Managed Hosting Specialist Named to Prestigious List of Innovators<\/p>\n
SAN ANTONIO — July 7, 2004 – Rackspace Managed Hosting, the fastest-growing managed hosting specialist, today announced it was named to the AlwaysOn (AO) Top 100 Private Companies list. AlwaysOn, an open source media company focused on technology and business innovation, and KPMG’s emerging business practice, KPMG 1Start, compiled the second-annual AO100 list. The two groups surveyed more than 1,000 venture investors, investment bankers, top entrepreneurs and executives, who nominated more than 700 companies to determine the AO100 winners. The full list can be found at www.alwayson-network.com<\/a>. “Private company innovation is incredibly strong and continues to flourish. Over 50 of last year’s AO100 companies returned to this year’s list and 50 new companies have been selected that are well positioned to significantly contribute to the second-generation of the Internet,” notes Tony Perkins, AlwaysOn founder. <\/p>\n “We are honored to be recognized by this award and in the same company of so many truly innovative and successful private companies,” said Graham Weston, CEO, Rackspace Managed Hosting. “Placement in the AO 100 is a testament to our ability to continually deliver Fanatical Support™ to our customers, enabling us to grow nearly 50 percent per year.” <\/p>\n AO100 winners will be honored at a reception on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at the AlwaysOn Innovation Summit, taking place July 13-15 at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center on the Stanford University Campus. The event will feature over 60 keynote-level speakers, 15 sessions, 30 CEO Pitches and two days of conversation about what’s driving the next wave of innovation. For more information visit: http:\/\/www.alwayson-network.com\/events\/index.php<\/p>\n About Rackspace About AlwaysOn<\/p>\n AlwaysOn (AO) is an “open source media company” dedicated to connecting global leaders and technology industry insiders whose ideas and innovations are shaping the always-on world. <\/p>\n Founded in January of 2003, AO is the first and only media brand to combine participatory journalism (blogging), with a powerful social network—the AO Zaibatsu. AO believes that individuals and businesses will increasingly use interactive media applications to “step over the head of the media” and communicate directly to customers, suppliers and employees. <\/p>\n AlwaysOn, LLC, is a privately held and virtually headquartered company born out of the heart of Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Managed Hosting Specialist Named to Prestigious List of Innovators SAN ANTONIO — July 7, 2004 – Rackspace Managed Hosting, the fastest-growing managed hosting specialist, today announced it was named to the AlwaysOn (AO) Top 100 Private Companies list. AlwaysOn, an open source media company focused on technology and business innovation, and KPMG’s emerging business practice, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riggedup.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riggedup.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riggedup.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riggedup.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riggedup.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.riggedup.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riggedup.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riggedup.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riggedup.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nAlwaysOn and KPMG 1Start, identified the 2004 AO100 companies based on their demonstrated leadership and innovation in at two key areas: market traction measured by revenue or customer growth and new approaches and technologies that are likely to cause significant change to existing markets and well-established players. <\/p>\n
\nRackspace Managed Hosting™ is the fastest growing managed hosting specialist offering the world’s only Self-Healing Network™, delivering 100 percent network availability. Founded in 1998, Rackspace offers a wide range of managed services for enterprise hosting platforms. The company has received numerous industry awards for its brand of customer service, known as Fanatical Support™, and was named in the 2003 InfoWorld 100 for technology innovation. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com, or call 800-961-2888.<\/p>\n