Positioned in the Leader's Quadrant in 2006, in the North American Web Hosting Magic Quadrant, published on August 25, 2006.

Rackspace Managed Hosting, a provider of web hosting services, last week announced that the company was positioned in the 'Leader's' Quadrant in Gartner Inc.'s annual North American Web Hosting Magic Quadrant published on August 25, 2006, and authored by Gartner analysts Ted Chamberlin and Lydia Leong.

According to Gartner, vendors listed in the Leader's Quadrant are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market. The Gartner Magic Quadrant evaluates service providers in the enterprise web hosting market based on an array of quantitative and qualitative criteria that evaluate the vendor's Ability to Execute and its Completeness of Vision. These scores are then plotted on a graph illustrating their placement in the Magic Quadrant.

"We believe our position in the Leader's Quadrant shows that Rackspace continues to penetrate the enterprise market and demonstrates our continued success as we work to become one of the world's greatest service companies," said Lanham Napier, President, Rackspace Managed Hosting.

"Our consultative approach to managed hosting reinforces the service value of Fanatical Support to our enterprise customers. Our service teams become an integral part of our customers' IT departments, providing valuable expertise and technical advice to ensure they are getting the most out of their hosted environments."