“Rackspace continues to grow its expertise in Microsoft cloud solutions as these 10 Microsoft Partner Competencies prove, making the company a reliable and long-standing member of the Microsoft Partner Network,” said Aziz Benmalek, Vice President, Worldwide Hosting and Cloud Services at Microsoft Corp. “The company continuously strives to deliver positive customer outcomes with service-oriented solutions to meet our joint customer needs.”
To secure these Microsoft Partner Competencies, Rackspace demonstrated expertise through certifications on the latest Microsoft technologies as well as successful customer use cases and testimonials. The company has hundreds of certified Rackers across the globe who hold more than 1,000 technical certifications and an additional 800 sales and licensing certifications that are applied to help customers understand the best way to optimise their spend and license configurations across a suite of Microsoft technologies.
Rackspace renewed five existing competencies and secured five additional competencies in 2017, doubling the number of competencies secured in the previous year. The company is among the top tier of global competency partners and one of the strongest in the managed services industry. The competencies span all six areas of excellence outlined by Microsoft and include Cloud Platform, Cloud Productivity, Collaboration and Content, Hosting, Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions, Application Development, Data Center, Data Analytics, Data Platform and Messaging.
“Rackspace is honored to be recognised with 10 Microsoft Partner Competencies that span across crucial areas of customer need,” said Ramakant Pandrangi, VP of Microsoft Clouds at Rackspace. “As a 15-year Microsoft partner and the only five-time Microsoft Partner of the Year, this recognition is indicative of our deep-seeded expertise in supporting Microsoft technologies. With more enterprises shifting to Microsoft’s leading cloud platform, Rackspace is well positioned to help enterprises manage their Microsoft technologies in a public, private, hybrid or multi-cloud environment.”
