Back to All Partners RACKSPACE INVITE Networks is a Rackspace managed services partner, delivering cloud architecture, migration, and ongoing infrastructure management for enterprise and mid-market organizations in Salt Lake City and Phoenix. INVITE handles Rackspace cloud deployments, hybrid infrastructure design, and 24/7 managed support — so your team focuses on business outcomes, not infrastructure maintenance. TL;DR: INVITE Networks combines Rackspace’s multi-cloud infrastructure with hands-on managed services for organizations in Salt Lake City and Phoenix who need cloud environments that actually run. This page is for IT directors and infrastructure VPs evaluating a Rackspace partner who can own the deployment, migration, and ongoing management. What does INVITE Networks deliver as a Rackspace partner? INVITE Networks provisions, migrates, and manages Rackspace cloud environments — including Rackspace Technology’s dedicated cloud, private cloud, and colocation offerings. As a Rackspace partner, INVITE handles the full infrastructure lifecycle: initial architecture design, workload migration, performance tuning, and ongoing managed support. For organizations that want enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure without a dedicated internal team to run it, INVITE serves as the operational layer between the platform and the business. INVITE’s managed services practice extends Rackspace’s native capabilities with proactive monitoring, incident response, patch management, and capacity planning — delivered by INVITE engineers who understand both the Rackspace platform and the compliance requirements common to Utah and Arizona enterprises. Why do Salt Lake City and Phoenix organizations choose INVITE for Rackspace cloud? Regional organizations choose INVITE because of a simple operational reality: Rackspace is a powerful platform, but maximizing it requires expertise in architecture, migration, and day-two operations that most mid-market IT teams don’t have in-house. INVITE provides that expertise locally, backed by engineers who know the regulatory and operational landscape for businesses in Utah and Arizona. A mid-market financial services firm in Salt Lake City engaged INVITE to migrate their on-premises infrastructure to a Rackspace private cloud environment. The result: a 40% reduction in infrastructure overhead and a compliance-ready environment that cleared their annual SOC 2 audit without remediation items. INVITE managed the full engagement — from architecture review through go-live and into ongoing managed operations. How does INVITE manage Rackspace as part of its managed services? INVITE integrates Rackspace into its managed services stack with full-stack visibility, proactive alerting, and defined SLAs. INVITE’s NOC monitors Rackspace environments 24/7, handling incident escalation, change management, and performance optimization. Clients receive a single point of contact for all Rackspace support — rather than navigating vendor support tiers directly. For organizations with hybrid environments, INVITE architects Rackspace cloud connectivity alongside on-premises infrastructure, ensuring consistent security policy enforcement and backup/DR coverage. INVITE also integrates Rackspace environments with cybersecurity controls — firewall policy, network segmentation, encryption at rest and in transit, and identity management — so cloud workloads are protected from day one. What Rackspace products does INVITE deploy and manage? INVITE deploys and manages the following Rackspace products and services: Rackspace Private Cloud (powered by VMware and OpenStack), Rackspace Dedicated Hosting, Rackspace Colocation, Rackspace Elastic Engineering, and Rackspace’s multi-cloud management services spanning AWS, Azure, and GCP. INVITE also supports Rackspace’s data and AI services for clients building analytics workloads on managed cloud infrastructure. For organizations with compliance requirements — HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, or CMMC — INVITE architects Rackspace environments with the necessary controls baked in from the start, rather than retrofitting security after deployment. Clients across Salt Lake City and Phoenix rely on INVITE to ensure their Rackspace environment meets both performance and regulatory requirements from go-live. Looking for a Rackspace partner who manages the environment, not just sells it? Contact INVITE to discuss a Rackspace engagement for your organization. Frequently Asked Questions: Rackspace Managed Services Is INVITE Networks an authorized Rackspace partner? Yes. INVITE Networks is a certified Rackspace partner with trained engineers across Rackspace’s dedicated, private cloud, and colocation platforms. INVITE has delivered Rackspace-based managed services engagements for clients across Utah and Arizona, including financial services, healthcare, and technology organizations. Can INVITE manage our Rackspace environment if we don’t have internal IT staff? Yes — that’s a common engagement profile for INVITE clients. INVITE’s managed services practice provides full operational coverage for Rackspace environments: monitoring, incident response, patching, and ongoing optimization. Organizations without dedicated infrastructure teams can still run enterprise-grade cloud when INVITE serves as the operational layer. What makes INVITE’s Rackspace support different from going direct to Rackspace support? INVITE provides a layer of proactive management that Rackspace’s native support tiers don’t include by default. Rather than reactive break-fix support, INVITE delivers monthly performance reviews, capacity planning, and security posture assessments — all integrated into a single managed services engagement covering both the Rackspace platform and the workloads running on it. How long does a Rackspace deployment take with INVITE? Timelines depend on scope. A greenfield Rackspace deployment typically runs 4–8 weeks from architecture sign-off to production cutover. Migration engagements from on-premises infrastructure generally run 8–16 weeks depending on workload complexity and compliance requirements. INVITE provides a detailed project plan with milestones at engagement kickoff so stakeholders have clear visibility throughout.
