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Three
Rackspace Executives Accepted to Prestigious Entrepreneurs
Program [5th August 2003]
SAN
ANTONIO, Aug 5, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rackspace Managed
Hosting, a leading managed hosting provider, today announced
that three of the company's top executives have been
accepted into the exclusive Birthing of Giants program.
Rackspace chief executive officer and co-chairman, Graham
Weston; managing director and co-chairman, Morris Miller;
and president Lanham Napier have been named to the Birthing
of Giants class of 2005. The prestigious program is
sponsored by the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO)
Inc. Magazine and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT).
Held
on the campus of MIT, Birthing of Giants is lead by
the world's top entrepreneurial figures as well as professors
from Babson, Harvard and MIT. Birthing of Giants selects
only 60 entrepreneurs from a worldwide field of applicants.
Focusing on leadership, the program is designed to bring
together the next generation of entrepreneurial giants
for an intense blending of practice and theory. Over
a period of three years, the program covers the six
fundamental areas of business: management, finance,
human resources, marketing and sales, operations and
research and development.
"As
Rackspace emerges as a leading force in the hosting
industry, it will surely benefit from the teachings
of some of the world's leading business strategists
and best of breed practices shared throughout the program,"
said Graham Weston, chief executive officer and co-chairman
of Rackspace Managed Hosting. "Birthing of Giants
offers Rackspace a wealth of knowledge which will translate
into continued profitability, innovation and growth
for the company."
Upon
completion of the course in 2005, the Rackspace trio
will be in the company of past attendees such as Thomas
Golisano, founder of Paychex; Jim Koch, founder of Boston
Brewing Company; and Jim McCann, founder of 1-800-FLOWERS.
About
Rackspace Managed Hosting
Rackspace
Managed Hosting(tm) is a leading provider of managed
Web hosting solutions. Founded in 1998, Rackspace offers
a wide range of managed services for hosting platforms
of all sizes and complexity, including burstable connectivity,
99.999% uptime SLA, load balancing, security and patching,
advanced storage solutions and disaster recovery. Rackspace
has received numerous industry awards for its brand
of customer service, known as Fanatical Support(tm),
and was awarded the Frost & Sullivan Customer Value
Enhancement (CVE) Award in 2002 and 2003. For more information,
visit
www.rackspace.com,
or call 800-961-2888.
SOURCE:
Rackspace Managed Hosting
Rackspace
Managed Hosting, San Antonio
Annalie Drusch, 210-892-4000, ext.1234
adrusch@rackspace.com
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