Rackspace gets the number of Sharepoint911
20.05.12
Rackspace is not Oracle. Larry’s corporate behemoth exists on a diet of fresh meat, corporate acquisitions and an occasional doffed hat to the Java Community Process executive committee. Rackspace meanwhile, for the most part, appears to have grown somewhat more organically if its reports of customers wins and service expansion are to given full credence.
So it is this week that we see the cloud hosting specialist acquire Ohio headquartered SharePoint911. Presumably named after the American emergency services telephone number, the company provides consulting, training and so-called "jump start" services within SharePoint.
NOTE: Notoriously difficult to comprehend due to its size, SharePoint is essentially a web application platform from Microsoft. It is typically used for content management tasks including document management and as such its primary functionalities involve the input, tracking and downloading of data.
Rackspace’s move to snap up SharePoint911 therefore rests on a technology proposition designed to provide cloud based delivery of SharePoint, as a more flexible hosted solution. Never knowingly undersold, Rackspace of course also points to its incremental services layer around which it hinges much of its brand and customer messages.
Source: Cloud Pro