Rackspace Introduces Service Blocks for Amazon Web Services Users
What happened
Rackspace Technology introduced Service Blocks, a program designed to reduce costs and wastage for customers running workloads in the public cloud. The program covers customers on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, allowing them to select specific service elements instead of purchasing a single monolithic package. This initiative grew out of customer dissatisfaction with the inflexibility of traditional managed cloud services.
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Why it matters
The Service Blocks program allows customers to tailor services to their specific needs and changing requirements over time. This addresses a common complaint regarding infrastructure wastage and provides a more granular pricing model for cloud computing services.
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Who's involved
- Rackspace TechnologyOffered Service Blocks to help customers reduce costs and wastage in the public cloud.
- Amazon Web ServicesProvides the cloud platform where Rackspace offers specialized services to its customers.
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- Amazon Web ServicesSpeculative
Amazon Web Services might face increased competitive pressure on its managed services pricing model due to Rackspace's granular Service Blocks.
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The entities involved
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Rackspace Technology
American managed cloud computing company
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Amazon Web Services
subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis