| Date | Title | | | 07/19/10 | Rackspace Open Sources Cloud Platform; Announces Plans to Collaborate
with NASA and Other Industry Leaders on OpenStack Project| More Than 25 Companies, Including Citrix and Dell, Support Open
Source Cloud Platform to Accelerate Industry Standards
SAN ANTONIO, Jul 19, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX)
today announced the launch of OpenStack(TM),
an open-source cloud platform designed to foster the emergence of
technology standards and cloud interoperability. Rackspace, the leading
specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, is donating the
... |
|  | | 07/14/10 | Rackspace to Host Conference Call for Second Quarter 2010 Results| SAN ANTONIO, Jul 14, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) 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 management will host a conference call with the financial
community to discuss the results starting at 4:30 p.m. EDT, 3:30 p.m.
CDT, 1:30 p.m. PDT. Lanham Napier... |
| | | 07/08/10 | Rackspace Hosts over One Million Unique Visitors to South African
Tourism Site amid Soccer World Cup| LONDON, Jul 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace (R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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.
"As part of the successful 2010 Soccer World Cup event, the SA Tourism
site is considered a critical component of its success," said SA Tourism
e-Marketing Manager William Price. "The number of site visitors
... |
| | | 06/22/10 | Rackspace Hosting Ranked as "Champion" in Cloud Infrastructure
Category| Info-Tech Research Group's latest "vendor landscape" report for the
category of Cloud Infrastructure gives Rackspace its top rating
SAN ANTONIO, Jun 22, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the leader in the hosting
and cloud computing
industry, has been listed as a Champion in Info-Tech Research Group's Cloud
Infrastructure vendor landscape. Info-Tech Research Group's vendor
landscape report provides a detailed, head-to-head, a... |
| | | 06/16/10 | Rackspace Hosting Updates Rackspace Hybrid Email for 1.7 Million Users| Rackspace Hybrid Email Now Offers Integrated Calendar Experience
Across Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Rackspace Email
SAN ANTONIO, Jun 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world's leader in the hosting
and cloud computing
industry, has enhanced its popular Rackspace Hybrid Email offering--a
custom mix of Hosted
Microsoft Exchange and the business-focused Rackspace Email platform
on a single domain. Rackspace Hybrid Em... |
| | | 06/14/10 | Rackspace to Host Investor Conference Call with Morgan Stanley| SAN ANTONIO, Jun 14, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in the hosting
and cloud computing industry, will host an investor conference call on
Monday, June 21st at 1:30 p.m. CDT. Lew Moorman, chief strategy officer
at Rackspace, and Simon Flannery, managing director at Morgan Stanley,
will discuss cloud computing and Rackspace's strategic approach. Callers
will have the opportunity to ask questions during the final... |
| | | 06/07/10 | Rackspace Hosting Inks Managed and Cloud Hosting Strategic
Distribution Agreement with Ingram Micro| Leading Hosting Provider Teams with Leading Technology Distributor to
Offer Cloud Services to Channel Partners in North America
SAN ANTONIO, Jun 07, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE: RAX),
the world's leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today
announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro
Inc. (NYSE: IM) to bring managed hosting and cloud computing offerings
to the distributor's growing base of N... |
| | | 06/01/10 | Bloomberg Businessweek Names Rackspace Hosting a Top 100 Performing
Technology Company| SAN ANTONIO, Jun 01, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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, the only company on
the list that specializes in the fast-growing field of hosting and cloud
computing, ranked No. 34 for revenue growth among the global technology
... |
| | | 06/01/10 | Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in June 2010| SAN ANTONIO, Jun 01, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) Hosting,
Inc. (NYSE: RAX) announced that Bruce Knooihuizen, chief financial
officer, SVP and treasurer, will present at the Cowen Technology Media &
Telecom Conference in New York City on Wednesday, June 2 at 9:30 a.m.
EST. Knooihuizen will also present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch
U.S. Technology Conference in New York City on Thursday, June 3 at 2:30
p.m. EST.
Jason Luce, vic... |
| | | 05/19/10 | Rackspace Expanding Cloud Services to the UK; Building on Cloud Growth| SAN ANTONIO, May 19, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE: RAX),
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.
"Our public cloud business grew nearly 125 percent in 2009," said Lanham
Napier, President and Chief Executive Officer. "The computing as a
service revolution has continued at a rapid pace, with analysts like
... |
| | | 05/10/10 | Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in May 2010| SAN ANTONIO, May 10, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) Hosting,
Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world's leader in the hosting and cloud computing
industry, announced that Bruce Knooihuizen, chief financial officer, SVP
and treasurer, will present at the Jefferies 6th Annual Global Internet,
Media & Telecom Conference on Wednesday, May 12 in New York City, at
1:10 p.m. EDT.
Jason Luce, vice president of finance, will present at the Ninth Annual
JMP S... |
| | | 05/05/10 | Rackspace Hosting Expands State-of-the-Art Data Center in Chicago| Hosting and Cloud Computing Leader Extends Relationship with DuPont
Fabros Technology
SAN ANTONIO, May 05, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R)
Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the world's leader in the hosting and cloud
computing industry, today announced plans to expand in its current data
center facility in the Chicago area. Rackspace will lease approximately
28,200 additional square feet of raised floor space, consisting of 4.33
megawatts of available c... |
| | | 05/03/10 | Rackspace Hosting Reports First Quarter 2010 Results| For the quarter ended March 31, 2010:
Net revenue of $178.8 million grew 23.2% year-over-year and 5.5% from
Q4 2009
Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $59.4 million grew 31.8%
year-over-year and 6.1% from Q4 2009
Achieved adjusted EBITDA margin of 33.2%, up from 31.1% in Q1 2009 and
33.0% in Q4 2009
Net income of $9.8 million grew 48.9% year-over-year and 8.6% from Q4
... |
| | | 04/26/10 | Spiceworks Integrates Rackspace Cloud Email Services| More than 950,000 IT Professionals Are Now Able to Manage
Rackspace Cloud Email via Spiceworks
SAN ANTONIO, Apr 26, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R)
Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world's leader in hosting and cloud
computing, has joined forces with Spiceworks(TM)
to allow small and medium businesses (SMBs) to manage their Rackspace email
hosting services through the free Spiceworks social IT management
application. The integrated systems simplify ... |
| | | 04/19/10 | Acquia and Rackspace Join Forces for Enterprise Drupal Hosting| Relationship Offers Large Organizations Comprehensive Cloud-Based
Services and Drupal Expertise
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 19, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Acquia,
the enterprise guide to social publishing, and Rackspace
Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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. Acquia will provid... |
| | | 04/15/10 | Rackspace to Host Conference Call for First Quarter 2010 Results| SAN ANTONIO, Apr 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in the hosting
and cloud computing industry, will announce its first quarter 2010
financial results on Monday, May 3, 2010, 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. EDT, 3:30 p.m.
CDT, 2:30 p.m. PDT. Lanham Napier, president and ch... |
| | | 04/08/10 | Rackspace to Host Inaugural Financial Analyst Day on May 6th in New
York| SAN ANTONIO, Apr 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R)
Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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. This inaugural event is
designed to give financial analysts and institutional investors an
opportunity to hear from members of the Rackspace leaders... |
| | | 04/06/10 | The Rackspace Cloud Introduces First Cloud Server Application for the
iPad| Easy Mobile Cloud Server Management with Free Rackspace Cloud Pro for
iPad Application
SAN ANTONIO, Apr 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --TheRackspace(R) Cloud, the cloud
computing division of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), today announced
the release of Rackspace
Cloud Pro(TM), the first application for the new iPad(TM)
to enable developers to monitor and manage their Rackspace Cloud
Servers(TM). With Cloud Pro, users can turn on backups for a server, ... |
| | | 04/06/10 | Rackspace Achieves LEED Gold Certification for Corporate Headquarters| Sustainable Building and Operations of Rackspace Headquarters Support
Company's Greenspace Initiative
SAN ANTONIO, Apr 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace (R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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,
an internationally recognized accr... |
| | | 04/01/10 | CORRECTING AND REPLACING Forbes Names Rackspace's Lanham Napier
One of 15 Most Powerful CEOs 40 and Under| SAN ANTONIO, Apr 01, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Second graph, second sentence of release should read: As a Racker, or
Rackspace employee, since 2000, Napier has helped guide the company to
become a force in the industry and expand from less than 100 Rackers
operating a single data center in 2001 to over 2,750 Rackers and nine
data centers worldwide in 2010. (sted As a Racker, or Rackspace
employee, since 2001, Napier has helped guide the company to become a
... |
| | | 04/01/10 | Forbes Names Rackspace's Lanham Napier One of 15 Most Powerful
CEOs 40 and Under| SAN ANTONIO, Apr 01, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the leader in the hosting and cloud
