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Published on January 27th, 2012 | 0 comments

Leadership Rackspace Names Chief Marketing Officer Cloud computing company selects Suaad Sait as its first-ever CMO SAN ANTONIO – January 11, 2012— Rackspace Hosting®, the service leader in cloud computing, today announced that Suaad Sait has been named Chief Marketing Officer. In the newly created role, Sait will overseeglobal marketing. “Having worked in the technology industry [...]

FORTUNE Magazine Names Rackspace Among “100 Best Companies to Work For”

Published on January 23rd, 2012 | 0 comments

Recognition At Rackspace, Rackers make Cloud computing easy for businesses of all sizes by providing them with Fanatical Support®. Expert technicians are available to customers 24/7, by phone, email, or chat. In aseparate examination, FORTUNE ranked Rackspace 75 on the “Big Pay” List for industry-leading Linux Administrator pay, and for rewarding employees with stock options, a share of quarterly profits, and a 401(k) match of up to 6 percent of pay.

Rackspace Promotes Lew Moorman to President

Published on December 9th, 2011 | 0 comments

Leadership SAN ANTONIO – Dec. 8, 2011 — Rackspace HostingÒ today announced the promotion of Lew Moorman to President, effective immediately. Moorman, 41, will continue to report to Lanham Napier. With the promotion, Moorman will assume the title of President and Napier will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer. Previously Moorman was President, Cloud and [...]

Rackspace Opens the Power of Hybrid Computing to More Customers Globally

Published on November 8th, 2011 | 0 comments

RackConnect™ Speeds the Adoption of Cloud Services Across the Board SAN ANTONIO, November 8, 2011 – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE – RAX), the service leader in cloud computing, today unveiled several enhancements to its RackConnect™ service, which offers unified integration of the Rackspace Cloud and dedicated hosting in a hybrid environment. RackConnect is designed for customers [...]

Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition Bringing OpenStack with Fanatical Support to Datacenters Worldwide

Published on November 7th, 2011 | 0 comments

Ecosystem of Certified Deployment and Technology Partners Deploying Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition Using the Reference Architecture That Rackspace Published Today in Its Continued Commitment to Share Best Practices and Drive the Industry Forward SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Enterprise IT departments can now realize the benefits of Rackspace(r) Cloud in their own datacenters with Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition, [...]

Rackspace Joins EMC Velocity Service Provider Partner Program

Published on November 7th, 2011 | 0 comments

Partner Network Relationship to Broaden IT Buyers’ Access to Cloud-Based Services SAN ANTONIO – November 2, 2011 – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the service leader in cloud computing, today announced it willexpand its relationship with EMC by joining the EMC Velocity™ Service Provider Program to develop new cloud-based service offerings. The two companies have collaborated since 2001 [...]

Rackspace Hosting Earns a Spot on 2011 InformationWeek 500 List of Top Technology Innovators Across America

Published on September 14th, 2011 | 0 comments

Recognition Company's Automation IT Ticketing System Around Customer-Centric Business Model Earns A Spot in Top 250

Sam Gilliland and Lew Moorman Elected to Rackspace Hosting Board of Directors

Published on August 5th, 2011 | 0 comments

Leadership Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the service leader in cloud computing, today announced that Sam Gilliland and Lew Moorman were elected to Rackspace's Board of Directors on August 1, 2011.

Rackspace Hosting Vice President Named to Everything Channel’s List of 100 People You Don’t Know But Should

Published on June 22nd, 2011 | 0 comments

Recognition Rackspace Hosting, the service leader in cloud computing, today announced that Christopher Rajiah, its vice president of North America channel sales has been recognized by Everything Channel as a part of CRN’s 2011 “100 People You Don’t Know But Should” list. This list recognizes individual professionals within a vendor organization who are responsible for driving the behind the scenes efforts in channel marketing, operations and sales.

Rackspace Hosting to Offer Hosted Virtual Desktop Platform

Published on May 23rd, 2011 | 0 comments

Cloud Cloud hosted infrastructure solution available through the channel reduces IT resource needs and delivers on benefits of desktop virtualization SAN ANTONIO – May 23, 2011 – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, announced at Citrix Summit 2011 today the availability of the Rackspace hosted virtual desktop platform. [...]

Rackspace Hosting Reports First Quarter 2011 Results

Published on May 9th, 2011 | 0 comments

Investor Relations For the quarter ended March 31, 2011: Net revenue of $230.0 million grew 28.6% year-over-year and 7.1% from Q4 2010 Adjusted EBITDA (1) of $75.9 million grew 27.8% year-over-year and 5.4% from Q4 2010 Net income of $13.8 million grew 40.9% year-over-year and 2.1% from Q4 2010 SAN ANTONIO – May 9, 2011 – Rackspace® [...]

Next Generation Rackspace Cloud Files with Akamai Integration

Published on April 27th, 2011 | 0 comments

Cloud Now with CNAMES, Cloud Files Can Easily Integrate Into Web Sites SAN ANTONIO – April 27, 2011 – Utilizing its relationship with Akamai, Rackspace® Hosting, the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announced the addition of CNAMES which further extends the capabilities of its overall Cloud Files product offering. Rackspace [...]

Rackspace Introduces Cloud Load Balancers

Rackspace Cloud Load Balancers Brings Ease of Use and Fanatical Support to Load Balancing

Published on April 19th, 2011 | 0 comments

Cloud High-Performance On-Demand Offering Distributes Workloads Across Multiple Cloud Servers

Interim Chief Financial Officer Announced

Rackspace Announces Interim Chief Financial Officer

Published on March 11th, 2011 | 0 comments

Leadership Rackspace Hosting® (NYSE: RAX) today announced the appointment of Karl Pichler as Acting Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer, effective April 15, 2011. Pichler will serve on an interim basis while the company conducts a search for the position.

Kicking Off SXSW Interactive, Rackspace Announces Rackspace Startup Program and Availability of Version 2.0 Application, Rackspace Cloud 2.0

Published on March 11th, 2011 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Startup Program Powers Startups through 500 Startups, TechStars, Y Combinator and General Assembly The Rackspace Cloud 2.0 Now Available on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for Free

Rackspace Launches ‘Cloud Builders’ Business to Support OpenStack Cloud Deployments

Published on March 8th, 2011 | 0 comments

Cloud New Service and Support Offerings Help Enterprises and Service Providers Deploy and Manage OpenStack Clouds

Rackspace Hosting Announces Enhanced Channel Partner Program

Published on March 1st, 2011 | 0 comments

Partner Network Program Benefits Empower Partner’s Cloud Revolution

Robert Fuller, Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales of Rackspace Hosting, Recognized as a Channel Chief by Everything Channel’s CRN

Published on February 21st, 2011 | 0 comments

Partner Network San Antonio, TX, February 21, 2011 – Rackspace® Hosting today announced that Robert Fuller has been named a Channel Chief by the Everything Channel’s CRN. Channel Chiefs are leaders in creating effective channel programs for solution providers. They consistently defend, promote and execute effective channel partner programs and strategies. Robert Fuller has leveraged his more [...]

Rackspace Hosting Reports Fourth Quarter 2010 Results

Published on February 10th, 2011 | 0 comments

Investor Relations For the quarter ended December 31, 2010: * Net revenue of $214.7 million grew 26.7% year-over-year and 7.5% from Q3 2010 * Adjusted EBITDA (1) of $72.0 million grew 28.7% year-over-year and 5.2% from Q3 2010 * Achieved adjusted EBITDA margin of 33.5%, up from 33.0% year-over-year and down from 34.3% in Q3 2010 * Net income of $13.5 million grew 49.9% year-over-year and 14.6% from Q3 2010 * Generated $5.6 million of Adjusted Free Cash Flow for the quarter and $34.2 million for the 2010 year

Rackspace Hosting Announces New CloudU Program and Webinar Series

Published on January 28th, 2011 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace® Hosting, (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry today announced its new CloudU Program and webinar series.

Rackspace to Host Conference Call for Fourth Quarter 2010 Results

Published on January 24th, 2011 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world's leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, will announce its fourth quarter 2010 financial results on Thursday, February 10, 2011, after the close of the financial markets.

