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Press Releases

RightScale 2013 State of the Cloud Survey Reveals a Cloud Value Imperative

SANTA BARBARA, CA – April 25, 2013 – RightScale® Inc., a leader in cloud management, today announced the results of its second annual State of the Cloud survey. The 2013 results showed broad adoption of cloud computing -- with enterprises now adopting at higher rates than smaller companies. Survey respondents continued to show a strong interest in multi-cloud strategies, with plans to evaluate and use a broad range of public and private cloud options. For the first time, RightScale categorized respondents based on a new Cloud Maturity Model. The Model uncovered a cloud value imperative: companies reported more benefits and fewer challenges with expanded adoption of cloud computing. Read the full press release here.

RightScale Supports Windows Azure Infrastructure Services General Availability

SANTA BARBARA, CA – April 16, 2013 – RightScale® Inc., a leader in cloud management, today announced enterprise support for Windows Azure in conjunction with the general availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services. Through the RightScale “Get Your App to Azure” program, RightScale empowers Windows Azure customers to accelerate application development in the cloud with the innovative RightScale multi-cloud management platform. Read the full press release here.

RightScale Infographic Shows Average of 7.5 Hours to Recover from Data Center and Cloud Outages

SANTA BARBARA, CA – February 27, 2013 – As enterprise cloud adoption grows, companies are increasingly using the cloud for revenue-producing applications. Keeping applications running during cloud outages becomes critical, and companies are leveraging cloud management to ensure their business-critical applications stay up and running, whether in public, private, or hybrid clouds. RightScale® Inc., the leader in cloud management, has created a new infographic that shows the significant impact of data center or cloud outages, showing 7.5 hours of average downtime per outage across clouds, private data centers and traditional hosting providers. Read the full press release here.

Press Coverage

Talkin' Cloud

April 18, 2013

RightScale to Support Windows Azure Infrastructure Services

The new “Get Your App to Azure” program from RightScale will help Windows Azure customers accelerate application development on Microsoft’s new Windows Azure Infrastructure Services.

Network World

April 17, 2013

OpenStack's Hottest Products Right Now

RightScale is one of “OpenStack’s hottest products right now” thanks to its multi-cloud management platform and public beta support for OpenStack Folsom and Rackspace Private Cloud.

Silicon Angle

April 17, 2013

Hybrid Model Emerging in the Cloud, Says Bailey Caldwell of RightScale

It’s becoming more difficult to differentiate between an internal IT organization’s role and a cloud provider’s role, according to RightScale Vice President of Business Development Bailey Caldwell. The key is to focus on the apps, data, and tools you need to run the infrastructure.

Awards

InformationWeek Startup 50 RightScale has been named to the first annual listing of the InformationWeek Startup 50, the top 50 business technology startups selected by InformationWeek magazine readers and editors. Companies were evaluated and selected based on their innovation, value and enterprise-readiness.

RightScale Named "Cool Vendor"

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – April 16, 2009 – RightScale®, Inc., the leader in cloud computing management, today announced that Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company, has named RightScale a "cool vendor" in the recent Gartner report titled, "Cool Vendors in Cloud Computing Management and Professional Services." The Gartner report is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Read the full press release here.

RightScale: AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner RightScale Selected by AlwaysOn as an AO Global 250 Winner

RightScale IT Vending Machine

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    At Citrix Synergy, RightScale CEO Michael Crandell demonstrates how to deploy a hybrid cloud — a mix of public and private resources — through a self-service IT model.