Web-hosting provider Rackspace Managed Hosting has been named by software giant Microsoft as its 2007 Worldwide Hosting Service Provider of the Year.
This is the third "Partner of the Year" award Rackspace has achieved in the past six years.
The company said its most significant accomplishment as a Microsoft partner over the past year was its global launch of managed Microsoft Exchange, which gives companies of all sizes access to an on-demand and highly-available deployment of one of the world's most widely-accepted e-mail and collaboration solutions.
Rackspace claims its fully-managed service approach transforms Microsoft Exchange Server into a simple and scalable solution in which customers only pay for the mailboxes they plan to use.
"Rackspace has been a long-time hosting partner that has demonstrated its talent and expertise year after year, raising the bar in the design and deployment of customer solutions built on Microsoft technologies," says John Zanni, director of worldwide hosting at Microsoft.
"Consuming applications as a service, such as hosted Microsoft Exchange, is becoming increasingly popular among small and medium-sized businesses, so it's no surprise that managed Microsoft Exchange from Rackspace is the fastest-growing product in its suite of e-mail solutions."
The Partner of the Year Awards were announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver, Colorado.
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A recognised leader in the global managed hosting market, Rackspace Managed Hosting is a world-class service organisation delivering enterprise-level Web infrastructure and managed services to businesses of all sizes.
Serving more than 12 000 customers across six data centres worldwide, including South Africa, Rackspace integrates the industry's best technologies for each customer's need backed by a 100% network uptime guarantee. Founded in 1998, the company has received numerous awards for its brand of customer service known as Fanatical Support. Rackspace is a Microsoft Gold Partner and Microsoft Hosting Solutions Service Provider of the Year, as well as the only Red Hat certified Advanced Hosting Partner in Europe. For more information, visit www.rackspace.co.za or call (0800) 085 3973.
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