Rackspace Hosting Ranks 92 on FORTUNE List of “100 Best Companies to Work For”

Published on January 20th, 2011 | 0 comments

Recognition Recognized for its customer service and employee engagement, the cloud-computing and hosting industry leader has continued to grow and hire

Rackspace Celebrates Six-Month Anniversary of OpenStack, Backed By Over 40 Cloud Computing Industry Leaders

Published on January 18th, 2011 | 0 comments

OpenStack In just six short months the OpenStack community has grown to include 40 member companies, the effort to fight proprietary cloud stacks gains traction

Rackspace Hosting and Akamai Join Forces to Give Customers Faster Online Computing, Backed by Fanatical Support®

Published on January 12th, 2011 | 0 comments

Cloud Industry leaders announce a strategic relationship to provide businesses with hosting, cloud computing, content and application delivery services, and exceptional customer support in a one-stop cloud shop

Rackspace Hosting Positioned as a Leader in Leading Industry Analyst Firm’s Annual Assessment of Cloud and Hosting Providers

Published on January 10th, 2011 | 0 comments

Recognition “Magic Quadrant” Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Rackspace Acquires Cloudkick to Provide Powerful Server Management Tools for the Cloud Computing Era

Published on December 16th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud Cloudkick’s world class tools will combine with Rackspace’s Fanatical Support to further the benefits of cloud computing

Rackspace Brings Service Levels to Cloud

Rackspace Expands Fanatical Support, Brings its Legendary Service Levels to the Cloud

Published on December 14th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud Managed Cloud provides businesses with proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and advice on how to best leverage cloud computing

Rackspace Launches Two Enterprise Offerings

Rackspace Boosts Enterprise Services with RackConnect and Critical Sites

Published on December 7th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud Recent product launches bring enterprise offerings to customers with innovation in hybrid hosting and advanced monitoring for more secured uptime

Lanham Napier, CEO of Rackspace, Named One of the Top 100 Most Influential Executives by Everything Channel’s CRN

Published on November 29th, 2010 | 0 comments

Leadership Rackspace recognized for its extensive work with channel partners through their industry leading portfolio and education on new technology trends

OpenStack Plans Next Two Cloud Platform Releases at First Public Design Summit

Published on November 17th, 2010 | 0 comments

OpenStack OpenStack™, an open source cloud project with broad developer and commercial support, completed its first public Design Summit last week, which attracted more than 250 people from 90 companies and 14 countries to plan the next two releases, code-named ‘Bexar’ and ‘Cactus.’

Rackspace Hosting Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results

Published on November 8th, 2010 | 0 comments

Investor Relations For the quarter ended September 30, 2010: • Net revenue of $199.7 million grew 23.0% year-over-year and 6.6% from Q2 2010 • Adjusted EBITDA (1) of $68.5 million grew 33.2% year-over-year and 10.1% from Q2 2010 • Achieved adjusted EBITDA margin of 34.3%, up from 31.7% year-over-year and 33.2% in Q2 2010 • Net income of $11.8 million grew 55.3% year-over-year and 5.5% from Q2 2010 • Generated $11.7 million of Adjusted Free Cash Flow for the quarter and $28.6 million for the first nine months of 2010

Rackspace Ranked in 2010 Top Workplaces List

Rackspace Ranked Number Four on San Antonio Express-News 2010 Top Workplaces List

Published on October 22nd, 2010 | 0 comments

Recognition SAN ANTONIO – October 22, 2010 – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announced that it has been ranked fourth on the San Antonio Express-News Top Workplaces list for 2010. Over the past year, Rackspace jumped up three spots from last year’s ranking of number [...]

Rackspace to Host Conference Call for Third Quarter 2010 Results

Published on October 19th, 2010 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, will announce its third quarter 2010 financial results on Monday, November 8, 2010, after the close of the financial markets.

Rackspace Surpasses Two Million Email Users

Rackspace Surpasses Two Million Paid Business Email Users

Published on October 18th, 2010 | 0 comments

Email and Apps Hosted Email Offering Continues to Attract Business Users Seeking Robust, Reliable and Easy-to-Manage Platform

Rackspace Helps Businesses Find the Apps They Need with New AppMatcher

Published on October 7th, 2010 | 0 comments

What online matchmaking did for love, Rackspace Hosting does for productivity, matching business users with relevant SaaS apps

Rackspace Earns Spot 2010 Information Week 500

Rackspace Earns a Spot on 2010 InformationWeek 500 List of Top Technology Innovators Across America

Published on September 15th, 2010 | 0 comments

Recognition Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announced that it earned a spot on this year’s InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology.

Rackspace Appoints New Head of European and Asian Business

Published on September 15th, 2010 | 0 comments

EMEA David Kelly is a Veteran Entrepreneur With Executive Experience from eBay and Amazon

Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Visual Studio 2010

Rackspace Hosting Embraces Cloud Developers with Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Published on September 8th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announced the Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, a Visual Studio toolkit that enables the 6 million .NET developers worldwide to seamlessly extend development and deployment to Rackspace Cloud Servers™ for Windows.

