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[[George J. Still, Jr.]], Board of Directors
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'''Rackspace''' is a well known hosting company, providing hosting solutions to businesses around the globe. The company offers three basic hosting packages: managed hosting for dedicated servers, managed colocation in a 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.<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.<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]] 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>
* 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>
* 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 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>
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 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 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 following certifications:
<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 for its Fanatical Support. Some of them are: