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Q&A: Rackspace’s Suaad Sait Discusses His New Role as Chief Marketing Officer

January 20, 2012 — Earlier this month, cloud and web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting appointed Suaad Sait in the company’s newly created position of chief marketing officer. Suaad is a technology marketing veteran of more than 20 years, serving in various marketing roles at Reachforce, Pervasive, Ventix, Liaison Technology and DAZEL.

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FORTUNE Survey Says Web Host Rackspace Among Top 100 US Workplaces

January 19, 2012 — Web hosting provider Rackspace has ranked 74 out of 100 on FORTUNE magazine’s annual list of the best companies to work for in the US. Rackspace has made the list in four of the past five years, according to the press release. The list will appear in the February 6 issue of FORTUNE and on fortune.com.

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Web Host Rackspace Names Chief Marketing Officer

January 11, 2012 — Rackspace Hosting announced on Wednesday it has named Suaad Sait, chief marketing officer at Rackspace. This marks the latest in a series of recent appointments for Rackspace, which included Christopher Rajiah as global channel chief, Taylor Rhodes as managing director of international operations, and Karl Pichler as chief financial officer and principal financial officer.

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Noise Filter: Web Hosts Voice SOPA Stance

December 30, 2011 — It seems that many web hosting providers did not publicly announce their stance on the Stop Piracy Act until this week, while Go Daddy was dealing with the aftermath of its decision to support the bill – a decision it quickly retracted after its customers furious response.

Web Host Rackspace Names Global Channel Chief

December 27, 2011 — Rackspace announced last week it has appointed Christopher Rajiah the vice president of Rackspace’s global partner program and US channel sales. This is the second major appointment Rackspace has announced this month, following the appointment of former president of cloud and chief strategy officer Lew Moorman to president of the company.

OpenLogic Joins Rackspace Cloud Tools Program

December 27, 2011 — Open-source cloud services provider OpenLogic announced on Tuesday it has joined the Cloud Tools program with Rackspace Hosting, enabling CloudSwing to be deployed on the Rackspace Cloud. 

Web Host Rackspace Begins Beta for Cloud Monitoring Service

December 16, 2011 — Web hosting provider Rackspace announced on Friday via its blog that it is starting to accept applicants for the Rackspace Cloud Monitoring Private Beta. The private beta program only applies to the API, while Rackspace will introduce control panel integration in 2012.

Web Host Rackspace Promotes Lew Moorman to President

December 9, 2011 — Cloud and web hosting provider Rackspace Hosting announced on Friday it has promoted Lew Moorman to president. This is the second promotion for Moorman in four months. In August Moorman elected Sabre Holdings chairman and CEO Sam Gilliland and Rackspace CSO and cloud president Lew Moorman to its board of directors.

Datapipe Tops Netcraft's Most Reliable Host for November

December 7, 2011 — Web analytics firm Netcraft has reported that hosting provider Datapipe was the most reliable hosting company in November, which marks the seventh time the company has topped the list this year. Perhaps somewhat surprising is that Rackspace, which was the most reliable host in October, was nowhere to be found on the list.

Web Host Rackspace Names Managing Director of International Operations

December 2, 2011 – Rackspace Hosting announced it has named Taylor Rhodes managing director of international operations to lead the company’s business in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. He is replacing David Kelly, Rackspace’s senior vice president of international operations, who will be leaving Rackspace on February 29, 2012 to pursue entrepreneurial interests.