Rackspace to Present at Investor Conferences

Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in September 2010

Published on September 2nd, 2010 | 0 comments

Investor Relations SAN ANTONIO – September 1, 2010 – Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX) announced that Jason Luce, vice president of finance, will present at the Janco Partners, Inc. Equity Research 9th Annual Cable, Media, Telecom and Technology Walk-About in Denver on Thursday, September 9 at 9:00 a.m. MDT. Bruce Knooihuizen, chief financial officer, SVP and treasurer, [...]

Rackspace Hosting Announces General Availability of Cloud Servers™ for Windows

Published on August 10th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Hosting announces the general availability of its Cloud Servers™ for Windows offering. The new service delivers a highly scalable environment ideal for Windows-based hosting, testing and developing applications and supporting the high levels of traffic required for launching online gaming platforms or the next social networking phenomenon.

Rackspace Hosting Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results

Published on August 9th, 2010 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting, Inc., the world's leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was $187.3 million, up 4.8% from the previous quarter and up 23.2% from the second quarter of 2009. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was negatively impacted by currency exchange rates when compared to the first quarter of 2010, but was favorably impacted when compared to the second quarter of 2009.

Rackspace Open Sources Cloud Platform; Announces Plans to Collaborate with NASA and Other Industry Leaders on OpenStack Project

Published on July 19th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud More than 25 companies, including Citrix and Dell, support open source cloud platform to accelerate industry standards

Rackspace to Host Conference Call for Second Quarter 2010 Results

Published on July 14th, 2010 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world's leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, will announce its second quarter 2010 financial results on Monday, August 9, 2010, after the close of the financial markets.

Rackspace Hosts over One Million Unique Visitors to South African Tourism Site amid Soccer World Cup

Published on July 8th, 2010 | 0 comments

Customers Rackspace Hosting, the world's leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, announced today that the new South Africa Tourism website is being hosted by Rackspace Hosting.

Rackspace Champion in Cloud Infrastructure

Rackspace Hosting Ranked as Champion in Cloud Infrastructure Category

Published on June 22nd, 2010 | 0 comments

Recognition Info-Tech Research Group’s latest “vendor landscape” report for the category of Cloud Infrastructure gives Rackspace its top rating.

Rackspace Updates Hybrid Email for 1.7 Million Users

Rackspace Hosting Updates Rackspace Hybrid Email for 1.7 Million Users

Published on June 16th, 2010 | 0 comments

Email and Apps Rackspace Hybrid Email features easy calendar viewing between Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Rackspace Email, as well as a new webmail interface for Rackspace Email designed to help make businesses using the solution more productive.

Rackspace to Host Investor Conference Call with Morgan Stanley

Published on June 14th, 2010 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting will host an investor conference call on Monday, June 21st at 1:30 p.m. CDT with Morgan Stanley.

Rackspace Inks Cloud and Management Deal With Ingram Micro.

Rackspace Hosting Inks Managed and Cloud Hosting Strategic Distribution Agreement with Ingram Micro

Published on June 7th, 2010 | 0 comments

Partner Network Rackspace Hosting announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc. to bring managed hosting and cloud computing offerings to the distributor's growing base of North American channel partners through the new Seismic Cloud Conduit Program.

Bloomberg Businessweek Names Rackspace Hosting a Top 100 Performing Technology Company

Published on June 1st, 2010 | 0 comments

Recognition Rackspace Hosting, the leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, has earned the No. 63 spot on the 12th annual Bloomberg Businessweek Tech 100 list of the top performing technology companies across the globe.

Rackspace Expanding Cloud Services to the UK; Building on Cloud Growth

Published on May 19th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announced that it plans to bring public cloud services to the UK by the end of the year.

Rackspace Hosting Reports First Quarter 2010 Results

Published on May 3rd, 2010 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting, the world's leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. Net revenue for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010 was $178.8 million, up 5.5% from the previous quarter and up 23.2% from the first quarter of 2009.

