Today, Rackspace® Hosting RAX, the open cloud company, announced it
has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ObjectRocket, a MongoDB
database as a service (DBaaS) provider. With ObjectRocket's open source-based
MongoDB solution, Rackspace will broaden its OpenStack-based open cloud
platform to offer customers a NoSQL DBaaS. The ObjectRocket offering also
immediately expands Rackspace's capability to help customers shoulder big data
in the cloud for today's most demanding applications. The acquisition will
close today.
According to a report from The 451 Group, “NoSQL software revenue is expected
to grow at a CAGR of 82 percent to reach $215 million by 2015.” With the
acquisition of ObjectRocket, Rackspace will establish a strong presence within
the high growth, NoSQL database market. The ObjectRocket offering will be
available in early March for Rackspace customers in its Chicago facility and
will soon be deeply integrated across Rackspace's Open Cloud portfolio.
ObjectRocket also leverages AWS Direct Connect to provide low latency and free
bandwidth to AWS customers and will continue to be sold as a standalone
service.
“Databases are the core of any application and expertise in the most popular
database technologies will be critical to us delivering Fanatical Support® in
the open cloud,” said Pat Matthews, senior vice president of corporate
development at Rackspace. “As we look to expand our open cloud
database offering into the MongoDB world, we are really excited to work with
the entrepreneurs and engineers at ObjectRocket.”
ObjectRocket's platform is specifically architected to provide an easy-to-use,
consistently fast and scalable MongoDB environment. The platform also offers
best-in-class features, which include:
* Highly Available – Each instance resides on multiple redundant pieces of
infrastructure, while databases are replicated and optionally exist in
multiple geo-diverse data centers.
* Automatically Scalable – ObjectRocket's RocketScale™ technology inherently
shards instances, enabling developers to automatically provision and
manage instances. Customers can choose from a variety of plans to fit
their workload – from one gigabyte to multi-terabyte scale.
* Consistently Fast Performance – The complete stack has been optimized
specifically for MongoDB applications. The network stack, file system, OS
kernel, and other resources have been configured to make MongoDB as fast
as possible. All data is stored on redundant, blazing-fast Solid State
Drives. During internal performance benchmarking tests:
* ObjectRocket produced a consistent latency of 2ms, which is 10X
faster than the closest DBaaS competitor
* ObjectRocket met all target throughputs, up to 10,000 ops per second,
which is three times the rate of the nearest DBaaS competitor
* To view performance benchmarking test results and methodology, visit:
http://devops.rackspace.com/benchmarking-hosted-mongodb-services.html
* 24x7 Fanatical Support – ObjectRocket owns and controls the entire stack,
allowing for greater visibility into potential platform issues and faster
resolution. With ObjectRocket, every customer receives 24x7x365 fanatical
support.
“As the inventors and leading developers of MongoDB, 10gen is pleased to
support Rackspace and their customers in the launch of Rackspace's first
non-relational database as a service product,” said Max Schireson, CEO of
10gen. “We think the market will be excited to see Rackspace deliver a NoSQL
DBaaS offer based on MongoDB, the most popular NoSQL database.”
The ObjectRocket founding team collectively brings more than 50 years of
experience in scaling large data systems, including MongoDB. They have also
designed and managed systems that power some of the busiest sites on the web,
and played key founding development roles at companies like Shutterfly,
PayPal, eBay and AOL. Co-founder Kenny Gorman has also been recognized as a
MongoDB Master, which is a designation awarded by 10gen to only 35 MongoDB
core contributors and community evangelists around the world.
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