computing industry, is honored to announce that Forbes has named
Rackspace CEO, president and director Lanham Napier as one of "America's
15 Most Powerful CEOs 40 and Under."
Named CEO in 2006, Napier has played a significant role in growing the
company to its current stature, including an 18.2% increase in net
revenues in 2009 compared to th... |
| | | 03/16/10 | Rackspace Launches Media Services Solution| Company Releases Direct-to-Consumer Web Infrastructure Offering for the Music Recording IndustryAUSTIN, Texas, Mar 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R)
Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in the hosting and cloud
computing industry, today announced from SXSW 2010 the launch of Rackspace
Media Services. This Enterprise-level solution will provide an open
source, direct-to-consumer (D2C) web infrastructure for music recording
labels and other media se... |
| | | 03/09/10 | Rackspace Advances Channel Offering for Cloud Computing Software
Applications| ATLANTA, Mar 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), a leader in hosting and cloud computing,
today announced at its Rackspace
Email & Apps Reseller Conference that the cloud-based
applications division has plans torestructure its reseller
program, which will emphasize the company's commitment to channel
partners through increased revenue opportunities, new training and
marketing resources, and an expanded product portfolio... |
| | | 03/01/10 | Rackspace Adds Chief Information Officer and New Sales VP to Its San
Antonio Team| SAN ANTONIO, Mar 01, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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. Both positions are newly
created to support Rackspace market growth.
As Chief Information Officer, Mills will be responsible for all
technology operati... |
| | | 02/24/10 | The Rackspace Cloud Introduces its First Comprehensive Partner
Program for Cloud Computing| New Program Demonstrates Company's Commitment To Empowering its Solution Partners and Being The Easiest Cloud Provider To Do Business WithSAN ANTONIO, Feb 24, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TheRackspace(R) Cloud, the cloud
computing division of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), today announced
its new Partner Program benefiting resellers and affiliates. After
soliciting feedback from its large community of partners, The Rackspace
Cloud focused on designing a flexible program... |
| | | 02/16/10 | Rackspace Hosting Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2009 Results| For the quarter ended December 31, 2009:
Net revenue of $169.5 million grew 18.4% year-over-year and 4.4% from Q3 2009
Adjusted EBITDA (1) of $56.0 million grew 31.4% year-over-year and 8.8% from Q3 2009
Achieved adjusted EBITDA margin of 33.0%, up from 29.7% in Q4 2008
Net income of $9.0 million grew 32.0% year-over-year and 18.8% from Q3 2009
SAN ANTONIO, Feb 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX) announced financial results for the quarter and year ... |
| | | 02/11/10 | Rackspace Puts Microsoft SharePoint in the Cloud| Rackspace Reduces the Cost and Hassle of Managing the Popular Collaboration PlatformSAN ANTONIO, Feb 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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(R).
With the addition of hosted Microsoft SharePoint, Rackspace's suite of
cloud applications now... |
| | | 02/03/10 | Rackspace to Host Conference Call for Fourth Quarter and Year-End
2009 Results| SAN ANTONIO, Feb 03, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX) will announce its fourth quarter and
year-end 2009 financial results on Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 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. EST, 3:30 p.m.
CST, and 1:30 p.m. PST. Lanham Napier, president and chief executive
officer, and Bruce Knooihui... |
| | | 01/28/10 | Rackspace to Host Investor Conference Call with Merriman Curhan Ford
Equity Research Analyst| SAN ANTONIO, Jan 28, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX) will host an investor conference
call on Friday, January 29th at 10:00 a.m. CST. Lanham
Napier, president and chief executive officer, and Alex Kurtz, equity
research analyst from Merriman Curhan Ford, will discuss industry trends
and Rackspace's managed hosting and cloud computing offerings.
A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the
Rackspace Web si... |
| | | 01/27/10 | Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in February and
March 2010| SAN ANTONIO, Jan 27, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX) 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. Engates will
also present at the Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference on
March 10 at 8:40 a.m. EST.
Lew Moorman, president of Rackspace's Cloud division and chief strategy
officer, will present at the... |
| | | 01/19/10 | Rackspace Wins Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Award| Independent Report Recognizes Rackspace as Second Largest Hosted Email Provider in North AmericaSAN ANTONIO, Jan 19, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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. This
award recognizes Rackspace's outstandin... |
| | | 01/12/10 | Encoding.com Chooses The Rackspace Cloud for Faster Cloud Hosting| Encoding.com Makes the Move to Deliver Accelerated Video Encoding without Increasing Its CostsSAN ANTONIO, Jan 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TheRackspace(R) Cloud, the cloud
computing division of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), today announced
that Encoding.com, the popular Internet-based video encoding provider,
now relies on Cloud Servers, Rackspace's enterprise-class IaaS offering,
to support its rapidly growing computing and hosting needs. Using the
power ... |
| | | 12/17/09 | Rackspace Cloud and FathomDB Join Forces to Streamline Database Management| Y Combinator's FathomDB Utilizes Rackspace Cloud API to Offer Relational Database Service in the CloudSAN ANTONIO, Dec 17, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Rackspace(R) Cloud, the cloud computing division of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), today announced the latest addition to Rackspace's popular Cloud Tools ecosystem. FathomDB, a leader in Database-as-a-Service (DaaS), enables businesses and developers to easily manage their MySQL databases in the cloud. Now built on The Rackspace Cloud's open, stand... |
| | | 12/17/09 | Rackspace Email & Apps Division Passes the 1.6 Million Paid Mailbox
Mark| SAN ANTONIO, Dec 17, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in hosting and cloud
computing, today announced its cloud based applications division,
Rackspace Email & Apps, now hosts more than 1.6 million paid mailboxes
across its hosted
email offerings, Rackspace Email and Microsoft Exchange. New and
existing customers cite best-in-class migration, Fanatical Support(R) and
a robust email platform at an afford... |
| | | 12/15/09 | Rackspace Appoints Chief Operating Officer| Former E-Commerce Executive Brings Operations Excellence to the Home of Fanatical Support(TM)SAN ANTONIO, Dec 15, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in hosting and cloud
computing, announced the company has expanded its leadership team,
naming Mark Roenigk as Chief Operating Officer. Roenigk joins Rackspace
after recent executive experience with eBay and Intuit. In his new role
at Rackspace, Roenigk will be responsible for helping ... |
| | | 12/09/09 | Rackspace Hosting Launches Enhanced Partner Network| Four-tiered Program Delivers Partner Companies Greater Opportunity for Revenue, Training and Marketing ToolsSAN ANTONIO, Dec 09, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in hosting and cloud
computing, has restructured its global Rackspace Partner Network to help
partner companies grow their business, better serve customers and
realize a competitive advantage. Rackspace actively solicited feedback
from its partners to make enhanc... |
| | | 12/07/09 | Rackspace Hosting to Present at Barclays Capital Global Technology Conference| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and
cloud computing, announced that John Engates, chief technology officer,
and Jason Luce, vice president of Finance, will present at the Barclays
Capital Global Technology Conference in San Francisco, Calif., on
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. PST.
An audio webcast of the presentation will be made available on
Ra... |
| | | 11/27/09 | Rackspace Hosting to Present at Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and
cloud computing, announced that Bruce Knooihuizen, Chief Financial
Officer, will present at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference
in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. MT.
An audio webcast of the presentation will be made available on
Rackspace’s website, located at http://ir.ra... |
| | | 11/25/09 | Rackspace Offers Its First-Ever Showcase for E-Commerce Retailers This Holiday Season|
NoMoreServers Web Site to Highlight Special Offers Featuring
Rackspace Customers
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and cloud
computing, announced a new service to assist its e-commerce customers
this holiday season. The Rackspace Holiday Shopping Mall, a promotional
area hosted on NoMoreServers.com will offer discounts and coupons to
encourage holiday sho... |
| | | 11/17/09 | Rackspace Launches Cloud Drive in Push to Expand App Offerings|
New Collaborative Apps Help Businesses Organize, Backup and Share
Information in the Cloud
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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. The new offerings
from Rackspace include Rackspace Cloud Drive, Rackspace Server Backup,
and the upco... |
| | | 11/10/09 | Rackspace Survey Reveals that Majority of Surveyed Businesses Would 'Love To Never Have To Buy Another Server Again'|
Majority of Businesses May be Forced to Focus IT on Maintenance
Rather than Innovation
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2009--
The results of a survey
that was released today by Rackspace®
Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and cloud
computing, highlight the growing problem of businesses struggling to
cope with the demands of managing their own servers. More than half of
the businesses surveyed respo... |
| | | 11/10/09 | The Rackspace Cloud Powers Posterous' Popular Blogging Service|
Posterous Chooses Enterprise-Class IaaS Offerings from the Rackspace
Cloud over Amazon to Support Compute Intensive Operations and Storage
Needs, and Rides a 400% Usage Spike
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2009--
The Rackspace® Cloud, the cloud
computing division of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), today announced
that Posterous, the popular blogging service, has chosen the company’s
comprehensive portfolio of cloud servic... |
| | | 11/09/09 | Rackspace Hosting Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results|
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2009:
Net Revenue of $162.4 Million Grew 17.4% Year-over-Year and 6.8% from
Q2 2009
Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $51.4 Million Grew 39.1%
Year-over-Year and 6.9% from Q2 2009
Achieved Adjusted EBITDA Margin of 31.7%, up from 26.7% in Q3 2008
Net Income of $7.6 Million Grew 45.3% Year-over-Year and 8.8% from Q2
2009
... |
| | | 11/05/09 | Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in November 2009| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and
cloud computing, announced today that Lew Moorman, President of
Rackspace’s Cloud business and Chief Strategy Officer, will present at
the Goldman Sachs Data Center Techtonics Conference in New York City on
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10:15 a.m. EST.
