Rackspace Cloud and FathomDB Partner to Develop Database Management Solution

The Rackspace Cloud, the cloud computing division of Rackspace Hosting, announced the latest addition to Rackspace's Cloud Tools ecosystem.

FathomDB, a developer of Database-as-a-Service (DaaS) solutions, enables businesses and developers to manage their MySQL databases in the cloud. Now built on The Rackspace Cloud's open, standards-based API, FathomDB provides a database management experience that leverages Cloud Servers and frees users from time-consuming system administration tasks.

FathomDB helped launch the DaaS industry by offering an interactive user interface and analytics engine to support relational databases in the Cloud - initially using Amazon EC2 and S3, but now by also leveraging The Rackspace Cloud portfolio. Handling many arduous but necessary steps required to run databases, FathomDB offers a range of features, including automated backups and routine maintenance tasks, analytic tools, real-time monitoring and performance graphs for optimizing code, and point-and-click configuration.

"Because we've always strived to take the pain out of running databases, The Rackspace Cloud was a natural choice for us to team up with. We share the same philosophy of openness," said Justin Santa Barabara, CEO, FathomDB. "By joining their burgeoning ecosystem, we not only attract new customers through their Cloud Tools website, but we become a part of The Rackspace Cloud family."

Rackspace Hosting is a provider of hosting and cloud computing solutions.

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