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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.<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 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>