Rackspace AWS Managed Support Gets More Fanatical
The Rackspace support team for AWS has surpassed 300 professional and associate AWS certifications, according to an announcement by the company this week.
Demand for cloud skills in general, and AWS skills in particular, continue to outpace supply, despite the gap being well established. With a globally distributed team that includes AWS certifications for DevOps Engineering, SysOps Admnistration, Development, and Solutions Architecture, Rackspace said it provides the footprint and skills necessary to leverage AWS.
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“Our customers come to Rackspace for Fanatical Support and our standard is to serve those customers with 100 percent AWS certified technologists,” Chris Cochran, senior vice president and general manager of AWS at Rackspace said in a statement. “To meet customer demand, we have more than doubled the number of Rackspace AWS certifications since the launch of our offering in late 2015.”
Rackspace began offering Azure and Office 365 through its partner network earlier this month, on the heels of a report suggesting Azure is gaining market share rapidly on AWS. Rackspace also began offering managed Magento environments on AWS in June.
Managed services, particularly on AWS, have driven growth for Rackspace since Fanatical Support for AWS was launched less than a year ago, although the company also recently moved 90 employees from public cloud to other areas.
Source: TheWHIR