A Look Back At 2009
Filed in by Nell-Marie Colman | December 30, 2009 12:14 pm
There’s nothing like working at the Rack (aka Rackspace)—we work hard and we play hard. And we love being fanatical for our customers. It’s been another great year for us. Here’s a look at our year’s highlights, as well as events that impacted our industry:
- Fortune named Rackspace one of their Top 100 Companies to Work For[1] (again!)
- In the midst of massive layoffs in 2009, we actually hired over 60 new Rackers just for our division (and we’re still hiring![2])
- Our CEO, Lanham Napier, was featured on Fox Business
- Email & Apps Rackers were showered with birthday surprises[3]
- Timo Sirainen[4], the creator of Dovecot[5], joined the Email & Apps team
- Robert Scoble[6] joined Rackspace and launched Building43[7]
- We crossed a major milestone—hosting over 1.6 million mailboxes
- ReadWriteWeb[8] argued that email is fading away
- We went to SXSW[9] and countered that email is not only alive[10]—it is the king of social media
- Xobni , Cisco[11], and IBM[12] further proved that email is still alive
- We changed our name[13] (again!)
- We sumo wrestled[14] to celebrate our name change
- The Colbert Report gave us 15 minutes of fame[15] (okay, maybe it was just half a second)
- Our customers sent over 7 billion emails and received over 23 billion emails
- We blocked over 17 billion spam emails and over 500 million viruses
- We safeguarded file systems with automatic backup and easy recovery[16]
- We challenged our neighbors at Modea[17] to a Wii Tournament[18] – and won!
- We helped businesses increase morale[19] in their IT departments
- Our Free Upgrade to Snow Leopard[20] promotion was a huge hit!
- Google won a huge deal with the City of Los Angeles, and it was a win for us all[21]
- Apple admitted that Microsoft Exchange still runs businesses[22]
- We made it easier to move your email[23] to Rackspace
- We launched our very popular Live Chat Support[24] and our new Support Site[25]
- We introduced Sync for iPhone[26], Search 2.0[27], and Rackspace Email 7.0[28]
- reMail announced integration with Rackspace[29], to make email easier to search on your iPhone
Want to help us make 2010 even better? We’d love to hear from you[30]!
Endnotes:- Top 100 Companies to Work For: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/snapshots/32.html
- we’re still hiring!: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/careers
- birthday surprises: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/01/birthday_surprises/
- Timo Sirainen: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/02/creator_of_dovecot_joins_mailt/
- Dovecot: http://www.dovecot.org/
- Robert Scoble: http://www.rackspace.com/blog/?p=184
- Building43: http://www.building43.com/
- ReadWriteWeb: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_eats_away_at_email_usage_on_todays_web.php
- SXSW: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/03/we_are_headed_to_sxsw_are_you/
- email is not only alive: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/09/is-email-dead/
- Cisco: http://www.ferris.com/2009/11/09/cisco-launches-email-saas-cisco-webex-mail/
- IBM: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/10/ibm-another-big-isv-tries-their-hand-at-saas/
- changed our name: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/05/whats-in-a-name/
- sumo wrestled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNZQ4w_5emo&feature=player_embedded
- 15 minutes of fame: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/07/15-minutes-of-fame/
- safeguarded file systems with automatic backup and easy recovery: http://www.rackspace.com/data_backup_software
- Modea: http://www.modea.com/
- Wii Tournament: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/02/an_invitation_to_modea/
- increase morale: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/10/how-happy-is-your-it-staff/
- Free Upgrade to Snow Leopard: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/08/free-snow-leopard/
- win for us all: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/10/congratulations-google-your-win-in-los-angeles-is-a-win-for-us-all/
- Microsoft Exchange still runs businesses: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/08/exchange-runs-business/
- move your email: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/11/self-service-email-migrations-performed-in-the-cloud/
- Live Chat Support: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/05/livechatsupport/
- Support Site: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/06/supportsite/
- Sync for iPhone: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/rackspace_email/on_your_mobile
- Search 2.0: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/03/launch_noteworthy_search_20_re/
- Rackspace Email 7.0: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/05/launch-rackspace_email_7_0/
- integration with Rackspace: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/blog/2009/12/search-all-your-rackspace-email-on-your-iphone-with-remail/
- hear from you: http://www.rackspace.com/email_hosting/careers
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