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April 12, 2023

Simon AbrahamsHead of Market Strategy

Hybrid Hosting:Outstanding Experiences Whatever The Traffic

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Key Take-Aways

• Traditional IT is great for steady traffic, compliance and performance

• Cloud IT is perfect for variable traffic (and ecommerce traffic is always variable!)

• Hybrid IT is the best of both worlds - with specialist support, it’s the ideal foundation for the ultimate customer journey!

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Who Is Rackspace?


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(US) BILLION

200,000+CUSTOMERS

106,000+ SERVERS

5,750+ RACKERS

9 GLOBAL DATA CENTERS

120+COUNTRIES

OVER $1.5

40%FTSE 100

WE SERVE OVER

60%OFTHE

ANDFORTUNE® 100

Rackspace In Numbers

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*All material and content provided is privileged and confidential

(US) BILLION

200,000+CUSTOMERS

106,000+ SERVERS

5,750+ RACKERS

9 GLOBAL DATA CENTERS

120+COUNTRIES

OVER $1.5

40%FTSE 100

WE SERVE OVER

60%OFTHE

ANDFORTUNE® 100

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IT RequirementsFor E-Commerce


Security


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Reliability

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‣SECURITY / COMPLIANCE

‣RELIABILITY

‣FLEXIBILITY

‣VALUE FOR MONEY

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?


Flexibility


Traditional Approach


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Problem We’re Trying To Solve

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Problem We’re Trying To Solve

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Mobile and SocialAre Driving Sales…

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…But It’s Getting Harder To Manage

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Hybrid Approach



Flexible “Hybrid Cloud” IT…

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Outcome For Your Business

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OWN

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OWN

RENT

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OWN

RENTRELIABLE SECURE PERFORMANCE

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OWN

RENTRELIABLE SECURE PERFORMANCE

FLEXIBLE LOW RISK

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Real World Experience ?



How Did Hybrid Perform?

Speed to Market:

– New Gant site within 20 weeks– Cloud servers provisioned on average within

2min.25, less than 0.5% build failures

Cost:

– Hosting costs reduced by 50%

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And Three Months Later…

Page load time down by 35%

290% increase in conversions

…and orders up 340%

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In Conclusion…



Key Take-Aways (again!)

• Traditional IT is great for steady traffic, compliance and performance

• Cloud IT is perfect for variable traffic (and ecommerce traffic is always variable!)

• Hybrid IT is the best of both worlds - with specialist support, it’s the ideal foundation for the ultimate customer journey!

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