Challenge Summary
Rackspace Overview
Fanatical Support® has made Rackspace the world's leader in hosting. We deliver enterprise-level hosting services to businesses of all sizes and kinds around the world. We got started in 1998 and since have grown to serve more than 62,000 customers, including over 43,000 cloud computing customers. Rackspace integrates the industry's best technologies for each customer's specific need and delivers it as a service via the company's commitment to Fanatical Support. Our core products include Rackspace Managed Hosting, The Rackspace Cloud (formerly known as Mosso) and Rackspace Email & Apps (formerly Mailtrust). There are currently over 2,600 Rackers around the world serving our customers.
The Rackspace Cloud
The Rackspace Cloud (formerly known as Mosso) consists of three major cloud products. Cloud Sites (a "load and go" platform"), Cloud Servers (fully-customizable, pay by the hour, virtualized server instance with full root access), and Cloud Files (unlimited, on-demand, pay by the GB storage).
The Partner Portal / App Exchange
Many different software companies and tool providers will be building their solutions on top of the Rackspace cloud. Some companies such as Rightscale (www.rightscale.com) will help developers better manage their cloud environment. Others such as Jungle Disk (www.jungledisk.com) will simply use the cloud as part of their offering. We want to help our customers discover these tools and applications and put them to use.
This contest will be run in the Studio Tournament format. Please read the contest specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this contest. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.
Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.