Cloud computing specialist Rackspace Hosting has acquired SharePoint911, a provider of SharePoint consulting, training and “JumpStart” services within SharePoint.
The unification of both companies provides capabilities to deliver SharePoint hosting solutions along with services to the enterprise market.
“For several years, Rackspace has focused on providing managed SharePoint infrastructure,” said John Engates, chief technology officer at Rackspace. “We are thrilled to have the world-class expertise of SharePoint911 on our team to give us greater application delivery service capabilities. SharePoint911 will add the talent and expertise to our teams to make SharePoint deployments easier for our customers while increasing their scalability and performance through better integration of the workload and infrastructure.”
SharePoint911, powered by Microsoft MVPs, and Rackspace said the combination of talents would allow them to offer access to the expertise needed to create long-term SharePoint success – both inside Rackspace’s data centres or at customer locations.
Melanie Posey, research vice president of hosting and managed network services at IT research firm IDC, said Rackspace’s acquisition of SharePoint911, a company dedicated to end-user SharePoint adoption, is a key strategic development, given that one of the primary barriers to broader SharePoint usage in businesses is the lack of comprehensive design, development, training and user support services to drive innovative SharePoint implementations.
“We believe that Rackspace has uniquely positioned itself above its competitors by adding the thought leadership and expertise of SharePoint911,” she said. “Going forward, Rackspace can help to further accelerate adoption of SharePoint, one of the fastest-growing applications in the business productivity segment.”
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