Spiceworks Integrates Rackspace Cloud Email Services

Published on April 26th, 2010 | 0 comments

Email and Apps More than 950,000 IT Professionals Are Now Able to Manage Rackspace Cloud Email via Spiceworks

Acquia and Rackspace Join Forces for Enterprise Drupal Hosting

Published on April 19th, 2010 | 0 comments

Partner Network Acquia, the enterprise guide to social publishing, and Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, have announced that they have entered into an agreement enabling both companies to deliver a broader range of solutions to their customers.

eBillingHub® Selects Rackspace Hosting For High Availability and Performance

Published on April 14th, 2010 | 0 comments

Customers Market Leader for Law Firm Electronic Billing Relies on Web Hosting and Cloud Expertise to Support Growth of SaaS-based eBilling

Rackspace to Host Inaugural Financial Analyst Day on May 6th in New York

Published on April 8th, 2010 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announced the company’s first ever Financial Analyst Day to be held in New York City on May 6, 2010 beginning at 11:00 AM EDT and concluding at 3:00 PM EDT.

Rackspace Standardizes on Nimsoft Unified Monitoring Solution for Managed Hosting, Internal IT & Cloud Infrastructures

Published on April 7th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud Nimsoft, a business unit of CA, Inc., today announced Rackspace Hosting is standardizing on Nimsoft to offer enhanced infrastructure and application solutions to its managed hosting customers and to monitor its internal IT and cloud infrastructures.

Rackspace Achieves LEED Gold Certification for Corporate Headquarters

Published on April 6th, 2010 | 0 comments

Environment Rackspace Hosting, the leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, announced the company’s headquarters has been certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification program.

Rackspace Launches Media Services Solution

Published on March 16th, 2010 | 0 comments

Product Releases Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announced from SXSW 2010 the launch of Rackspace Media Services.

Rackspace to Restructure Reseller Program

Rackspace Advances Channel Offering for Cloud Computing Software Applications

Published on March 9th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Hosting, a leader in hosting and cloud computing, today announced at its Rackspace Email & Apps Reseller Conference that the cloud-based applications division has plans to restructure its reseller program.

Rackspace Adds Chief Information Officer and new Sales VP to its San Antonio Team

Published on March 1st, 2010 | 0 comments

Leadership Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, announced the company has expanded its leadership team, naming Steve Mills as Chief Information Officer and Pat Cathey as Vice President of Enterprise Sales.

The Rackspace Cloud Introduces its First Comprehensive Partner Program for Cloud Computing

Published on February 24th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud The Rackspace® Cloud, the cloud computing division of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), today announced its new Partner Program benefiting resellers and affiliates.

Rackspace Announces Financial Results for '09 Quarter and Year

Rackspace Hosting Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Results

Published on February 16th, 2010 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. Net revenue for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009 was $169.5 million, up 4.4% from the previous quarter and up 18.4% from the fourth quarter of 2008.

Rackspace Puts Microsoft SharePoint in the Cloud

Published on February 11th, 2010 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting, today announced the launch of hosted Microsoft SharePoint, the popular collaboration and file sharing platform, uniquely backed by Rackspace’s 24x7x365 Fanatical Support®.

Rackspace to Present at Investor Conferences in Feb.

Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in February and March 2010

Published on January 27th, 2010 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting announced that John Engates, chief technology officer, will present at the Deutsche Bank Small and Mid Cap Conference on Feb. 8 in Naples, Fla., at 3:20 p.m. EST.

Rackspace Wins Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Award

Published on January 19th, 2010 | 0 comments

Recognition Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing, today announced that its cloud-based applications division, Rackspace Email & Apps, has been named the 2009 Global North American Hosted Enterprise Email Customer Value Enhancement Award winner.

Rackspace Appoints Chief Operating Officer

Published on December 15th, 2009 | 0 comments

Leadership Rackspace, the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing, announced the company has expanded its leadership team, naming Mark Roenigk as Chief Operating Officer.

Rackspace Announces New Products for Cloud

Rackspace Launches Cloud Drive in Push to Expand App Offerings

Published on November 17th, 2009 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing, today announced a set of new product offerings that help businesses move their IT applications into the cloud.

Rackspace Survey Reveals that Majority of Surveyed Businesses Would ‘Love To Never Have To Buy Another Server Again’

Published on November 10th, 2009 | 0 comments

Cloud The results of a survey that was released today by Rackspace Hosting highlight the growing problem of businesses struggling to cope with the demands of managing their own servers.

