Archon Digital’s hosting provider, Slicehost and one of the internet’s most reliable online storage providers, Jungle Disk has both entered into an agreement to be acquired by Rackspace Hosting, Inc. The announcement was made on October 22, 2008 on their respective websites.
How will this affect Slicehost users? Slicehost annouced they are planning changes for the better which at this moment is still not clear as we are yet to see something concrete to ponder on.
But If all goes as planned according to their press releases, Archon Digital would benefit a lot by being able to purchase cheaper backup services as well lower server costs and larger slices.
This is a very smart and strategic move on the part of Slicehost’s owners, and as the United States’ economy continues to experience a downturn, this acquisition would secure Slicehost’s future in the hosting industry.
This move by Rackspace can be seen by many as a direct challenge to Amazon Web Services. Rackspace has entered into the business of Cloud Computing and sees Slicehost and Jungle Disk to be a formidable combination for competing in this market.
“Cloud computing offers tremendous benefits to our customers that complement our traditional managed hosting services,” said Lanham Napier, CEO, Rackspace Hosting.
“Being a leader in hosting means being a leader in the cloud. Today, we made clear our intent to have the best suite of cloud offerings. Our new offerings are part of a strategy to bring cloud benefits to all businesses with simple, cost-effective products that everyone can use, backed by the best customer support that only Rackspace can deliver.”
Rackspace Hosting Inc., now publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RAX), has been around for 10 years and is one of the most respected companies in the hosting industry. The company is well known for their quality support and reliable service. At the moment there are approximately 33,000 business customers under their fold.
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I guess this is good news, huh? Me and my friend who share a hosting package at MT have been planning to move to Slicehost. Let me know if Slicehost becomes better after the acquisition or not. Btw, thanks for the info!
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In a few months time we’ll know how it goes in Slicehost.
Why are you leaving Mediatemple (gs) so soon? I thought they sorted out most of their problems already?
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nice infor about the Slicehost. As a person who used to work on acquisitions I can only say that this kind of transaction is good for the business.
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Good for business indeed; hopefully should be good for us end-users as well
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Yeah, we’ll soon find out. I just hope that this development will only improve the quality of Slicehost’s products/services.
MT is okay but me and my partner decided to move to a dedicated server. Its not yet final but we are planning of moving out.
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Going VPS like Slicehost before getting on dedicated seems to be the most practical solution.
It is a lot of fun setting up your own box or slice but also a lot of hard work is needed.
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My bad. I meant VPS on Slicehost. Yeah, that’s what I heard. Anyways, regarding the setting up, I’ll let my partner handle that. Hehe
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Hmmm, cloud computing, now looks like this is exactly the type of Hosting I have been looking for.
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@Jaypee: Always better to have someone do it for you… Hayaan mo sya ang sumakit ang ulo sa pag setup.
Now isn’t that a good leadership principle or not?
@bloggista: I think it fits your requirement in terms of scalability and cost. You can try different combinations of slices and just upgrade when the need arises.
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Haha I know its nice when someone does it for you but the thing is, I don’t want to always rely on someone to do stuff for me. I like doin things myself.
That’s a nice leadership principle. If you’re the leader you can do whatever you want right? Hehe
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Wassup man? How’s it goin? Long time no update.
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@Jaypee: been busy lately with work, basically getting a ton of things done. I am posting something anytime today as part of my theme development journey.
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