To Connect Community Volunteers With Those Affected By COVID-19, Car Delivery Network Leverages Rackspaces Openstack Public Cloud

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To Connect Community Volunteers With Those Affected By COVID-19, Car Delivery Network Leverages Rackspaces Openstack Public Cloud

Rackspace on April 23, 2020 revealed that Car Delivery Network (CDN) has repurposed its application Reach to connect people in need with local community groups in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Leading technology services organization Rackspace supported CDN in making sure the app was examined and available in just 4 days.

Millions of people find themselves locked down and in isolation; the Reach app helps community groups, Facebook groups, churches and associations to mobilize their volunteers to get assistance to those who want it. Reach is a free global app that is usually used to arrange shipping of vehicles and is now helping tens of thousands of self-isolating people in the U.S, the U.K. and New Zealand with the potential to scale worldwide.

Reach is hosted on Rackspaces OpenStack public cloud, which provided CDN with the redundancy and security of an enterprise-grade application, making sure the scalability required to help volunteers across the world. CDN diagnosed that its platform software that generally connects car manufacturers with car sellers and allows tasks to be tracked was agile and state-of-the-art enough to be repurposed rapidly to assist coordinate volunteering efforts.

CDN noticed an opportunity to leverage our Reach app to assist those in need, stated Mike Thorby, founder and CEO, CDN and Reach. We are pleased to be able to join thousands and thousands of requests throughout the world, thanks to Rackspaces infrastructure, consumer commitment and support via Fanatical Experience.

Reach is already being used by more than 30 community groups in the UK and a developing network in the U.S. Translations into French and Spanish are underway to aid a global roll-out. Reach will additionally continue to be available in the future for constant community support beyond COVID-19.

Rackspace set apart $10 million in free OpenStack public cloud hosting resources over the upcoming six months for companies taking part in COVID-19 remedy efforts. Rackspace groups stay committed to offering seamless aid and Fanatical Experience for customers.

Rackspace is committed to assisting our clients through these unprecedented times, stated Matt Stoyka, Chief Solutions Officer, Rackspace. CDN wanted a technology solution that helped them adapt to this changing environment and make sure they were in a position to reliably leverage and scale their cloud and web-based applications.