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Rackspace Hosting, an open cloud company, announced today (March 26) that it has launched ObjectRocket, the NoSQL MongoDB Database-as-a-Service, in the Asia Pacific region via Hong Kong.
The service will help Rackspace's customers in Hong Kong and throughout Asia to scale and manage big data in the cloud for today's most demanding applications. The offering will be built upon hardware optimised specifically for MongoDB and easily accessed and integrated into existing systems.
"Growth in data continues to be one of IT's biggest challenges - especially how to store it, access it and make use of it," the Managing Director of Rackspace Asia Pacific, Mr Ajit Melarkode, said. "ObjectRocket helps to address this challenge, as it allows companies to effectively process and analyse large volumes of data, transforming it into a competitive advantage."
ObjectRocket is a sharded and fully managed MongoDB service built with a set of tools and application programming interfaces designed to maximise uptime and reduce administration for big data applications. Data is multiplexed across many physically separate systems, minimising the possibility of downtime in any eventuality. Users need only to plug in and Rackspace will manage the scaling, sharding and performance of the database.
"We are delighted that Rackspace chose Hong Kong to launch ObjectRocket, a game-changing technology that will further establish Hong Kong's presence as a dominant and innovative technology hub in Asia," the Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion, Mr Charles Ng, said. "With ObjectRocket in place, Hong Kong businesses can accelerate their growth by focusing on their core business as opposed to dealing with complex IT problems or challenges."
About Rackspace
Rackspace Hosting is an open cloud company, delivering open technologies and powering more than 205 000 customers worldwide. Rackspace provides its renowned Fanatical Support across a broad portfolio of IT products, including Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Hosting and Dedicated Hosting. Rackspace is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with offices and data centres around the world. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com.hk .
About Invest Hong Kong
Invest Hong Kong is the department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government established in July 2000 to take responsibility for foreign direct investment and support overseas and Mainland businesses to set up or expand in Hong Kong. It provides free advice and customised services to help businesses succeed in Hong Kong's vibrant economy. As of December 2013, Invest Hong Kong had completed over 3 090 investment projects creating more than 34 900 new jobs in the first year of operation or expansion and over HK$82 billion of investment. For more information, please visit www.investhk.gov.hk .
For an event photo, please visit www.flickr.com/photos/investhk/sets/72157642930726014/ .
Ends/Wednesday, March 26, 2014
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