
A New Kind of Cloud Partner For Today’s Evolving Cloud
As cloud adoption accelerates and public clouds continue to change at a break-neck pace, cloud management needs continue to evolve. Traditional managed service providers are often unable to keep pace with services, support and expertise across leading cloud platforms and struggle to stay ahead of changing customer needs.
Enter Next Gen Cloud service providers, who are evolving cloud services to go beyond traditional cloud services such as cloud migration and day-to-day operational support. This new wave of cloud service providers partner closely with customers to support the entire cloud lifecycle and accelerate adoption of advanced cloud technologies to realize the full benefits of today’s modern cloud.
In this 5 part video series, James Staten, VP and Chief Analyst of CIO Research with Forrester and Prashanth Chandrasekar, SVP of Managed Public Clouds at Rackspace, discuss the emergence of Next Gen Cloud service providers including how Next Gen providers differ from traditional cloud partners and how organizations are utilizing them today: