Rackspace says voters participating in the awards recognized the company for its wide selection of customizable database-hosting configurations and its quality in the SQL Server market.

"The SQL Server Magazine Readers' Choice Awards were started as a way for readers to choose and recommend the best technology products in the industry," says Michele Crockett, associate publisher of SQL Server Magazine. "The awards program gives readers the opportunity to voice their opinions and for leading technology companies to receive the recognition they deserve."

Readers were asked to vote on their product preferences in the categories of business intelligence products, development tools, disaster prevention and recovery, hardware, security, storage, training and certification and SQL Server management.