Cloud/Hosted Lab Environment

afalcon

What to choose ..

Amazon
Google Cloud Services
Rackspace
GoGrid
Rightscale

Thoughts from the group?

Bill Kindle

Rackspace from what I have heard gives special deals for Spiceworks Community Members, haven't checked it out in a while but maybe someone else can confirm this?

didn't know anything about SW deals but as far as simplicity and scalability, rackspace is epic. It's not cheap, but there's still some meat left on the bones if you're reselling.

afalcon

@Bill-Kindle Not so much anymore, as they've restructured their "points" system for discounts.

scottalanmiller

@Bill-Kindle said:

Rackspace from what I have heard gives special deals for Spiceworks Community Members, haven't checked it out in a while but maybe someone else can confirm this?

In their apps. Not in their enterprise cloud products.

steve

@Bill-Kindle said:

Rackspace from what I have heard gives special deals for Spiceworks Community Members, haven't checked it out in a while but maybe someone else can confirm this?

MangoLassi is hosted by Rackspace!

Bill Kindle

@steve That must be part of the awesome sauce then

steve

@Bill-Kindle said:

@steve That must be part of the awesome sauce then

It is an important part of our agility and scalability strategy. We are hoping to see them participating actively soon. They are tied up at SXSW right now so can't get anyone involved right at the moment.

thanksajdotcom

Rackspace is quite good.

scottalanmiller

@ajstringham said:

Rackspace is quite good.

I've been working with them for 5+ years through NTG and they have really been awesome.