Rackspace teams with HPE to offer pay-per-use Kubernetes private cloud
Rackspace is rolling out two updates to its private cloud-as-a-service portfolio. In general, Rackspace said the updates will bring improved flexibility and economics for enterprise workloads, easier migration to the cloud, and architectural and data control.
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More specifically, Rackspace is teaming up with HPE to offer a pay-as-you-go Kubernetes private cloud. With Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS), enterprises pay based on consumption for elastic infrastructure in a private cloud environment located in their datacenter, a colocation facility or a datacenter managed by Rackspace.
Rackspace is also offering a pay-as-you-go service for a VMware-based private cloud. Both services are delivered via HPE's GreenLake Hybrid Cloud, the latest expansion of the GreenLake suite, which HPE says is unique for its delivery of on-premise metered consumption.
"With the newest offering, organizations can now leverage a utility-based managed VMware private cloud available on- and off-premises, allowing for greater flexibility and cost transparency," said Ajay Patel, SVP and GM of cloud provider software business unit at VMware."
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