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Archive for June, 2009

iPhone Now Natively Supports iCal for Calendar

by Katherine Reed on June 24, 2009 | No Comments

iPhone versions 3.0 now allows you to access your Rackspace Email calendar through an iCal feed on your iPhone. This new feature will allow you to stay up-to-date by taking your calendar on the move with you wherever you go. If you need help setting this feature up on your iPhone you can visit our [...]

[Case Study] Uforia Regains 400+ Hours of IT Staff Time Annually by Choosing Rackspace

by Cameron Nouri on June 23, 2009 | No Comments

Silicon Valley-based Uforia, founded by online gaming industry veterans, specializes in massively multiplayer online games (MMOG). Uforia creates a unique online gaming experience where gamers play free online games with the ability to enhance their experience. Using micro-transactions to purchase online enhancements, gamers can make characters look different or increase functionality with weapons and accessories. [...]

How We Manage Large Datasets with Hadoop

by Cameron Nouri on June 22, 2009 | No Comments

A few weeks ago Robert Scoble stopped by our Blacksburg office and got a chance to interview Stu Hood for Building43.com. Stu has become one of the leading experts on using Hadoop and his use case here at Rackspace was recently published in the new O’Reilly book “Hadoop: The Definitive Guide”. During the interview Stu [...]

My Experience with Rackspace Orientation (aka Rookie-O)

by Huey Ly on June 19, 2009 | No Comments

After reading “The Ownership Quotient,” I was reminded of my Rackspace orientation after we were acquired back in 2007. It was essentially our new parent company welcoming us into the family and a chance for us to meet without the digital filter that is the “interweb.” During orientation, we were split into groups of 8-10 [...]

Sneak Peek at our Plans

by Cameron Nouri on June 17, 2009 | No Comments

Last week we shared our view of the emerging world of on demand computing with some key partners and customers in San Francisco, CA. We are really excited about the future of what on demand computing presents and we want to share our plans for the future. You can check out all of the highlights [...]

Is your Browser Ready for Retirement?

by Melissa Mancuso on June 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

When you reach out for support regarding something on your computer, one of the first troubleshooting steps is confirming you have the latest browser version. You’re asked this because there are countless symptoms and effects on your computer from using an outdated browser. Here are just a few reasons to keep up with the curve: [...]

Google and Apple Admit Microsoft Still Matters to Businesses

by Cameron Nouri on June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

This week, Google and Apple each announced that they will now offer some type of Microsoft support with their apps. Looks like their “do it our way” approach wasn’t working in corporate America—where Microsoft is still king. While many businesses are discovering the benefits of innovative, online, hosted applications, many businesses still rely primarily on [...]

New Support Site Adds to Fanatical Support

by Cameron Nouri on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

We are proud to announce the launch of our new Support Site. It is the one location where you can access all of our support information for each of our services. The new site was designed to give our customers immediate access to the support documentation they need. We took our existing support information, re-wrote [...]

Interactive Designers Peer Group in Southwest VA

by Lauren Paterson on June 8, 2009 | No Comments

Web designers in Southwest Virginia are plentiful but dispersed. With so much talent in the area, it’s hard to believe that no forum existed for designers to share ideas and thoughts. So, Jacob Puckett and I, members of the Rackspace design team, partnered with the NewVA Corridor Technology Council (NCTC) and Modea, a local digital [...]

[Case Study] IntervalZero Finds Internal Value by Choosing Rackspace

by Cameron Nouri on June 4, 2009 | No Comments

IntervalZero Inc. designs and develops embedded software products that deliver real-time capability and meet the needs of the international embedded technology market. After a management buyout, IntervalZero of Waltham, Massachusetts, found themselves evaluating whether their email would be best served by an on-premise email solution with third party maintenance or a completely off-premises hosting solution. [...]