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| keypeople = [[Patrick Condon]], Co-Founder<br>
| keypeople = [[Patrick Condon]], Co-Founder<br>
[[Grahm Weston]], Chairman<br>
[[Grahm Weston]], Chairman<br>
[[Lanham Napier]], CEO<br>
[[Mark Roenigk]], COO<br>
[[Mark Roenigk]], COO<br>
[[John Eitel]],Director of Enterprise Sales<br>
[[John Eitel]],Director of Enterprise Sales<br>
==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 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==
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>
==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. 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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