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Rackspace Names Chief Marketing Officer

Rackspace Names Chief Marketing Officer Cloud computing company selects Suaad Sait as its first-ever CMO SAN ANTONIO – January 11, 2012— Rackspace Hosting®, the service leader in cloud computing, today announced that Suaad Sait has been named Chief Marketing Officer. In the newly created role, Sait will overseeglobal marketing. “Having worked in the technology industry [...]

FORTUNE Magazine Names Rackspace Among “100 Best Companies to Work For”

At Rackspace, Rackers make Cloud computing easy for businesses of all sizes by providing them with Fanatical Support®. Expert technicians are available to customers 24/7, by phone, email, or chat. In aseparate examination, FORTUNE ranked Rackspace 75 on the “Big Pay” List for industry-leading Linux Administrator pay, and for rewarding employees with stock options, a share of quarterly profits, and a 401(k) match of up to 6 percent of pay.

Rackspace Promotes Lew Moorman to President

SAN ANTONIO – Dec. 8, 2011 — Rackspace HostingÒ today announced the promotion of Lew Moorman to President, effective immediately. Moorman, 41, will continue to report to Lanham Napier. With the promotion, Moorman will assume the title of President and Napier will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer. Previously Moorman was President, Cloud and [...]

Rackspace Opens the Power of Hybrid Computing to More Customers Globally

RackConnect™ Speeds the Adoption of Cloud Services Across the Board SAN ANTONIO, November 8, 2011 – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE – RAX), the service leader in cloud computing, today unveiled several enhancements to its RackConnect™ service, which offers unified integration of the Rackspace Cloud and dedicated hosting in a hybrid environment. RackConnect is designed for customers [...]

Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition Bringing OpenStack with Fanatical Support to Datacenters Worldwide

Ecosystem of Certified Deployment and Technology Partners Deploying Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition Using the Reference Architecture That Rackspace Published Today in Its Continued Commitment to Share Best Practices and Drive the Industry Forward SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Enterprise IT departments can now realize the benefits of Rackspace(r) Cloud in their own datacenters with Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition, [...]

Rackspace Joins EMC Velocity Service Provider Partner Program

Relationship to Broaden IT Buyers’ Access to Cloud-Based Services SAN ANTONIO – November 2, 2011 – Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the service leader in cloud computing, today announced it willexpand its relationship with EMC by joining the EMC Velocity™ Service Provider Program to develop new cloud-based service offerings. The two companies have collaborated since 2001 [...]

Rackspace’s Cloud Share

"I think right now number one obstacle is understanding how to use it. as we said earlier, these are early days, so companies need to get more familiar with the capability and usage pattern of the cloud. as we educate the marketplace on this, i think you'll continue to see adoption accelerate."

Rackspace CEO Sees ‘Cloud’ Revolution For Decade

IBD: What are a couple of specific services or technologies that help you stand out from the crowd? Napier: We are focused on applications that run on the Web. For a company that is trying to resolve issues through IT (information technology), the job might take weeks. But if you are a customer at Rackspace, you can log into the control panel and employ a server in 60 seconds.

Rackspace CEO on Cloud Competition with Amazon

Lanham Napier, chief executive officer of Rackspace Hosting Inc., talks about the company's business of hosting websites and applications on servers around the world, the growth of its cloud services and competition with Amazon.com Inc.

Rackspace Hosting Earns a Spot on 2011 InformationWeek 500 List of Top Technology Innovators Across America

Company's Automation IT Ticketing System Around Customer-Centric Business Model Earns A Spot in Top 250