LegalCloud™, a global network of virtual data centers, created specifically to meet the needs of international law firms, today announced that they have joined the Solution Partner Network with Rackspace® Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting.
The relationship is designed to bring secure, reliable cloud computing to the international law firm community. By leveraging Rackspace’s global data centers and leadership in managed hosting, and LegalCloud’s focus and expertise in legal technology, international law firms now have a cost effective and efficient way to utilize hosting services.
“International law firms demand the highest standards of security, reliability and redundancy when it comes to critical data and systems. Working with Rackspace was an obvious choice of hosting provider for us in launching LegalCloud,” Commented Mark Hadfield – CEO LegalCloud. “Their multiple, first class data centers around the globe, combined with Fanatical Support®, provides our customers with the confidence of knowing their systems will be securely available in multiple redundant locations at compelling value.”
By replicating data and systems to LegalCloud, clients are able to reduce capital and operating expenses associated with redundant collocation facilities, become technically agile with the ability to scale services up and down on-demand while maintaining powerful infrastructure for primary or business continuity purposes. LegalCloud is not accessible from the public Internet. It is a secure, globally redundant, virtual data center which provides law firms with unprecedented control, agility, and cost advantages over traditional private data centers or collocation facilities.
“LegalCloud brings industry focus and expertise to Rackspace’s efforts in meeting the specific needs of major law firms, an important customer segment for us,” said Jim Lewandowski – SVP Worldwide Sales, Rackspace. “Cloud computing represents an area of increasing innovation for Rackspace as well as being our fastest growing division, and we’re excited to work with LegalCloud, who is a great example of a partner driven solution that matches our commitment to growth in the Enterprise segment through Fanatical Support and customer value.”
Created in consultation with leading CIO’s, LegalCloud offers business continuity services, replication of data and systems, unlimited storage, snapshots recovery points and other features through Rackspace Hosting which are designed specifically to meet the needs of the legal industry. All features are delivered as low cost, managed services reducing the overhead associated with owning and running private infrastructure in a collocation facility.
About LegalCloud
LegalCloud provides virtual data center services, designed specifically to meet the needs of international law firms. Created in consultation with leading CIO's, LegalCloud provides firms of all sizes with the ability to optimize the storage, protection and availability of critical business data and applications. The company was founded by legal technology industry veterans whose previous ventures include Workshare (DeltaView), a legal staple with over 8,000 legal clients.
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