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What is Rackspace Managed Hosting?

Rackspace Technology is a hybrid, multicloud solutions expert. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across AI, applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future.

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Product Description

Dedicated People Managing Your Hosted Environment. At Rackspace Hosting, we have been building and supporting managed hosting solutions since 1998.


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Year Founded
1998
HQ Location
San Antonio, TX
Twitter
@Rackspace
101,678 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
7,482 employees on LinkedIn®
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Rackspace Technology, is a hybrid, multi cloud solutions expert. We help businesses tap the power of cloud computing without the challenge and expense of managing complex IT infrastructure and application platforms on their own.


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"They Used to be Good Now Negligent"
They had knowledgeable people in 2014 before bought
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1.5 out of 5
"Not as good as they used to be"
There were several members on their team who were highly skilled at resolving things like database or firewall configuration issues.
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We've been using Rackspace for several years - its hard to say what we like best. But I guess the best thing I can say is their willingness to try...
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What do you like best about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

They had knowledgeable people in 2014 before bought Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

There fanatical service means closing tickets as soon as possible, but not solving the problem. It takes 5 tickets for a simple task. They also lost all exchange email in ransomware attack last year and did nothing ...no communication for weeks. The ransomware was due to negligence on their part for not doing a simple patch. Their main goal is to lock in contract. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rackspace Managed Hosting solving and how is that benefiting you?

Was email too till they lost and now host dedicated server. We moved last month to protect our clients from their negligence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

There were several members on their team who were highly skilled at resolving things like database or firewall configuration issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

Towards the end of our engagement, it became challenging to get a hold of someone knowledgeable about our environment. The people that supported us seemed to be unskilled and not familiar with the particulars of our environment. There was also a lot of management turnover and a lack of overall project leadership. Pricing was also excessive for services received, and project deliverables often did not arrive on schedule. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rackspace Managed Hosting:

Consider using an alternate cloud hosting service with better support and lower costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rackspace Managed Hosting solving and how is that benefiting you?

We used them for website and application hosting before moving to another cloud hosting service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

We've been using Rackspace for several years - its hard to say what we like best. But I guess the best thing I can say is their willingness to try and be better. For the sake of PCI - they have been easy to refer to for our PCI assessments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

Overall quality of support, interface, and service seems to have declined. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rackspace Managed Hosting:

Ask as many questions as possible. When requesting to spin up new servers/vms - you have to indicate every specific detail - do not assume they will automatically setup the new device/vms similarly to what you already have setup (such as automatic backups/snapshots) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rackspace Managed Hosting solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rackspace hosts our PCI environment in such a way that many of the requirements are covered under Rackspace's AOC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

Rackspace email is a simple set-up. It works just like any other email server and gets the job done. Ish. I don't like the program and would rather be on something else, but it is fairly inexpensive as managed hosting goes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

It does not have an app. Connecting it to outlook or similar services is very touchy - it randomly disconnects and will not catch up. You cannot reset your password without going through an administrator. There seems to be a cap on emails sent and it will lock you out of your account, requiring you to again contact your administrator to get back into the server. I cannot claim to like this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rackspace Managed Hosting:

It cannot be customized, does not implement with other programs well, and has nothing special to offer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rackspace Managed Hosting solving and how is that benefiting you?

None. I do not feel this program is a success. It cannot be customized and does not implement well. I would prefer to use just about anything else short of hotmail or yahoo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

I like it being simple and easy to access. It's user-friendly interface helps the new users. The simplicity is undeniably helpful. Plus the Calendar that syncs with my schedule. All my contacts are saved in one place. It's like having your personalized work platform in one place. Highly recommend this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

So far I don't see any problems when I use this, nor look for a feature they don't have. Basically everything you need for is here. One thing that I dislike would be their support team. When you ask for help on something they get back at you after more than 24 hours. Wish there could be an online support that could easily help upfront. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rackspace Managed Hosting:

I highly recommend this specially for micro startup Business owners. Organizing work and schedule has never been this easy Thanks to Rackspace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rackspace Managed Hosting solving and how is that benefiting you?

File Sharing. Using Rackspace this helped us a lot when it comes to file sharing and even sending the files to customers. Usually when a client/customer don't have a shared dropbox accessing from Rackspace is easy and can be used anytime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joel A.
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What do you like best about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

I like how easy is to use the portal, i'm totally satisfied. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

hmmm maybe for the search option could be improved but not sure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rackspace Managed Hosting:

would be better if you could improve the maximum days to search emails, actually we have avail up to 13 days to a previous date. at least would be better to search and see up to 30-60 days before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rackspace Managed Hosting solving and how is that benefiting you?

users can easily check if an email was catched and held as an spam and they can release it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

Rackspace has been a very reliable service and easy to work with. I am easily able to sign into their webmail services when I travel. I don't think I have every had any issues with their service not working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

I am pretty happy using Rackspace. The only thing I would like to see is the ability to put a check mark beside an email so I know it has been dealt with. Since this option is not available I forward Rackspace to another email application that allows me to do this so I can keep all my tasks in order. I would prefer to do work right from webmail all the time but am not able to do so for this reason. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rackspace Managed Hosting:

Besides not being able to check mark completed tasks I am very happy with this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rackspace Managed Hosting solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have my Rackspace forwarded to another email application that I work on every day however when I travel I can’t always bring my computer with me. I am still able to easily access my Rackspace webmail to check messages and deal with urgent matters when I am traveling or have stepped out for a few hours which is extremely helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

Best is the 24/7 help via domestic associates that help is very useful when dealing with an IT issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

Dont like that you need to be an admin to coordinate. Need to get admins on the phone to speak with support, somewhat cumbersome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rackspace Managed Hosting:

Make sure you have the right admins on the account to handle the inept employees at a moments notice as it will inevitably happen Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rackspace Managed Hosting solving and how is that benefiting you?

helped migrate all hosting services to new cloud based Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

Rackspace provides us with rock solid email and their support on things like migrations has been spotless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

I would like more personalized support, IE a single contact. Not that the team based approach isn't working, just my opinion Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rackspace Managed Hosting solving and how is that benefiting you?

We resellers, so being able to recommend an excellent product doesn't hurt at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

I like the ease of use of the platform and the ability to spin up new servers and storage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rackspace Managed Hosting?

Understanding the product offerings is a little confusing, however, it is a lot easier to understand than Azure or AWS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rackspace Managed Hosting:

Very reliable, support works with you when you pickup the phone and doesn't just blow you off. Very good customer for the setup and walkaway type in implementation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rackspace Managed Hosting solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hosting our production server at a provider gives us the ability to add resources and scale up easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.