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| keypeople      = [[Patrick Condon]], Co-Founder<br>

| keypeople      = [[Patrick Condon]], Co-Founder<br>

[[Grahm Weston]], Chairman<br>

[[Grahm Weston]], Chairman<br>

[[Mark Roenigk]], COO<br>

[[Mark Roenigk]], COO<br>

[[John Eitel]],Director of Enterprise Sales<br>

[[John Eitel]],Director of Enterprise Sales<br>

[[George J. Still, Jr.]], Board of Directors

[[George J. Still, Jr.]], Board of Directors

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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.<ref>[http://www.hastened.net/Area_codes_in_Germany/blogs.htm hastened]</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>

 

 

==History==

==History==

[[Richard Yoo]], [[Dirk Elmendorf]] and [[Patrick Condon]] considering the needs of hosting solutions for users, started Rackspace in back in 1998. The company got fame in very short time and received funding from [[Norwest Venture Partners]] and [[Sequoia Capital]] in 2000.<ref>[http://www.nvp.com/Success%20Stories/Rackspace.aspx nvp]</ref> Today it has more than 70,000 customers in more than 40 countries.<ref>[http://www.hostseek.com/listing/rackspace_managed_hosting.html hostseek]</ref>

[[Richard Yoo]], [[Dirk Elmendorf]] and [[Patrick Condon]] started Rackspace in 1998 after considering the needs of hosting solutions for users. The company received recognition in a very short time, and funding from [[Norwest Venture Partners]] and [[Sequoia Capital]] in 2000.<ref>[http://www.nvp.com/Success%20Stories/Rackspace.aspx nvp]</ref> Today, it has more than 70,000 customers in more than 40 countries.<ref>[http://www.hostseek.com/listing/rackspace_managed_hosting.html hostseek]</ref>

* In 2004 Rackspace Managed Hosting implemented Internap's Flow Control Platform in their servers for better control over bandwidth costs.<ref>[http://forums.serchen.com/showthread.php?10524-Rackspace-Managed-Hosting-Chooses-Internap-s-Flow-Control-Platform-FCP-for-IP-Connectivity-FCP-5000-Devices-Installed-in-Texas-and-Virginia serchen]</ref>

* In 2004, Rackspace Managed Hosting implemented Internap's Flow Control Platform in their servers for better control over bandwidth costs.<ref>[http://forums.serchen.com/showthread.php?10524-Rackspace-Managed-Hosting-Chooses-Internap-s-Flow-Control-Platform-FCP-for-IP-Connectivity-FCP-5000-Devices-Installed-in-Texas-and-Virginia serchen]</ref>

* Rackspace  partnershipped with Emic-an application clustering solutions provider for open source computing in June 2005.<ref>[http://www.a1hosts.com/news-107.html a1hosts]</ref>

* Rackspace  partnered with Emic, an application clustering solutions provider for open source computing, in June, 2005.<ref>[http://www.a1hosts.com/news-107.html a1hosts]</ref>

* Rackspace selected Ipswitch’s IMail™ Server Secure as the basis for expanding their managed email server in 2007.<ref>[http://www.ipswitch.com/_company/press_releases/070108_rackspace.asp ipswitch]</ref>

* Rackspace selected Ipswitch’s IMail™ Server Secure as the basis for expanding their managed email server in 2007.<ref>[http://www.ipswitch.com/_company/press_releases/070108_rackspace.asp ipswitch]</ref>

==Performance==

==Performance==

Rackspace is one of the largest and leading web host. It claims 100% uptime guarantee. With a few exceptions in June,<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/06/29/yes-rackspace-is-down-and-so-are-many-of-your-favorite-sites/ techcrunch]</ref> July,<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/someone-needs-to-stop-tripping-over-the-power-cord-at-rackspace/ techcrunch]</ref> November<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/02/large-scale-downtime-at-rackspace-cloud/ techcrunch]</ref> and December<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/18/rackspace-down/ techcrunch]</ref> of 2009 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 web hosts. It claims 100% uptime guarantee. With few exceptions in June,<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/06/29/yes-rackspace-is-down-and-so-are-many-of-your-favorite-sites/ techcrunch]</ref> July,<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/someone-needs-to-stop-tripping-over-the-power-cord-at-rackspace/ techcrunch]</ref> November<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/02/large-scale-downtime-at-rackspace-cloud/ techcrunch]</ref> and December<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/18/rackspace-down/ techcrunch]</ref> of 2009 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.

The company has partnerships with 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.

Until 2008 Rackspace owned two offices in Uxbridge and Middlesex, and rented four data centres in London. Rackspace Benelux opened its offices in Amsterdam 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 2006.<ref>[http://rackertalent.com/rackers/gday-from-australia/ rackertalent]</ref>

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

==Certifications==

==Certifications==

Rackspace has following certifications:

Rackspace has the following certifications:

* Microsoft Gold-Certified Hosting Partner.

* Microsoft Gold-Certified Hosting Partner.

* Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year — 2003, 2005, 2007.

* Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year — 2003, 2005, 2007.

* Strategic Dell Hosting Partner for Corporate Business Accounts (CBG).

* Strategic Dell Hosting Partner for Corporate Business Accounts (CBG).

* Red Hat Advanced Hosting Partner.

* Red Hat Advanced Hosting Partner.

* MySQL Certified Hosting Partner.

* MySQL Certified Hosting Partner<ref>[http://www.hostseek.com/listing/rackspace_managed_hosting.html hostseek]</ref>

<ref>[http://www.hostseek.com/listing/rackspace_managed_hosting.html hostseek]</ref>

* Rackspace Completed SAS 70 Certification in 2005.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/rackspace-completes-sas-70-certification_0504054628.htm webhosting]</ref>

Rackspace Completed SAS 70 Certification in 2005.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/rackspace-completes-sas-70-certification_0504054628.htm webhosting]</ref>

==Awards==

==Awards==

Rackspace has received number of industry awards for its Fanatical Support(TM). Some of them are:

Rackspace has received number of industry awards, which include:

* 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>

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