Founded in 1998, Rackspace has evolved over
the years to address the way customers are using data – and more
specifically, databases. The San Antonio-based company is fueling
the adoption of cloud computing among organizations large and
small.
Today Rackspace is doubling down on open source database
technologies. Why? Because that’s where the industry is heading,
according to Sean Anderson, Manager of Data Services at
Rackspace. The company, he said, created a separate business unit
of 100+ employees focused solely on database workloads.
The key technologies under the hood include both relational
databases (e.g., MySQL, Percona Server, and MariaDB) and NoSQL databases
(e.g., MongoDB, Redis, and Apache Hadoop).
Last July Rackspace …
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