to over 205,000 customers.
Services Partners
The Services Partner Program allows partners to design and deliver their own brand of professional services around the Rackspace portfolio of cloud computing solutions to broaden the scope of their offerings to attract and retain customers and drive business. The Services Partners Program includes traditional professional services partners, advisory services, system integrators, consulting partners, and the training certification program for OpenStack®, where partners who are certified under this program would deliver or resell Rackspace-developed and branded training courses for OpenStack.