John Engates, Chief Technology Officer, will present on a cl... |
| | | 10/29/09 | Rackspace Bolsters Enterprise Product and Service Portfolio|
Enterprise Organizations Seeking Greater Performance, Flexibility and
Control Can Benefit from New Managed Hosting Offerings
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2009--
Rackspace®
Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and cloud
computing, is enhancing its portfolio of services designed for the needs
of large enterprises with a focus on managed storage, disaster recovery
and application-level hosting. These new se... |
| | | 10/29/09 | ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Hometown Website Supports Extreme Peaks of Traffic with The Rackspace Cloud|
Design Firm Cybernautic Switches to Cloud Sites for Handling of
Hundreds of Thousands of Site Visitors During Production and Broadcast
of Emmy-Winning Show
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2009--
The Rackspace® Cloud, the cloud
computing division of Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), today announced
it enabled Cybernautic,
a web design firm, to deliver a significant feat: host the website for
ABC’s Emmy award-winning re... |
| | | 10/21/09 | Rackspace to Host Conference Call for Third Quarter 2009 Results| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and
cloud computing, will announce its third quarter 2009 financial results
on Monday, November 9, 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. EST, 3:30 p.m.
CST, 1:30 p.m. PST. Lanham Napier, presi... |
| | | 10/13/09 | The Rackspace Cloud Demonstrates Support for Oracle Software at OpenWorld|
Proven Enterprise-class Software Capability Combined with Utility
Cloud Model Offers Businesses New Efficiencies and Cost Savings
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 2009--
The Rackspace Cloud, the cloud
computing division of Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), today announced
its participation in Oracle’s premiere event, Oracle OpenWorld, held
October 11 – 15, 2009, at the Moscone Center, San Francisco. Hasan
Rizvi, Senior... |
| | | 10/07/09 | Rackspace Launches NoMoreServers.com|
Former founder of Tier1 Research, Andy Schroepfer, to lead site
devoted to the move from in house computing to “cloud” providers
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX) today announced the launch of NoMoreServers.com,
a site dedicated to the emergence of Computing-as-a-Service models (like
hosting, cloud computing and SaaS) to power corporate computing. To
support this campaign, the company has... |
| | | 10/02/09 | Top Tech Talent Flock to The Rackspace Cloud, Supporting Rapid Growth and New Technology Endeavors|
Joining from Leading Tech Companies Microsoft, Canonical, Yahoo! and
Threadless, Geeks Migrate South to Drive Strategic Business Initiatives,
Cloud Services and Application Development
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2009--
The Rackspace Cloud, the cloud
computing division of Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), today announced
that six new key personnel have joined the company to spearhead
strategic technology efforts aimed to posit... |
| | | 09/04/09 | CORRECTING and REPLACING Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in September 2009| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 4, 2009--
In the third paragraph, the sentence should read: Jason Luce, vice
president of finance, will also present at Jefferies 7th
Annual Communications Conference in New York City on Thursday, September
17, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (sted Jason Luce, vice
president of finance, will also present at Jefferies 7th
Annual Communications Conference in New York City on Thursday, September
17, 2009... |
| | | 09/03/09 | Rackspace Wins Joint Server Farm Tender To Support MOD Websites|
Deal Will Consolidate Websites onto a Single, Virtualised
Infrastructure for Greater Flexibility and Resilience
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 3, 2009--
Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and cloud
computing, today announces it has won a three-year, competitive deal to
provide fully managed support to the Joint Server Farm (JSF), a secure
hosting environment for Ministry of Defence (MOD) websites. The
re... |
| | | 08/25/09 | The Rackspace Cloud Launches Cloud Tools, Ecosystem Portal|
Committed to Development of an Open Cloud and to Its Strategic
Partners, Rackspace Kicks off Ecosystem with 25 Participants and Tools;
More Expected Soon
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and cloud
computing, today announced the launch of Cloud
Tools, an online service for sharing tools, applications and
services built by the company’s strategic part... |
| | | 08/17/09 | Rackspace to Host Investor Conference Call with JMP Securities| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting and
cloud computing will host an investor conference call on Tuesday, August
18th at 1:00 p.m. CDT. Lew Moorman, president of Rackspace’s
Cloud Business and chief strategy officer, and Pat Walravens, analyst
from JMP Securities, will discuss cloud computing and additional
Rackspace offerings.
To access the live... |
| | | 08/12/09 | Rackspace Adds Cloud-Based Archiving for Worry-Free Business Email|
Rackspace Archiving Now Available for Hosted Microsoft Exchange and
Rackspace Email Customers
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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.
The new Rackspace Archiving solution enables hosted email customers to
automatically ke... |
| | | 08/11/09 | FreshBooks Chooses Hybrid Hosting From Rackspace|
Expands Support from Dedicated Hosting of Bookkeeping Applications to
Highly Scaleable Cloud Solution
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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. A long t... |
| | | 08/10/09 | Rackspace Hosting Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results|
For the quarter ended June 30, 2009:
Record net revenue of $152.0 million grew 16.2% year-over-year and
4.8% sequentially
Record adjusted EBITDA(1) of $48.1 million grew 42.2%
year-over-year and 6.8% sequentially
Achieved record adjusted EBITDA margin of 31.7%, up from 25.9% one
year ago
Record net income of $7.0 million grew 67.2% year-over-year and 6.1%
... |
| | | 08/05/09 | Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in August 2009| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2009--
Rackspace®
Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in hosting, 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.
Lanham Napier, Chief Executive Officer, and Jason Luce, Vice President
of Finance, will present at Oppenheimer’s ... |
| | | 08/04/09 | Rackspace Hosting Continues to Expand with State-of-the-Art Data Center| Hosting Specialist and DuPont Fabros Continue Successful Relationship SAN ANTONIO, Aug 04, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the world's leader in hosting, today
announced plans to begin operating a new data center facility in the
Chicago area. Rackspace will lease approximately 36,700 square feet of
raised floor space, consisting of 5.633 megawatts of available critical
load, from a subsidiary of DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE: ... |
| | | 08/04/09 | Rackspace and NeuStar Sign Reseller Agreement to Offer Innovative Hosting Services Globally| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2009--
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). This relationship allows customers to obtain
hosting services from Rackspace along with innovative Domain Name
Service (DNS), traffic management, and application performance
monitoring services that are designed to be more cost effective than
... |
| | | 07/29/09 | Rackspace Private Cloud Leverages VMware to Extend Enterprise Computing on Demand| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 29, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), 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 recognizes the demand from
enterprises for a more flexible and scalable hosting solution. Although
multi-tenant cloud solutions are very flexible and cost... |
| | | 07/23/09 | Rackspace to Host Conference Call for Second Quarter 2009 Results| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 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
p.m. Central, 2:30 p.m. Pacific. Lanham Napier, president and... |
| | | 07/23/09 | The Rackspace Cloud Goes Open Source with APIs| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 23, 2009--
In a major advancement of its open cloud strategy, Rackspace® Hosting
(NYSE:RAX), 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. Developers are now free to copy,
implement, and modify the specifications, helping to enable a truly open
cloud.
... |
| | | 07/17/09 | IDG's Computerworld Names Rackspace Hosting to Annual List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 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 in IT survey, which was published in the June
15 issue of Computerworld and... |
| | | 07/14/09 | The Rackspace Cloud Announces Public API for Cloud Servers| Expands Power of the Cloud, Offering More Control and Flexibility and Automation Features Including Mobile Management of Cloud with New iPhone Application SAN ANTONIO, Jul 14, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in hosting, today
announced the availability of the public beta of its Cloud
Servers(R) API. Cloud Servers, part of the company's portfolio of
cloud services, is a leading Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering
... |
| | | 06/25/09 | Rackspace Hosting to Participate in Investor Conference Call with Goldman Sachs| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 25, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in hosting, will
participate in a conference call to discuss cloud computing from a
service operator’s perspective. The conference call will take place on
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 1:30 pm EDT. The call will be hosted by
Winston Len of Goldman Sachs with Lew Moorman, President, The Rackspace
Cloud and Chief Strategy Officer representing Rackspa... |
| | | 06/23/09 | Online Game Publisher, Uforia, Significantly Reduces IT Costs with Rackspace Email| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 23, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, announced
today that leading online game publisher, Uforia, has deployed Rackspace
Email across their organization.
