Partnerships

Rackspace is one of only six Application Infrastructure Providers (AIPs) in the world to receive the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner accreditation. This top-tier designation recognizes Rackspace's expertise in Microsoft hosting, having passed numerous and rigorous evaluations by certified, independent auditors. The auditors determined that we deliver the highest level of fully managed services available on the Microsoft platform, meeting eligibility qualifications, proven service benchmarks, and operational readiness benchmarks.

The certification fosters a close partnership with Microsoft, allowing us to collaborate on the best solutions, tools, and procedures for delivering the hosting environment for our customers. It gives decision-makers Microsoft's assurance that Rackspace is an industry leader in its own right. And the certification also means that we receive access to emerging Microsoft products and technologies while they are still in development, allowing us to work with clients on platform upgrades and technology testing months before public release.

Rackspace is a part of the BlackBerry Alliance program, which allows us access to industry-leading resources in development and technology for BlackBerry solutions. Research In Motion (RIM) is a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services, and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world.

Certifications

Safe Harbor certifies that Mailtrust provides "adequate" privacy protection by the standard of the European Commission's Directive on Data Protection. For Rackspace and you, it means that data can flow unhindered in and out of European Union (EU) countries, saving time and money by removing the obstacles encountered by non-Safe-Harbor-Certified providers.

With more than 80 Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCEs), Rackspace officially employs more RHCEs than any other hosting company in the world.

More than 100 Rackspace employees have earned the title of Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). And of those 100, several have earned additional Microsoft certifications, including MCSA, MCSE, MCDBA, MCT, MCDST.

A multitude of Cisco Certifications, as well as other third party certifications, attests to the expertise of our network professionals. Their certifications include: CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CCDA, CCDP, CCIP, CCSP, RHCE, LP11, LP12, A+, Server+, RHCT, MCSE, MCSA, MCP, Network+ and Linux+.

Awards

Last year we once again receive the honor of being named the Microsoft Provider of the Year. That now makes the third time we've been awarded the distinction for our Microsoft expertise. More than 300 judges considered well over 1,800 service provider entries from all over the world determined the winner. As Microsoft's Director of Worldwide Hosting notes, "Rackspace ... has demonstrated its talent and expertise year after year, raising the bar in the design and deployment of customer solutions built on Microsoft technologies."

Rackspace won its second Stevie®Award for "Best Customer Service Organization" by The American Business Awards for the company's continued commitment to becoming one of the world's greatest service companies. Rackspace was previously named Best Customer Service Organization by The American Business Awards in 2005.

Mailtrust (formerly Webmail.us) was named the 217th fastest-growing, privately held company in America by Inc. Magazine before being acquired by Rackspace. "If you want to find out which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500," said Inc. editor Jane Berentson. "These are the most innovative, dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, the ones coming up with solutions to some of our most intractable ills, creating systems that let us conduct business faster and easier, and manufacturing products we soon discover we can't live without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. magazine's tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition."

Fortune Magazine ranked Rackspace #32 on the magazine's 11th annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list. This recognition is based on employee feedback regarding management's credibility, personal job satisfaction, and coworker camaraderie, as well as the company's pay and benefit programs, hiring practices, internal communications, training, recognition programs, and diversity efforts.

Computerworld ranked Rackspace #8 on its 13th annual "100 Best Places to Work in IT" rankings, which recognizes the top companies in the United States that offer their IT staff a challenging and satisfying work environment.