Rackspace Named 2012 Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year
1. Rackspace Named 2012 Microsoft Hosting Partner Of The Year
Filed in Partner & Customer Updates by Christopher Rajiah | June 25, 2012 12:00 pm
Rackspace has been named the 2012 Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year, an award that recognizes managed, cloud and hybrid hosting. This
marks the fourth time Rackspace has captured this rousing honor.
It’s incredibly exciting to be selected for this award. Rackspace was chosen from more than 3,000 global Microsoft partners who applied. We
will accept in front of a crowd of 20,000 during Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference[1] next month in Toronto.
Since the last time we won this prestigious award, we’ve been very busy…we’ve gone public; we’ve been recognized as a cloud leader in
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant[2]; and we’ve built ourselves into a formidable cloud computing player. Meanwhile, we’ve deepened our Microsoft
bench across the board through delivering product and services to market while bringing on thousands, yes thousands, of Rackers.
Being recognized as Microsoft’s 2012 Hosting Partner of the Year highlights our commitment to delivering cutting edge products and services
built on Microsoft technologies that improve and ease our mutual customers’ businesses. Solutions like hosted and dedicated Exchange and
SharePoint, Windows and SQL in the Rackspace Cloud and SQL 2012 show off our Microsoft acumen. Our portfolio of Microsoft offerings
also defines partnership. Best part….it’s all backed by our award winning Fanatical Support.
This achievement recognizes Rackspace for demonstrating solution innovations and exemplary commitment to engaging with Microsoft. We
have focused on hosted solutions for customers’ business challenges, identified new market opportunities and along with Microsoft, used
technology innovation to address customer needs. In addition, we’ve allowed our partners to leverage our innovation as the partner community
becomes a more integral part of Rackspace and its business.
We’re now in a unique position in the market. We’re reaching massive scale across Microsoft’s server platforms and applications which fortifies
Rackspace’s position as a stalwart partner that is building multiple successful businesses atop Microsoft technologies and giving customers a
world class cloud computing and Fanatical Support experience.
We’re committed to Microsoft and we’re committed to our partner communities. And those commitments are stronger than ever – we’re not
stopping now…
Endnotes:
1. Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference: https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40018508
2. a cloud leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant: http://www.rackspace.com/blog/rackspace-is-positioned-as-a-leader-in-the-gartner-magic-
quadrant-for-managed-hosting/
![Rackspace Named 2012 Microsoft Hosting Partner Of The Year
Filed in Partner & Customer Updates by Christopher Rajiah | June 25, 2012 12:00 pm
Rackspace has been named the 2012 Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year, an award that recognizes managed, cloud and hybrid hosting. This
marks the fourth time Rackspace has captured this rousing honor.
It’s incredibly exciting to be selected for this award. Rackspace was chosen from more than 3,000 global Microsoft partners who applied. We
will accept in front of a crowd of 20,000 during Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference[1] next month in Toronto.
Since the last time we won this prestigious award, we’ve been very busy…we’ve gone public; we’ve been recognized as a cloud leader in
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant[2]; and we’ve built ourselves into a formidable cloud computing player. Meanwhile, we’ve deepened our Microsoft
bench across the board through delivering product and services to market while bringing on thousands, yes thousands, of Rackers.
Being recognized as Microsoft’s 2012 Hosting Partner of the Year highlights our commitment to delivering cutting edge products and services
built on Microsoft technologies that improve and ease our mutual customers’ businesses. Solutions like hosted and dedicated Exchange and
SharePoint, Windows and SQL in the Rackspace Cloud and SQL 2012 show off our Microsoft acumen. Our portfolio of Microsoft offerings
also defines partnership. Best part….it’s all backed by our award winning Fanatical Support.
This achievement recognizes Rackspace for demonstrating solution innovations and exemplary commitment to engaging with Microsoft. We
have focused on hosted solutions for customers’ business challenges, identified new market opportunities and along with Microsoft, used
technology innovation to address customer needs. In addition, we’ve allowed our partners to leverage our innovation as the partner community
becomes a more integral part of Rackspace and its business.
We’re now in a unique position in the market. We’re reaching massive scale across Microsoft’s server platforms and applications which fortifies
Rackspace’s position as a stalwart partner that is building multiple successful businesses atop Microsoft technologies and giving customers a
world class cloud computing and Fanatical Support experience.
We’re committed to Microsoft and we’re committed to our partner communities. And those commitments are stronger than ever – we’re not
stopping now…
Endnotes:
1. Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference: https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40018508
2. a cloud leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant: http://www.rackspace.com/blog/rackspace-is-positioned-as-a-leader-in-the-gartner-magic-
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