Milestones & Awards

2024: A landmark year for Rakuten Cloud

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December 19, 2024
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In 2024, Rakuten Cloud emerged as an exciting, standalone brand within the Rakuten Group, solidifying its position as a key player in the market for innovative Kubernetes-based software with advanced automation and stateful edge capabilities. As we lookg back on an eventful and action-packed year, here is a roundup of our top moments of 2024, which included exciting partnership announcements, award recognitions and a dynamic new web and LinkedIn presence.

Strengthening Rakuten Cloud’s market position

The year began on a high note with Rakuten Cloud making its grand debut at Google Cloud Next '24 in April. For the first time, Rakuten Cloud showcased its solution to the public, along with its partnership with Google Cloud to embed Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage (CNS) software with Google Distributed Cloud.

Building on the successful launch of Rakuten Cloud at Google Cloud Next, we continued to share our message by participating in key industry events including APEX Assembly, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon N. America, and the first ever KubeCon+ CloudNativeCon India.

Throughout the year, we collaborated with industry giants on a series of collaborative white papers underscoring Rakuten Cloud’s technical expertise and commitment to addressing complex business challenges. These included a Telecom Blueprint co-authored with Dell Technologies. In partnership with Intel, we published two key documents: a white paper on building stateful edge cloud networks using Intel processor-based servers and a solution brief on leveraging Rakuten Cloud to simplify AI and analytics deployment for telecoms.

These publications – and others - highlight critical industry trends, innovative use cases, and Rakuten Cloud’s role in advancing cloud adoption.  

Recognitions and awards

A key highlight of the year was the widespread recognition Rakuten Cloud received from prestigious industry organizations and analyst groups. Throughout 2024, Rakuten Cloud was honored with multiple awards celebrating its innovation, growth, and impact. These include:

·      100 Edge computing companies to watch in 2024 by STL Partners

·      ‘Leader and Fast Mover’ in GigaOm Radar Kubernetes for edge computing

·      Glotel Award for Most Innovative Cloud Offering

These accolades recognized the brand’s unique ability to combine cutting-edge technology with practical, scalable solutions tailored to diverse business needs.

Foundation for a bright future

2024 has truly been an unforgettable year for Rakuten Cloud. As we set our sights on an even bigger year ahead, we look forward to further empowering our partners, customers and key stakeholders through our unique cloud solutions. Thanks for being part of our journey!

Milestones & Awards