Provides managed hosting for Isuzu Commercial Truck's customer-facing website as well as complete data backup, storage and retrieval services for data.

Rackspace Managed Hosting, a provider of managed hosting services, yesterday announced the signing of a hosting agreement with Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, a distributor of medium-duty trucks.

Rackspace now provides managed hosting for Isuzu Commercial Truck's customer-facing website as well as complete data backup, storage and retrieval services for data, utilizing a suite of technologies paired with Rackspace's Fanatical Support. Company provides Isuzu Commercial Truck of America with a fully managed hosting solution running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, advanced monitoring services, managed backup and MySQL database services.

"We initiated our search to find a responsive hosting provider that we could reach on the phone live at any time. Direct contact became important after our experience without it," said John Mohler, Manager, marketing communications at Isuzu Commercial Truck of America. "Rackspace was recommended to us as both a reliable hosting provider and a reputable business partner that would work closely with us - like an extension of our own IT department. We now experience the same level of customer service at 2 a.m. as we do at 2 p.m."

"As a leader in the commercial vehicle industry, Isuzu Commercial Truck relies heavily on a Web infrastructure that is secure, reliable and scalable," said Glenn Reinus, Senior Vice President of Sales, Rackspace Managed Hosting. "We have invested heavily in building a business to deliver exactly these capabilities. Rackspace's multiple monitoring systems keep tabs on Isuzu's Web configuration, while our 24x7 dedicated support teams ensure 100 percent uptime and the flexibility to scale according to their business needs."