Rackspace Recognized by Linux Community as Favorite Web Hosting Service

SAN ANTONIO — Oct. 22, 2003— Rackspace Managed Hosting, the leading provider of managed hosting services, today announced that Rackspace was named as the Favorite Web Hosting Service by Linux Journal in its 2003 Readers’ Choice Awards. More than 7,500 readers visited Linux Journal’s web site to cast votes on their top choices.

Don Marti, editor-in-chief of Linux Journal said, "Linux Journal readers develop web applications using a variety of powerful open source tools, and it’s important to choose a web hosting provider like Rackspace, where the software environment is as professional as the one on your development Linux system."

Rackspaces long-time Linux expertise is supported by numerous industry certifications and partnerships that enable the company to provide the best hosting offering available on Linux. Rackspace has more than 50 Red Hat Certified personnel on staff and is the first hosting company to offer Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Additionally, Rackspace is the only MySQL Certified Hosting Provider.

"Rackspace’s roots are in the Linux community and we bring a comprehensive knowledge of the industry’s tools and technologies to our customers," said Dirk Elmendorf, chief technology evangelist and co-founder of Rackspace Managed Hosting. "We are honored to receive this award from the readers of Linux Journal and remain committed to providing the most compelling hosted Linux offering available backed by our Fanatical Support™."

About Linux Journal

Linux Journal is the premier Linux magazine, dedicated to serving the Linux community and promoting the use of Linux world-wide. A monthly periodical, Linux Journal is currently celebrating its ninth year of publication. Linux Journal may be purchased at all major bookstores and newsstands and may also be ordered by calling 1-888-66-LINUX, sending e-mail to subs@ssc.com or visiting http://www.linuxjournal.com/. For additional information about Linux Journal send e-mail to linux@ssc.com.

About Rackspace Managed Hosting

Rackspace Managed Hosting™ is a leading provider of managed Web hosting solutions. Founded in 1998, Rackspace offers a wide range of managed services for hosting platforms of all sizes and complexities, including burstable connectivity, 100% uptime SLA, load balancing, security and patching, advanced storage solutions and disaster recovery. Rackspace has received numerous industry awards for its brand of customer service, known as Fanatical Support™, and was awarded the Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement (CVE) Award in 2002 and 2003. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com, or call 800-961-2888.