Targeted Austin as a result of the city's pool of technical expertise and close proximity to the company's headquarters.

Rackspace Managed Hosting, a provider of hosting services, recently announced that it will open a sales office in Austin, 75 miles north of the company's San Antonio headquarters.

The company says that it has targeted Austin for its new sales location as a result of the city's deep pool of technical expertise and close proximity to the company's headquarters. It will open its Austin sales office in the spring with at least 10 new salespeople on site, growing to nearly 50 Austin-based salespeople by the end of this year. Rackspace's Austin office will be located on Bee Caves Road.

"The city has a lot to offer including an abundance of highly-skilled technical workers and a nearby location to our hometown of San Antonio," said Glenn Reinus, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Rackspace. "Austin will make a great addition to our worldwide offices, but Rackspace's headquarters will remain in San Antonio where all of our new Austin employees will come to train and absorb the company's unique, customer support-driven culture."