Rackspace Hosting Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Published on November 9th, 2009 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.Net revenue for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 was $162.4 million, up 6.8% from the previous quarter and up 17.4% from the third quarter ended September 30, 2008.

Rackspace Bolsters Enterprise Product and Service Portfolio

Published on October 29th, 2009 | 0 comments

Product Releases Rackspace Hosting is enhancing its portfolio of services designed for the needs of large enterprises with a focus on disaster recovery, managed storage and application-level hosting

Rackspace to Host Investor Conference Call with JMP Securities

Published on August 18th, 2009 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting,the world’s leader in hosting and cloud computing will host an investor conference call on Tuesday, August 18th at 1:00 p.m with JMP Securities.

Rackspace Archiving Available for Hosted Email

Rackspace Archiving Now Available for Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Rackspace Email Customers

Published on August 12th, 2009 | 0 comments

Email and Apps Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting, today announced Rackspace Archiving, the newest addition to its leading business-class email hosting service that has over 1.3 million users.

FreshBooks Chooses Hybrid Hosting From Rackspace

Published on August 11th, 2009 | 0 comments

Customers Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting, today announced that FreshBooks, the leader in online invoicing and bookkeeping for professionals, is leveraging the company’s new hybrid model of both cloud and dedicated hosting to service their IT needs.

'09 Second Quarter Financial Results Released

Rackspace Hosting Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

Published on August 10th, 2009 | 0 comments

Investor Relations To access Rackspace’s second quarter earnings press release, please follow this link.

Rackspace to Present at Investor Conference in Aug.

Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in August 2009

Published on August 5th, 2009 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting’s, announced today that John Engates, Chief Technology Officer, will present at the 11th Annual Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum in Vail, CO on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time.

Reseller Agreement With NeuStar Announced

Rackspace and NeuStar Sign Reseller Agreement to Offer Innovative Hosting Services Globally

Published on August 4th, 2009 | 0 comments

Partner Network Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, today announced that it has entered into a Reseller Agreement with NeuStar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR).

Rackspace Hosting Continues to Expand with State-of-the-Art Data Center

Published on August 4th, 2009 | 0 comments

Leadership Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting, today announced plans to begin operating a new data center facility in the Chicago area.

Private Cloud Offering VMware virtualization

Rackspace Private Cloud leverages VMware to Extend Enterprise Computing on Demand

Published on July 29th, 2009 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting, today announced its new Private Cloud offering, which allows customers to run the centrally managed VMware virtualization platform on private dedicated hardware environments.

Rackspace to Host Conference Call for Second Quarter 2009 Results

Published on July 23rd, 2009 | 0 comments

Investor Relations SAN ANTONIO- July 23, 2009– Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, will announce its second quarter 2009 financial results on Monday, August 10, 2009, after the close of the financial markets. Rackspace management will host a conference call with the financial community to discuss the results starting at 4:30 p.m. Eastern, 3:30 [...]

The Rackspace Cloud Goes Open Source with APIs

Published on July 23rd, 2009 | 0 comments

Cloud In a major advancement of its open cloud strategy, Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting, today announced it has open sourced the specifications for its Cloud Servers and Cloud Files™ APIs under the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license.

IDG’s Computerworld Names Rackspace Hosting to Annual List of Best Places to Work

Published on July 17th, 2009 | 0 comments

Recognition San Antonio, Texas – July 17, 2009 – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, announced that IDG’s Computerworld, the “Voice of IT Management,” has selected it as one of the top workplaces for information technology (IT) professionals. This honor is part of the weekly IT publication’s 16th annual Best Places to Work [...]

The Rackspace Cloud Announces Public API for Cloud Servers

Published on July 14th, 2009 | 0 comments

Cloud Expands power of the cloud, offering more control and flexibility and automation features including mobile management of cloud with new iPhone application SAN ANTONIO – July 14, 2009 – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, today announced the availability of the public beta of its Cloud Servers® API. Cloud Servers, part of the [...]

Online Game Publisher, Uforia, Significantly Reduces IT Costs with Rackspace Email

Published on June 23rd, 2009 | 0 comments

Customers Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting, announced today that leading online game publisher, Uforia, has deployed Rackspace Email across their organization.

Mark P. Mellin Elected to Board of Directors

Mark P. Mellin Elected to Rackspace Hosting Board of Directors

Published on May 28th, 2009 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting, Inc., the world's leader in hosting, today announced that Mark P. Mellin was elected to Rackspace's Board of Directors at its annual meeting of stockholders, held on May 13, 2009.

