{"id":743,"date":"2019-11-07T13:06:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T07:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/?post_type=news&p=743"},"modified":"2019-11-07T13:06:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T07:36:35","slug":"rackspace-acquires-aws-cloud-native-consulting-and-managed-services-specialist-company-onica","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hostnamaste.com\/blog\/news\/rackspace-acquires-aws-cloud-native-consulting-and-managed-services-specialist-company-onica\/","title":{"rendered":"Rackspace Acquires AWS Cloud-Native Consulting and Managed Services Specialist Company, Onica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rackspace Acquires AWS Cloud-Native Consulting and Managed Services Specialist Company, Onica – HostNamaste<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Global managed cloud provider, Rackspace, has acquired Onica \u2013 an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) Premier Consulting Partner and AWS Managed Service Provider. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Onica has rapidly grown to more than 350 \u201chighly skilled\u201d consultants across North America. The company holds nine AWS competencies across Data and Analytics, DevOps, Education, Healthcare, Industrial Software, IoT, Microsoft Workloads, Migration and Storage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rackspace Acquires AWS Cloud-Native Consulting and Managed Services Specialist Company, Onica – HostNamaste<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The transaction is expected to close in late fourth quarter of 2019. Onica CEO Stephen Garden and Onica Chief Technology Officer Tolga Tarhan will continue to lead the Onica team, reporting to\u00a0Sid Nair, General Manager of Americas at Rackspace<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This acquisition brings Onica\u2019s \u201cinnovative\u201d professional services capabilities \u2013 including strategic advisory, architecture and engineering and application development \u2013 to the Rackspace services portfolio, complementing its existing managed cloud services capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a cloud pioneer, Onica has established itself as one of the largest pure-play AWS consultancies, with an unmatched reputation for true capability leadership with AWS and customers,\u201d said Kevin Jones, CEO of Rackspace.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a cloud-native services company,\u00a0Onica<\/strong>\u00a0would help customers build new revenue streams, increase efficiency and deliver incredible experiences by bringing the \u201cinnovative\u201d capabilities of the cloud<\/a><\/strong> to some of the most complex technology projects in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rackspace expects that the acquisition of Onica will enhance and\u00a0extend Rackspace\u2019s offering<\/strong>\u00a0to customers who are \u201cquickly maturing on AWS and seeking high-end professional services spanning the full spectrum of expertise in the cloud.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy combining our capabilities with\u00a0Rackspace<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s global presence, resources and scale, we will be better positioned to achieve our mission of helping customers innovate using AWS,\u201d said\u00a0Stephen Garden, CEO of\u00a0<\/strong>Onica<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWe pride ourselves on delivering results for customers, and in Rackspace we have found a partner that shares our passion for providing a customer-obsessed experience.\u201d\u00a0READ MORE HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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