Founded by online gaming industry veterans, Uforia specializes in
Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG). The Uforia online gaming
experience enables gamers to play free online games, with the option of
e... |
| | | 06/11/09 | The Rackspace Cloud Auto-Scales above 4.7 Million Page Views While Hosting live.gdgt.com's Live Coverage of Apple's WWDC 2009 Keynote| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 11, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, today
announced that the blogsite live.gdgt.com,
a Rackspace
Cloud hosting customer integrating both Cloud Sites and Cloud Files
products, seamlessly handled 4.7 million web page views in less than two
hours as a result of live.gdgt.com’s live coverage and live blogging of
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2009 on... |
| | | 06/03/09 | LegalCloud and Rackspace Hosting Team Up to Deliver Next Generation Hosting Solutions for International Law Firms| SAUSALITO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 3, 2009--
LegalCloud™,
a global network of virtual data centers, created specifically to meet
the needs of international law firms, today announced that they have
joined the Solution Partner Network with Rackspace®
Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting. The
relationship is designed to bring secure, reliable cloud computing to
the international law firm community. By leveraging ... |
| | | 05/29/09 | Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in June 2009| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 29, 2009--
Rackspace®
Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, announced
today that Bruce Knooihuizen, Chief Financial Officer for Rackspace, and
Lew Moorman, President, Cloud Commuting and Chief Strategy Officer for
Rackspace will present at the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch U.S.
Technology Conference in New York, NY on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 3:00
p.m. Eastern Time.
J... |
| | | 05/28/09 | Mark P. Mellin Elected to Rackspace Hosting Board of Directors| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 28, 2009--
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), 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. Mr. Mellin has also been appointed to serve as Chairman of the
Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee.
"Through innovation and dedicated focus on Fanatical Support®... |
| | | 05/20/09 | Rackspace Hosting to Host Investor Webcast on Cloud Computing| Lew Moorman, President, Cloud Computing and Chief Strategy Officer for Rackspace(R) and Software / On-Demand Analyst, Kash Rangan, Managing Director, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, to Discuss Cloud Computing Technologies
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 20, 2009--
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in hosting, will
host a webcast to discuss the Cloud computing landscape, how Cloud
computing technologies are enabling businesses to consume on-demand
... |
| | | 05/20/09 | Rackspace Launches Rackspace Email 7.0, Business-Class Email Hosting That Costs 90% Less Than Exchange| More Than 1 Million Users to Benefit from Major Product Enhancements to SaaS-Based Email Hosting Service
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 20, 2009--
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. Rackspace Email 7.0 includes updates to its
full-featured webmail app, such as right-click functionality, multiple
personal calendars, the ability to de... |
| | | 05/15/09 | Rackspace Hosting to Present at Investor Conferences in May 2009| SAN ANTONIO, May 15, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R)
Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in hosting, announced today
that Bruce Knooihuizen, chief financial officer, and Jason Luce, vice
president of finance, will present at the Eighth Annual JMP Securities
Research Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 3:00
p.m. Pacific Time.
Lew Moorman, president of cloud and chief strategy officer will present
at the Kaufman Bros. Big... |
| | | 05/11/09 | Rackspace Hosting Reports First Quarter 2009 Results|
For the quarter ended March 31, 2009:
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 11, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader and specialist
in hosting services, today reported financial results for the quarter
ended March 31, 2009.
Net revenues for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009 were $145.1
million, up 1.4% from the fourth quarter of 2008 and up 21.3% from the
quarter ended March 31, 2008. This growth in net r... |
| | | 04/30/09 | TweetPhoto Puts The Rackspace Cloud Into The Picture| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 30, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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. TweetPhoto, which has announced that they are
launching in Beta today, is expected to bring a new level of
functionality and bandwidth-intensive featu... |
| | | 04/27/09 | Rackspace to Host Conference Call for First Quarter 2009 Results| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 27, 2009--
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the leader and specialist in
hosting, will announce its first quarter 2009 financial results on
Monday, May 11, 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 Time.
Lanham Napier, president and chief executive officer, and Bruce
... |
| | | 04/27/09 | Radio Flyer Chooses The Rackspace Cloud for Sky High Scalability| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 27, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in 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.
Radio Flyer’s decision to move the site to the highly scalable Cloud
Sites platform was spurred by the co... |
| | | 04/03/09 | Rackspace Hosting Commits Support to North East Independent School District| Shared Community Compact Signals the Beginning of an Initiative to Improve District Resources and Create a Vibrant Community SAN ANTONIO, Apr 03, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), 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 Sch... |
| | | 04/01/09 | Rackspace Hosting Appoints Lew Moorman President of Cloud Business| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 1, 2009--
Rackspace®
Hosting’s (NYSE:RAX) today announced the naming of Chief Strategy
Officer Lew Moorman as President of the company’s cloud business. In his
new role, Moorman is responsible for bringing Fanatical Support® to
Rackspace's efforts into their cloud hosting model that meets customer
needs and maintains Rackspace’s hosting market leadership.
As the CSO of Rackspace, M... |
| | | 03/31/09 | SaaS Provider, Zapproved, Selects Cloud Services from Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud| SaaS Startup Chooses Multiple Cloud Solutions from Rackspace Hosting; Cloud Sites for Scalability and Cloud Servers for Control
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 31, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leading hosting provider,
today announced that Zapproved, a Portland, Oregon-based startup that
provides an online solution for managing business approval process, has
chosen both Cloud Sites™ and Cloud Servers™ from Mosso | The Rackspace
Clou... |
| | | 03/11/09 | Rackspace Hosting Repays $100 Million on Credit Facility| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 11, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world's leading hosting services
provider, today announced that it has repaid $100 million on its
revolving line of credit backed by Comerica Bank, JPMorgan Chase,
Wachovia Bank, Bank of America and The Frost National Bank.
The repayment decreases the amount outstanding on the revolving line of
credit from $200 million to $100 million. Of the outstanding borrowin... |
| | | 02/19/09 | Rackspace Hosting Reports 2008 Results|
For the quarter ended December 31, 2008, net revenues were $143.1 million, with adjusted EBITDA of $42.6 million, and net income of $6.8 million. For the year 2008, net revenues were $531.9 million, with adjusted EBITDA of $145.3 million, and net income of $21.7 million. Launched cloud strategy with two acquisitions and several partnerships. Completed data center investment programs in the U.S., the U.K. and Hong Kong.
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2009--
Rackspace® ... |
| | | 02/18/09 | Rackspace Hosting Announces Business Carbon Calculator to Help Businesses Green Up| Rackspace Hosting and NativeEnergy Provide Pathway to Educate, Engage CustomersSAN ANTONIO, Feb 18, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the world's leader in hosting, today
announced that they will have new tools available to help customers
assess and reduce their environmental impacts. Rackspace customers can
now estimate their total carbon footprint utilizing a new business
carbon calculator, and access information to allow them to take st... |
| | | 02/18/09 | Razorfish Selects Rackspace Hosting for Cloud Services| Razorfish Uses Rackspace Cloud Services to Power High-Traffic Websites for Clients
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, today
announced that Razorfish™, one of the largest digital marketing
companies in the world, has selected Rackspace’s cloud
hosting platform.
Razorfish is working with Rackspace’s cloud
hosting division, Mosso®,
to build consumer-facing websites ... |
| | | 02/11/09 | Rackspace Hosting Continues Expansion with New Data Center in Virginia| Hosting Specialist Works with DuPont Fabros to Operate State-of-the-Art Facility
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2009--
Rackspace® Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the world’s leader in hosting, today
announced plans to begin operating a new data center facility in
Ashburn, Virginia. Rackspace will lease 11,000 square feet of raised
floor space from a subsidiary of DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE:
DFT) a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of w... |
| | | 02/04/09 | Rackspace to Present at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in hosting,
announced today that President and Chief Executive Officer Lanham Napier
and Chief Financial Officer Bruce Knooihuizen will present at the Morgan
Stanley Technology Conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on
Monday, March 2, 2009 at 3:55 p.m. Pacific Time / 6:55 p.m. Eastern Time.
An audio webcast of the presentation will be made availabl... |
| | | 02/04/09 | Rackspace to Host Conference Call for Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2008 Results| SAN ANTONIO, Feb 04, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader in hosting, will
announce its fourth quarter and year-end 2008 financial results on
Thursday, February 19, 2009, after the close of the financial markets.