Rackspace Launches Rackspace Email 7.0, Businesses Class Email Hosting That Costs 90% Less Than Exchange

Published on May 20th, 2009 | 0 comments

Email and Apps Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, has unveiled Rackspace Email 7.0, a major release of its business-class email hosting service.

TweetPhoto Chooses Cloud Sites and Files

TweetPhoto Puts The Rackspace Cloud Into The Picture

Published on April 30th, 2009 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting, today announced that TweetPhoto has chosen Cloud Sites™ and Cloud Files™ from Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud to support their innovative new social media photo sharing site.

Rackspace Hosting Commits Support to North East Independent School District

Published on April 3rd, 2009 | 0 comments

Community Affairs Rackspace Hosting, the leader and specialist in hosting, has agreed to support a “Shared Community Compact,” through which Rackspace will continue its efforts to revitalize the community in which it does business and offer expertise and support to the North East Independent School District

Rackspace Hosting Appoints Lew Moorman President of Cloud Business

Published on April 1st, 2009 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Hosting today announced the naming of Chief Strategy Officer Lew Moorman as President of the company’s cloud business.

Radio Flyer Chooses The Rackspace Cloud for Sky High Scalability

Published on March 27th, 2009 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Hosting today announced that Radio Flyer, the 92-year-old company famous for the little red wagon for children, has chosen Cloud Sites™ from Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud, to power the company’s corporate site, RadioFlyer.com.

Rackspace Hosting Announces Business Carbon Calculator to Help Businesses Green Up

Published on February 18th, 2009 | 0 comments

Environment Rackspace Hosting and NativeEnergy Provide Pathway to Educate, Engage Customers

Rackspace Hosting Continues Expansion with New Data Center in Virginia

Published on February 11th, 2009 | 0 comments

Leadership Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader in hosting, today announced plans to begin operating a new data center facility in Ashburn, Virginia.

Rackspace Hosting Named to Coveted FORTUNE 2009 List of “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America

Published on January 26th, 2009 | 0 comments

Recognition Hosting Specialist Ranks Second on List for Job Growth

Rackspace Survey Reveals that Small Businesses are Missing Out on Cloud Hosting Benefits

Published on January 26th, 2009 | 0 comments

Cloud While small businesses lack awareness of cloud hosting, medium-sized businesses appear prepared to reap the benefits of cloud hosting, as revealed in a recent survey conducted by Vanson Bourne for Rackspace.

SupportSoft Chooses Rackspace Hosting for IT Services

Published on December 15th, 2008 | 0 comments

Customers Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader and specialist in hosted IT services, today announced an agreement to provide IT hosting services to SupportSoft Inc., a leading provider of software and services that make technology work.

Rackspace Names Fred Reichheld to Board of Directors

Published on November 20th, 2008 | 0 comments

Investor Relations Rackspace Hosting, the world's leading hosting services provider, today announced that it has appointed Fred Reichheld, Bain & Company Fellow and Founder of Bain's Loyalty practice, to Rackspace’s Board of Directors.

Rackspace Continues Investment in Fanatical Support

Published on November 11th, 2008 | 0 comments

Customers Rackspace Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, today announced recent investments in its award winning Fanatical Support®, including additional leadership, processes and tools.

Rackspace Appoints Jim Lewandowski to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales

Published on November 5th, 2008 | 0 comments

Leadership Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leader and specialist in hosted IT services, today announced the appointment of Jim Lewandowski as senior vice president, worldwide sales.

Rackspace Awards Second Annual ‘THE FANATI’ Award to Pangea Foundation

Published on October 30th, 2008 | 0 comments

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Rackspace Announces Full Suite of Cloud Hosting Offers

Published on October 22nd, 2008 | 0 comments

Cloud Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leading hosting services provider, today unveiled its cloud hosting strategy which extends the company’s technology and service leadership to cloud hosting. In support of its new cloud hosting strategy, the company announced it has agreed to acquire Slicehost and Jungle Disk...

Rackspace Survey Indicates 70 Percent of IT Managers Expect Spend Increase on Hosting, Cloud or SaaS Services in the Next Five Years

Published on September 29th, 2008 | 0 comments

Cloud Customer demand for hosting is likely to increase over the next five years, according to a recent customer survey conducted by Rackspace Hosting,the world’s leader and specialist in hosted IT services.

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