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'''Rackspace''' is a well known hosting company providing solutions to business environments around the globe. The company offers three basic hosting packages named managed hosting for dedicated servers, managed colocation which provides do-it-yourself environment and managed private cloud which offers protections like Rackspace firewall.<ref>[http://www.rackspace.co.uk/managed-hosting/hosting-solutions/ rackspace]</ref> Besides this they have packages for email hosting, cloud hosting and hybrid hosting.<ref>[http://www.rackspace.co.uk/rackspace-home/ rackspace]</ref> Two levels of hosting support are provided, managed with limited support and intensive with additional consultation through the company.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rackspace wikipedia]</ref>

'''Rackspace''' is a well known hosting company providing solutions to business environments around the globe. The company offers three basic hosting packages named managed hosting for dedicated servers, managed colocation which provides do-it-yourself environment and managed private cloud which offers protections like Rackspace firewall.<ref>[http://www.rackspace.co.uk/managed-hosting/hosting-solutions/ rackspace]</ref> Besides this they have packages for email hosting, cloud hosting and hybrid hosting.<ref>[http://www.rackspace.co.uk/rackspace-home/ rackspace]</ref> Two levels of hosting support are provided, managed with limited support and intensive with additional consultation through the company.<ref>[http://www.rackspace.com/managed_hosting/support/servicelevels/comparison.php rackspace]</ref>

The company provides worldwide services with offices in Australia, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Hong Kong, and data centers operating in Texas, Illinois, Virginia, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong in 2008.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rackspace wikipedia]</ref>

The company provides worldwide services with offices in Australia, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Hong Kong, and data centers operating in Texas, Illinois, Virginia, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong in 2008.<ref>[http://www.hastened.net/Area_codes_in_Germany/blogs.htm hastened]</ref>

==Performance==

==Performance==

Rackspace is one of the largest and leading web host. It claims 100% uptime guarantee. With a few exceptions<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rackspace#Downtime wikipedia]</ref> Rackspace has managed to be provide excellent hosting with dedicated servers. On January 25, 12:30 am EST the Sapphire worm – also known as Slammer and SQLExp – infected more than 120,000 computers but Rackspace was successful in saving more than 7000 servers.<ref>[http://www.arbornetworks.com/equipped-with-arbor-networks-peakflow-rackspace-managed-hosting-staves-off-sql-worm.html arbornetworks]</ref>  

Rackspace is one of the largest and leading web host. It claims 100% uptime guarantee. With a few exceptions in 2009<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/06/29/yes-rackspace-is-down-and-so-are-many-of-your-favorite-sites/ techcrunch]</ref><ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/someone-needs-to-stop-tripping-over-the-power-cord-at-rackspace/ techcrunch]</ref><ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/02/large-scale-downtime-at-rackspace-cloud/ techcrunch]</ref><ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/18/rackspace-down/ techcrunch]</ref> Rackspace has managed to be provide excellent hosting with dedicated servers. On January 25, 12:30 am EST the Sapphire worm – also known as Slammer and SQLExp – infected more than 120,000 computers but Rackspace was successful in saving more than 7000 servers.<ref>[http://www.arbornetworks.com/equipped-with-arbor-networks-peakflow-rackspace-managed-hosting-staves-off-sql-worm.html arbornetworks]</ref>  

The company is proud to have many high profiles and partnerships with them which include OnSpeed, Confused.com, The Army, Vue, Renault, online publication The Register, Huddle, Funny or Die, Metacafe, Suicide Girls,DriverGuide.com, and net connect.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rackspace wikipedia]</ref>

The company is proud to have many high profiles and partnerships with them which include OnSpeed, Confused.com, The Army, Vue, Renault, online publication The Register, Huddle, Funny or Die, Metacafe, Suicide Girls,DriverGuide.com, and net connect.

==Data Centres==

==Data Centres==

Till 2008 Rackspace owned two offices in Uxbridge and Middlesex and rented four data centres in London. Rackspace Benelux in Amsterdam opened its offices in October 2007. It has won several high-profile customers such as LogicaCMG, Exact Software and CapGemini.

Till 2008 Rackspace owned two offices in Uxbridge and Middlesex and rented four data centres in London. Rackspace Benelux in Amsterdam opened its offices in October 2007. It has won several high-profile customers such as LogicaCMG, Exact Software and CapGemini.

Rackspace Australia in Sydney opened its offices in March 2009.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rackspace wikipedia]</ref>

Rackspace Australia in Sydney opened its offices in March 2006.<ref>[http://rackertalent.com/rackers/gday-from-australia/ rackertalent]</ref>

==Certifications==

==Certifications==

* 2005 Stevie award winner.

* 2005 Stevie award winner.

* 2006 finalist for “Best Customer Service Organization”.<ref>[http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_2107_13978.cfm stevieawards]</ref>

* 2006 finalist for “Best Customer Service Organization”.<ref>[http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_2107_13978.cfm stevieawards]</ref>

* Rackspace UK has appeared in The Sunday Times best companies awards 2007, and was in the top 50 UK workplaces as seen in the Financial Times.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rackspace wikipedia]</ref>

* Rackspace UK has appeared in The Sunday Times best companies awards 2007,<ref>[http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=28891 webberscorner]</ref> and was in the top 50 UK workplaces as seen in the Financial Times.<ref>[http://www.prweb.com/releases/Rackspace/best-places-to-work-UK/prweb4162924.htm prweb]</ref>

* The company was numbered 32 in top 100 companies in 2008, according to CNN Money.<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/snapshots/32.html cnn]</ref>

* The company was numbered 32 in top 100 companies in 2008, according to CNN Money.<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/snapshots/32.html cnn]</ref>