Management will host a conference call with the financial community to
discuss the results the same day at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Lanham
Napier, president and chief executive officer, and Bruce Knooihuizen,
... |
| | | 01/26/09 | Rackspace Survey Reveals that Small Businesses are Missing Out on Cloud Hosting Benefits| Small Businesses Lack Awareness, but Medium-Sized Businesses Plan to Leverage Cloud
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2009--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(R)
Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), a leader and specialist in hosting. More than half
of the mid-sized businesses surveyed are aware of cloud... |
| | | 01/26/09 | Rackspace Hosting Named to Coveted FORTUNE 2009 List of "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America| Hosting Specialist Ranks Second on List for Job Growth
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2009--Rackspace(R) Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), a leader and specialist in hosting,
announced today the company has been ranked 43rd on the
FORTUNE 12th annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list.
This is the second consecutive year that Rackspace has appeared on the
list. The full list and related stories appear in the February 2 issue
of FORTUNE, available on newssta... |
| | | 12/15/08 | SupportSoft Chooses Rackspace Hosting for IT Services| Company Leverages Multiple Hosting Solutions to Help Ensure 24/7 Availability of Support Technology
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2008--Rackspace(R) Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the world's leader and specialist in
hosted IT services, today announced an agreement to provide IT hosting
services to SupportSoft Inc., (NASDAQ: SPRT), a leading provider of
software and services that make technology work.
Under the agreement, Rackspace is providing a Windows-... |
| | | 11/20/08 | Rackspace Names Fred Reichheld to Board of Directors| Reichheld Brings Loyalty Expertise to Rackspace
SAN ANTONIO, Nov 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), 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 has grown to be the leader in the IT hosting space through
its focus on providing Fanatical Support(R) to our customers," sai... |
| | | 11/19/08 | Mosso, Rackspace's Cloud Division, Enables Cloud Files with Limelight Networks Content Delivery Service| Cloud Storage and CDN Integration Enables Unlimited Online Storage to be Distributed Across the Globe Quickly and at a Low Cost
SAN ANTONIO, Nov 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Following its recent announcement that it had established a relationship
with Limelight Networks to provide a faster, and more robust online
storage offering, Mosso(R), Rackspace's(R) (NYSE:RAX) Cloud Hosting
Division, today announced the release of Cloud Files(TM) enabled with
Limelight Net... |
| | | 11/17/08 | Pangea Foundation Leverages Rackspace Cloud Hosting to Deliver Instant and Scalable Natural Disaster Recovery Software Solutions| SaaS Provider Utilizes Portfolio of Rackspace Hosting Solutions to Meet IT Needs
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting's (NYSE:RAX) cloud division, Mosso(R),
today announced that Pangea
Foundation(TM), an innovative non-profit SaaS provider that delivers
enterprise-class software solutions to non-profit organizations, is
using Cloud Sites(TM) to provide hosted services to a growing number of its
1,500 non-profit custom... |
| | | 11/17/08 | Mosso, Rackspace's Cloud Hosting Division, Appoints General Manager| Emil Sayegh Adds Extensive Product Development, Marketing and Operations Experience
SAN ANTONIO, Nov 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) (NYSE:RAX) Hosting's cloud division Mosso(R)
today announced the expansion of its leadership team, naming Emil Sayegh
as general manager. Sayegh was previously the vice president of the
product group at Rackspace
where his responsibilities included the development, marketing and
management of new products and servi... |
| | | 11/11/08 | Rackspace Continues Investment in Fanatical Support| Industry Veteran Named New Senior Vice President for Customer
Support
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2008--Rackspace(R) Hosting
(NYSE: RAX), a leading hosting services provider, today announced
recent investments in its award winning Fanatical Support(R),
including additional leadership, processes and tools. In May 2008 the
company named John Lionato to senior vice president for customer care.
Lionato comes to Rackspace with more than 20 yea... |
| | | 11/05/08 | Rackspace Hosting Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results|
Continued industry-leading growth in revenues, with net
revenues up 5.8% quarter-over-quarter and up 44.0%
year-over-year
Increased profit and profit margins with a well funded balance
sheet
Unveiled cloud hosting product suite including acquisitions of
cloud computing pioneers Slicehost and Jungle Disk
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2008--Rackspace(R) Hosting,
Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world's leading hosting services provider, t... |
| | | 11/05/08 | Rackspace Appoints Jim Lewandowski to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales| Lewandowski Brings More Than 20 Years of Technology Sector
Experience
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2008--Rackspace(R) Hosting,
(NYSE: RAX), the world's leader and specialist in hosted IT services,
today announced the appointment of Jim Lewandowski as senior vice
president, worldwide sales. Lewandowski will be responsible for
generating consistent revenue growth globally across all of the
Company's businesses. Lewandowski will transition into the role
current... |
| | | 10/30/08 | Rackspace Awards Second Annual 'THE FANATI' Award to Pangea Foundation| Non-Profit Organization Demonstrates Exceptional Customer Service
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2008--Rackspace(R) Hosting
(NYSE:RAX) today announced this year's winner of THE FANATI(TM) award,
Rackspace's customer award for outstanding customer service. The 2008
award honors the one customer that has best demonstrated excellence
when it comes to customer service and Rackspace is pleased to have
named Pangea Foundation, the leader in delivering Impact Visualization
On Dem... |
| | | 10/27/08 | Rackspace to Host Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2008--Rackspace Hosting,
Inc. (NYSE:RAX), the world's leading hosting services provider, will
announce its third quarter 2008 financial results on Wednesday,
November 5, 2008, after the close of the financial markets.
Management will host a conference call with the financial
community to discuss the results the same day at 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
Lanham Napier, president and chief executive officer, and Bruce
Knooihuizen, chief financial officer... |
| | | 10/22/08 | Rackspace Announces Full Suite of Cloud Hosting Offers| Acquisitions of Jungle Disk, Slicehost and Launch of Cloud Files Enable Company to Expand Cloud Hosting Portfolio
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE:RAX), 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, and has
established ... |
| | | 10/20/08 | Rackspace Hosting Holds Live Webcast to Discuss the Cloud and What's Next| Company to Announce Product and Strategic News on Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 12:00 pm CT
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Rackspace Hosting:
What: Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE: RAX) and its cloud hosting
division, Mosso(R), will hold a customer event and live webcast
including Q&A entitled 'Live and Unplugged: A Conversation with
Rackspace Cloud Hosting and What's Coming.'
The webcast and event will offer attendees the opportunity to hear
corporate and product announcements fro... |
| | | 10/15/08 | Rackspace Email Division Hires Microsoft 'Exchange Ranger'| Former Dell Infrastructure Specialist Brings Breadth of Microsoft Exchange Knowledge to Mailtrust
BLACKSBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mailtrust(TM), a leading business-email specialist and a division of Rackspace(R) Hosting, (NYSE:RAX), the world's leader and specialist in hosted IT services, today announced the company has hired David Bjurman-Birr as the senior manager of engineering, custom solutions. In this new role, Bjurman-Birr will be responsible for helping the Mailtrust engineering te... |
| | | 10/10/08 | Rackspace Hosting Draws on Credit Facility| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world's leader and
specialist in IT hosting, today announced that it has drawn an
additional $150 million on its revolving line of credit backed by
Comerica Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Wachovia Bank, Bank of America and The
Frost National Bank.
"We took this action as a prudent measure based on the uncertain
economic conditions in the credit and bank markets. We continue to
maintain a strong capital position with the ... |
| | | 09/30/08 | Mosso Powers Popular Site for 2008 US Presidential Race| Rackspace's Cloud Computing Division Helps Political Sites Scale to Meet Traffic Spikes with Hosted Computing Power
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sept. 30, 2008
Mosso(R), Rackspace(R) Hosting's (NYSE: RAX) Cloud Computing
division, has emerged as an important industry resource supporting the
online dialogue generated by the 2008 presidential election. Operators
of high traffic political websites have discovered how scalable,
on-demand hosting provided by Mosso's flagship offering, The... |
| | | 09/29/08 | Rackspace Survey Indicates 70 Percent of IT Managers Expect Spend Increase on Hosting, Cloud or SaaS Services in the Next Five Years| Eighty Percent of Respondents Say Hosting Allows them to Focus More Time on Their Company's Core Mission
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2008
Customer demand for hosting is likely to increase over the next
five years, according to a recent customer survey conducted by
Rackspace(R) Hosting, (NYSE: RAX), the world's leader and specialist
in hosted IT services. Nearly 70 percent of customer respondents
indicated that the number of IT functions they outsource to hosting,
SaaS o... |
| | | 09/18/08 | Rackspace Unveils Platform Hosting| Unique Solution Gives Customers the Flexibility of Colocation with
the Peace-of-Mind of Managed Hosting
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2008--Rackspace(R) Hosting,
Inc. (NYSE: RAX), a leading hosting services provider, today announced
from the Web 2.0 Conference the release of their new Platform Hosting
solution. Created as a unique alternative to colocation, Platform
Hosting gives users the control to manage all aspects of their hosting
environment, with the added... |
| | | 09/15/08 | Mosso Powers TEEN CHOICE 2008 for Its Largest Awards Ceremony in Five Years| Hello Interactive Scales Pop Culture Awards Show Application on Mosso's Infinitely Scalable Cloud
SAN ANTONIO, Sep 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace(R) Hosting's
(NYSE:RAX) cloud division Mosso(R),
today announced that interactive design firm Hello
Interactive successfully deployed Mosso's
flagship product, The Hosting Cloud(TM), to host
FOX 2008 Teen Choice Awards
program held earlier this summer on Monday, August 4.
