Managed cloud company
Rackspace has named David Meredith President of Private Cloud and Managed Hosting. Rackspace, which has headquarters in Windcrest, Texas, United States, was established in 1998. The company leverages AWS, Google, Microsoft, OpenStack and VMware to offer a broad suite of cloud solutions that enable companies to “tap the power of cloud computing without the complexity and cost of managing it all on their own”. Moving Mr. Meredith into his new position is part of a reshuffle of Rackspace’s executive staff.
In his new role Mr. Meredith will report to Rackspace’s new CEO Joe Eazor (who starts in his new position June 12, 2017). He will be in charge of Rackspace’s single-tenant activity and in charge of product strategy and investments. Before joining Rackspace Mr. Meredith worked with CenturyLink as President of Global Data Centers and was in charge of a wide range of functions at 57 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. In his career he has also held roles at China’s NeuPals, Capital One, CGI and VeriSign.
“As a pioneer in the managed hosting business, Rackspace is strongly positioned to succeed in a market where businesses want help moving out of their legacy data centers so they can be more strategic in their IT operations,” explained Mr. Meredith on the company’s bolg. “I’m pleased to be joining the Rackspace team at such an exciting time in the company’s history, and in the industry overall. I look forward to locking arms with teams across the business to deliver managed hosting and single-tenant solutions to customers in a way that is efficient, strategic and provides the highest value Fanatical Support.”
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