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==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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rackspace wikipedia]</ref> today the company 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]] 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>
* 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 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>
==Awards==
==Awards==
Rackspace has received number of industry awards for its Fanatical Support(TM). Some of them are:
* 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>