Since 1999, the star-s... |
| | | 09/12/08 | Rackspace to Present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVII Conference| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2008--Rackspace Hosting,
Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world's leading hosting services provider,
announced today that President and Chief Executive Officer Lanham
Napier will present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVII Conference
at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, September 17,
2008 at 9:30 am EST.
An audio webcast of the presentation will be made available on
Rackspace's website at http://ir.rackspace.com.
About Racksp... |
| | | 09/10/08 | Rackspace Hosting Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results|
Delivered strong revenue growth during the quarter, an
increase of 9.4% quarter-over-quarter and 55.7% year-over-year
Rackspace served more than 33,600 customers and managed more
than 42,400 servers, an increase of 6.1% and 6.7%
quarter-over-quarter
Continued international expansion, opening U.K. data center in
June and Hong Kong data center in September
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2008--Rackspace(R)
Host... |
| | | 09/07/08 | Rackspace Hosting Expands to Asia| Company Opens Asian Headquarters and Hong Kong Data Center
HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2008--Rackspace(R) Hosting
(NYSE: RAX), the world's leader and specialist in hosting services,
today announced the opening of its Asian headquarters and data center
in Hong Kong. This expansion into Asia marks the Company's continued
investment in superior customer service and exhibits its confidence in
the business opportunity that Asia represents.
Rackspace selected Hong Kong due ... |
| | | 09/03/08 | Rackspace to Present at Jefferies Sixth Annual Communications Conference| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2008--Rackspace Hosting,
Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world's leading hosting services provider, today
announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Lanham Napier,
and Chief Financial Officer Bruce Knooihuizen, will present at the
Jefferies Communications Conference on September 9th at 11:15 a.m.
(ET).
An audio webcast of the presentation will be made available on
Rackspace's website at http://ir.rackspace.com.
About Rackspace Hosting
... |
| | | 09/03/08 | Rackspace to Host Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2008--Rackspace Hosting,
Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the world's leading hosting services provider, will
announce second quarter 2008 financial results Wednesday, September
10, 2008, after the close of the financial markets.
Management will host a conference call with the financial
community to discuss the results the same day at 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Time. Lanham Napier, president and chief executive officer, and Bruce
Knooihuizen, chief financial officer... |
| | | 09/02/08 | Mailtrust Announces Hosted Exchange 2007 Offering For Resellers, Enhancements to Control Panel| Business-Class Email Leader Offers Resellers Both Exchange and
Noteworthy Through Newly Designed Control Panel
BLACKSBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2008--Mailtrust(TM), a leading business-class email specialist and a division of Rackspace(R) Hosting (NYSE: RAX), today announced that their 450-plus resellers will be able to offer their customers Hosted Exchange 2007. Previously, resellers could only offer Managed Exchange 2003 or Noteworthy(R), Mailtrust's premier web-based ... |
| | | 08/28/08 | Rackspace Launches New Hosted Exchange Offering| LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2008--Rackspace(R) Hosting
(NYSE:RAX), a leading hosting services provider, today announced it
has launched its Hosted Exchange service to meet the growing demand
from businesses looking to outsource their email service.
The new service is based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, the
world's most popular business messaging platform and is backed up by
Rackspace's award winning Fanatical Support(R) customer service.
Jacques Greyling, Rackspace ... |
| | | 08/21/08 | Rackspace to Host Lifetime Memories Site World's Legacy| New Initiative for Storing Life Stories to Use Rackspace's Dedicated Server
LONDON & AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2008--Rackspace
Hosting, Inc. (NYSE:RAX), a leading hosting services provider, today
announced that World's Legacy, a new worldwide concept to store life
stories digitally, has selected Rackspace for backup and storage. The
digital platform where anyone can leave his or her life story,
including photos, videos and audio clips, chose Rackspace because of
its hig... |
| | | 08/07/08 | Rackspace Prices Initial Public Offering of Common Stock| SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2008--Rackspace Hosting,
Inc. (NYSE: RAX) today announced the initial public offering of
15,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $12.50 per share.
Rackspace will offer 12,700,000 shares of its common stock in the
offering and the selling stockholders will offer an additional
2,300,000 shares of common stock in the offering. Rackspace and the
selling stockholders have also granted the underwriters a 30-day
option to purchase up to an ad... |
| | | 07/29/08 | Rackspace IPO Auction Commences | SAN ANTONIO — July 29, 2008 — Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. today announced that the auction for its proposed initial public offering of its common stock has commenced. Rackspace announced that it expects the offering to price after the stock market closes on or about Thursday, August 7, 2008.
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch & Co. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Cowen and Co... |
| | | 07/07/08 | Rackspace Helps Customers Become PCI Compliant with Comprehensive Solution| Security Bundle Provides Products and Services Required for Payment Card Industry Compliance
SAN ANTONIO – July 7, 2008 – Rackspace® Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, today announced the release of a suite of hardware, software and professional services that helps customers achieve Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance. Instead of having to assemble various pieces of a PCI solution individually, Rackspace is providing a PCI toolbox that will assist customers in becoming complian... |
| | | 06/30/08 | Company’s Greenspace Initiative Celebrates One Year Anniversary through Customer Offerings, Corporate Conservation and Employee Education | Rackspace Survey Shows the Economy is Affecting Green Attitudes
SAN ANTONIO — June 30, 2008 — Rackspace® Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, began taking a more proactive role in environmental responsibility by launching the Greenspace® Initiative in 2007, which promotes energy conservation through customer offerings, company conservation and employee education on green living. Since that time, Rackspace has focused on providing their customers with offerings that include the most ... |
| | | 06/27/08 | IDG’S Computerworld Names Rackspace to Annual List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology| Hosting Services Provider Makes First Appearance as Number Eight on List
SAN ANTONIO -- June 27, 2008 – Rackspace® Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, announced today that IDG’s Computerworld, the “Voice of IT Management,” has selected it as number eight on their list of top workplaces for information technology (IT) professionals. This honor is part of the weekly IT publication’s 15th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey, which was published in the June 30 issue of Computerworl... |
| | | 06/16/08 | The SCOOTER Store Chooses Rackspace for Web Hosting| Scooter and Power Chair Supplier Turns to Hosting Specialist for Availability and Support
SAN ANTONIO – June 16, 2008 – Rackspace® Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, today announced an agreement to provide managed hosting services for The SCOOTER Store, America's leading supplier of scooters and power chairs for people with limited mobility.
Rackspace hosts thescooterstore.com, a key source for new business opportunities and lead referrals. Uptime is essential for The SCOOTER St... |
| | | 06/03/08 | Rackspace Hosting Expands Storage Offering with Enterprise-class Dedicated Network Attached Storage| Hosting Leader’s Expertise Ranges from Cloud-based Storage to Enterprise NAS
SAN ANTONIO – June 3, 2008 – Rackspace® Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, today announced the company has expanded its storage portfolio to include dedicated network-attached storage (DNAS), a scalable and fully-supported file-based storage offering for enterprises requiring access to large storage.
Built on NetApp® FAS2000 series storage system, Rackspace DNAS comes in multiple flexible configurat... |
| | | 06/02/08 | WebsitesForHeroes.com Chooses Rackspace Hosting for Reliable Communication among U.S. Troops and Families | Fanatical Support Helps Ensure 24/7 Availability of Family Websites
SAN ANTONIO – June 2, 2008 – Rackspace® Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, today announced an agreement to provide hosting services to Caliber Media Group’s WebsitesForHeroes.com, an organization founded by Caliber’s CEO Terry Gniffke and The Family Post’s CEO Mike Sawtell to provide safe interactive websites for deployed military heroes to stay connected with their families.
Under the agreement, Rackspace i... |
| | | 05/29/08 | Rackspace Adds to Self Service Product Portfolio | Self-Service Application allows all Rackspace Customers the Ability to Adjust Firewall Security Settings
SAN ANTONIO – May 29, 2008 – Rackspace® Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, today announced the release of its enhanced Firewall Control Panel (FWCP), yet another addition to its portfolio of self-service capabilities. The FWCP provides customers running a Rackspace managed firewall the ability to easily and efficiently control their environment’s security measures and configurat... |
| | | 05/12/08 | Rackspace Hosting Wins Midsize Enterprise Summit’s “Best Mid Market Service” Innovation Award| SAN ANTONIO – May 12, 2008 – Rackspace® Hosting, a leading hosting services provider, today announced the company has been named the winner of Midsize Enterprise Summit’s Mid Market Innovation Awards in the “Best Mid Market Services” category. Rackspace was recognized in the services category by a vote of the 300-plus attending IT decision makers at the invitation-only event.
Rackspace was honored for its commitment to Fanatical Support® through its breadth of hosting services including Ra... |
| | | 05/05/08 | Mosso Unveils Cloud Storage Service| Rackspace Division Ramps Cloud Momentum with Scalable API-Accessible Storage
SAN ANTONIO – May 5, 2008 – Rackspace® Hosting’s Mosso®, the company’s cloud hosting division, today announced plans to launch a new Internet-based storage offering, CloudFS™, that will let developers store any amount of data on the Web more easily and reliably than ever before. CloudFS joins Mosso’s flagship service, The Hosting Cloud™, and complements Rackspace’s comprehensive suite of hosting products including i... |
| | | 04/25/08 | Rackspace Hosting Files Registration Statement | Rackspace Hosting Files Registration Statement
SAN ANTONIO — April 25, 2008 — Rackspace, Inc. (Rackspace® Hosting) today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The shares in the offering will be offered by Rackspace Hosting and certain selling stockholders. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not been... |
| | | 04/14/08 | Rackspace Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in 2008 North American Web Hosting Magic Quadrant| SAN ANTONIO – April 14, 2008 – Rackspace® today announced that the company was positioned in the "Leaders" Quadrant in Gartner Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for North American Web Hosting published April 10, 2008 and authored by Gartner analysts Ted Chamberlin and Lydia Leong.
"We think our position in the Leaders Quadrant is proof that customers believe in our consultative approach to managed hosting and the value they receive through Fanatical Support®,” said Lanham Napier, president and CEO, Racks... |
| | | 03/31/08 | Rackspace Appoints Chief Financial Officer| Former Telecommunications Executive Brings Experience and Insight to the Home of Fanatical Support
SAN ANTONIO – Mar. 31, 2008 – Rackspace®, a leading global provider of hosted IT services, today announced the company has expanded its leadership team, naming Bruce Knooihuizen as chief financial officer. Knooihuizen joins Rackspace after 11 years with Dobson Communications Corporations in Oklahoma City where he was the executive vice president and CFO of the $1.4 billion rural and suburban wir... |
| | | 03/24/08 | Rackspace Adds to Leadership Team| IT Hosting Specialist Hires Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Chief Security Officer
SAN ANTONIO – Mar. 24, 2008 – Rackspace®, a leading global provider of hosted IT services, today announced the addition of two new executives to the company’s management team.
David Belle-Isle joins Rackspace as senior vice president of Human Resources. Belle-Isle has more than 30 years of human resources experience, leadership development, and Net Promoter experience, the last seven with Intuit, I... |
| | | 02/27/08 | Rackspace Launches Hosting Services and Solutions for Windows Server 2008 | Rackspace Offers New Operating System to Hosting Customers as Part of the Official Windows Server 2008 Launch
SAN ANTONIO – February 27, 2008 – Rackspace®, a leading provider of hosted IT services, today announced it will begin offering Windows Server 2008 with an enhanced set of flexibility, security, reliability and management features suited for customers’ IT hosting needs. As Microsoft’s 2007 “Hosting Provider of the Year”, Rackspace has worked with Microsoft on the launch for more than... |
| | | 02/18/08 | Rackspace to Host 3PL Central Web Applications| IT Hosting Specialist Provides Infrastructure for Software-as-a-Service 3PL Software Provider
SAN ANTONIO – Feb. 18, 2008 – Rackspace®, a leading global provider of hosted IT services, today announced they will provide hosting services to 3PL Central, a provider of on-demand third-party logistics (3PL) software, to provide managed hosting for 3PL Central’s critical on-demand Warehouse Management System (WMS) application designed to provide small to mid-size warehouse operators with enterprise... |
| | | 02/15/08 | Rackspace Named a Top Place to Work in Texas| IT Hosting Specialist Ranked as Tenth Best Large Business in Texas
SAN ANTONIO – Feb. 15, 2008 – Rackspace® announced today the company has been ranked 10th in the category of Large Companies on the 2008 Best Companies to Work for in Texas list by Texas Monthly, the Texas Association of Business and The Society for Human Resource Management - Texas State Council. The program is in its third year and Rackspace has been featured all three years, steadily rising on the list.
“Rackspace’s mis... |
| | | 02/11/08 | Rackspace and SolutionSet Benefit From Solution Partner Agreement, Future Co-Marketing Activities| IT Hosting Specialist to Provide SolutionSet Customers with Managed Infrastructure
SAN ANTONIO – Feb. 11, 2008 – Rackspace®, a leading global provider of hosted IT services, and SolutionSet, the Brand Technology Company, today announced that they had entered into an agreement that is designed to add mutual value by providing access to Rackspace’s solid infrastructure for SolutionSet’s current clients and an increased targeted exposure and reputation for both companies through co-marketing act... |
| | | 01/23/08 | Rackspace Named to FORTUNE 2008 List of “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America| Service Company Serves Employees First
SAN ANTONIO – January 23, 2008 – Rackspace®, a leading provider of hosted IT services, announced today the company has been ranked 32 on FORTUNE’S® 11th annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list. As a first-time applicant for the award, Rackspace was honored among more than 400 entrants nation-wide for the company’s dedication to employee recognition, empowerment, communication, and development and training.
“At Rackspace, we consider ourselves a... |
| | | 01/22/08 | Webmail.us Changes Brand Name to Mailtrust|
Product Offering Furthers Company's Brand as the Trusted
Business-Class Email Specialist
Blacksburg, Va. — Jan. 22, 2008 — Webmail.us, LLC, a leading business-class email hosting specialist and the mail division of Rackspace®, today announced its corporate brand change from "Webmail" to "Mailtrust™" - a move that further emphasizes the company’s commitment to providing trusted business-class email hosting for more than 85,000 businesses worldwide.
The choice of the Mailtrust brand i... |
| | | 01/22/08 | Rackspace Adds Virtualization to IT Hosting Portfolio|
Rackspace Focus on Hosted IT Solutions Transforms Traditional IT functions into Consumable Services via the Web
SAN ANTONIO – January 22, 2008 – Rackspace®, a leading provider of hosted IT services, today announced its virtualization initiative, starting with the enterprise-class support of dedicated virtualized servers. Virtualization is the newest service offering signaling Rackspace’s shift to IT hosting, transforming traditional IT functions into consumable services via the web. As more... |
| | | 01/22/08 | Rackspace Strategy Shift Unveils New Corporate Identity | Rackspace Emphasizes Brand’s Focus on Delivering Hosted IT Services with Fanatical Support
SAN ANTONIO – January 22, 2008 – Rackspace® today announced its new corporate identity reflecting its shift into IT hosting, transforming traditional IT functions into consumable services via the web. As more enterprises transition from purchasing in-house computing assets to leveraging service providers, Rackspace now offers a suite of hosted IT services that are more reliable and provide better value,... |
| | | 01/17/08 | Rackspace Announces FANATI Award for Outstanding Customer Service, Names Websketching the Winner|
Website Design Firm Receives the 2007 Award as the Rackspace Customer who Best Demonstrates Exceptional Customer Service
SAN ANTONIO — Jan. 17, 2008 — Rackspace® Managed Hosting today announced the inaugural FANATI™ Award for Outstanding Customer Service to honor the one customer that has best demonstrated excellence when it comes to customer service. Rackspace is pleased to announce Websketching, a leading website design firm for small to medium-sized businesses, as the 2007 winner.
As ... |
| | | 12/10/07 | Cypress Chooses Rackspace for Managed Hosting|
Silicon Valley Semiconductor Company Extends Stability and Reliability
As It Deploys New Website and Downloadable Software
SAN ANTONIO – Dec. 10, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced that they had entered into an agreement to host the website infrastructure of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY). Cypress has recently redesigned www.cypress.com to provide customers with faster access to product information and softw... |
| | | 10/01/07 | Rackspace Acquires Email Hosting Specialist Webmail.us |
Acquisition Strengthens Rackspace IT Hosting Portfolio
SAN ANTONIO — Oct. 1, 2007 — Rackspace® Managed Hosting today announced that it has acquired Webmail.us, the largest provider of business class email hosting with more than 600,000 business mailboxes under management. Together, Rackspace and Webmail.us will focus on providing a comprehensive mail platform and related services to companies of all sizes.
Rackspace’s acquisition of Webmail.us highlights the company’s investment to tra... |
| | | 09/24/07 | Rackspace Survey Reveals Customers Will Pay Green for Green|
Green Movement Making Significant Traction with Hosting Customers
SAN ANTONIO — Sept. 24, 2007 — Environmental responsibility is a growing concern for hosting customers, according to a recent survey conducted by IT hosting specialist Rackspace® Managed Hosting. According to the survey, 62 percent of respondents are concerned and either looking for ways to reduce the impact their company has on the environment or actively addressing the issue. The survey results showed that many customer... |
| | | 09/10/07 | Rackspace to Offer New, Energy Efficient Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor|
Industry’s First Native Quad-Core Processors Designed to Improve Server Performance While Helping Lower Power Usage
SAN ANTONIO — Sept. 10, 2007 — Rackspace® Managed Hosting, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced it will begin offering the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor to its U.S. customer base. Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors continue AMD’s tradition of energy efficiency, performance and virtualization leadership and are designed for a seamless u... |
| | | 08/13/07 | Rackspace Survey Reveals Hosting Customers Believe Virtualization is Ready for Mission-critical Applications|
Performance and Security Fears Leave Hosting Customers Unwilling to Share Physical Server with Other Virtualization Customers
SAN ANTONIO — Aug. 13, 2007 — Virtualization is ready to support mission-critical applications, according to a recent customer survey conducted by managed hosting provider Rackspace® Managed Hosting. The survey revealed that 57 percent of respondents are already using virtualization for internal applications, and 72 percent of respondents are comfortable hosting mi... |
| | | 07/23/07 | Rackspace Expands Executive Team |
Hosting Specialist Hires New Vice Presidents of Information Technology and Talent Development
SAN ANTONIO – July 23, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting today announced the addition of two new executives to the company’s team. Kiprian Miles comes to Rackspace from Golfsmith International where he spent the past five years as vice president and chief information officer. Miles will become Rackspace’s new vice president of information technology. Miles graduated from the University of Michigan-... |
| | | 07/17/07 | Rackspace Managed Hosting Named 2007 Worldwide Hosting Service Provider of the Year by Microsoft|
Hosting Specialist Earns Third Partner of the Year Award in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Hosting Solutions
SAN ANTONIO — July 17, 2007— Rackspace® Managed Hosting today announced it has been recognized by Microsoft as its 2007 Worldwide Hosting Service Provider of the Year. The Partner of the Year Award in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Hosting Solutions, recognizes the top Microsoft partner delivering market-leading, Microsoft-based solutions. The award was announced July 11 in D... |
| | | 07/16/07 | Rackspace Names New Leadership to Executive Team|
Hosting Specialist Promotes From Within and Reaches Outside for Proven Leadership
SAN ANTONIO – July 16, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting today announced the addition of two new executives to the company’s team. Frederick Mendler was named vice president of Fanatical Support™ for the company’s Managed Hosting division. Mendler has been with Rackspace for more than four years and most recently held the title director of Fanatical Support. The company also brought in Klee Kleber to serve as ... |
| | | 06/26/07 | Babble Soft Looks to Rackspace for Managed Hosting|
Managed Hosting Specialist to Support Website Infrastructure That Helps Make New Parents' Lives Easier
SAN ANTONIO – June 26, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced an agreement with Babble Soft, a leading supplier of software solutions in the baby market.
Babble Soft’s Baby Manager Web and mobi... |
| | | 06/25/07 | Rackspace to Host FunnyorDie.com|
Funny Website Relies on Serious Hosting Infrastructure
SAN ANTONIO – June 25, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced an agreement to provide managed web hosting for FunnyorDie.com, the new comedy video website created by actor Will Ferrell and co-producer Adam McKay’s company Gary Sanchez Productions.
Launched only two months ago, FunnyorDie.com, the funniest place on the web, has had over 13 million unique visitors, int... |
| | | 06/20/07 | Rackspace’s Global Messaging Portfolio Surpasses 100,000 Users |
Managed Microsoft Exchange from Rackspace is Fastest-Growing Product in Suite of Email Solutions
SAN ANTONIO – June 20, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting, a recognized leader in the global managed hosting market, today announced a milestone of more than 100,000 users of the company’s suite of mail and messaging solutions. In response to customer demand, Rackspace offers a comprehensive email portfolio with four of the best messaging solutions in the industry – one to fit every customer ne... |
| | | 06/15/07 | Rackspace Recognized As Best Customer Service Organization by American Business Awards|
Fanatical Support Honored with Second Stevie Award
SAN ANTONIO – June 15, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced the company won its second Stevie® Award for Best Customer Service Organization by The American Business Awards. Rackspace was previously named Best Customer Service Organization by The American Business Awards in 2005 and was recognized this year in the Computer Services category for the company’s continued co... |
| | | 06/04/07 | Rackspace Executives Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year|
Entrepreneurial Spirit Builds Service-focused Technology Company
SAN ANTONIO – June 4, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced the company’s founders and top executive were named Entrepreneur of the Year® by Ernst & Young LLP. Lanham Napier, president and CEO; Graham Weston, executive chairman; Patrick Condon, co-founder; and Dirk Elmendorf, co-founder, were honored by the professional services firm for their demonstration... |
| | | 05/29/07 | San Antonio Food Bank Relies on Rackspace to Help Fight Hunger in Southwest Texas|
Non-Profit Organization Moves to Hosting Specialist After Significant Downtime with Previous Provider
SAN ANTONIO – May 29, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced an agreement with the San Antonio Food Bank. Ranked eighth in the nation among America’s Second Harvest Food Banks based on pounds distributed, the San Antonio Food Bank tapped Rackspace to host its website and critical online applications in support of its missio... |
| | | 04/16/07 | Rackspace Introduces Short-term Hosting for Online Advertising |
Flexible, Cost-effective IT Infrastructure Supports Web Projects for Advertisers, Marketers and Graphic Designers
SAN ANTONIO – Apr. 16, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced the launch of Short-term Hosting, an on-demand hosting service designed to meet the growing need for short-term, campaign-based websites. Rackspace Short-term Hosting is primarily targeted at marketing, advertising and graphic design agencies where cam... |
| | | 03/12/07 | Rackspace Survey Reveals SaaS Customers Demand Application Availability, but Few Understand Their Uptime Guarantees |
SaaS Buyers Should Make Infrastructure a Major Focus in the Purchasing Process
SAN ANTONIO — Mar. 12, 2007 — According to a recent customer survey conducted by managed Web hosting provider Rackspace Managed Hosting, nearly 36 percent of responding SaaS customers do not know the uptime guarantees provided in the SaaS vendor Service Level Agreement (SLA), although security, application uptime and network connectivity are among their top technical concerns. The survey also concludes that 4... |
| | | 02/26/07 | Rackspace Managed Hosting Introduces Enhancements to Partner Network|
New Partner Model Supports System Integrators, Advertising and Media Agencies, Consulting Firms and Web Developers and Designers with Solid Web Infrastructure and Referral Benefits
SAN ANTONIO – Feb. 26, 2007 – Rackspace Managed Hosting™, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced enhancements to its Partner Network for all industries including System Integrators, Advertising and Media Agencies, Consulting Firms, and Web Developers and Designers. The Partner Net... |
| | | 01/29/07 | Rackspace Names New Vice President of Customer Care|
Industry Veteran Joins Hosting Specialist to Continue Evolution of Fanatical Support
SAN ANTONIO – Jan. 29, 2007 – Rackspace Managed Hosting™ today announced the company has named Troy Toman to vice president of customer care of the company’s Intensive™ Hosting division. Toman comes to Rackspace with more than 18 years of customer service, computer infrastructure, product development and marketing experience. In his new role at Rackspace, Toman will be responsible for the company’s enterp... |
| | | 01/16/07 | Thermon Manufacturing Company Selects Rackspace for Managed Hosting|
Heat Tracing Specialist Relies on Managed Hosting Expertise to Support Internal Systems
SAN ANTONIO – Jan. 16, 2007 – Rackspace Managed Hosting™, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced an agreement with Thermon Manufacturing Company, an industry leader in the specialized field of heat tracing technology. Thermon utilizes Rackspace’s Intensive Hosting to support the company’s back-end IT infrastructure in an effort to globally centralize all internal data and ... |
| | | 01/08/07 | Rackspace Adds Mobile Access to Customer Portal|
MyRackspace Customer Portal Furthers Fanatical Support Through Convenient Customer Communication and Enhanced Infrastructure Management
SAN ANTONIO – January 8, 2007 – Rackspace® Managed Hosting, a leading provider of IT hosting services, today announced new enhancements to the company’s MyRackspace® customer portal including mobile access to provide more convenient choices in receiving secure information about customers’ hosted infrastructure. Recognizing that customers are often away fr... |
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