Rackspace Becomes Founding Sponsor of NPower Texas with $50,000 Gift.

Story Posted: 02-12-08
Taken from Rackspace.com

SAN ANTONIO - Rackspace® has donated $50,000 to NPower Texas, the nonprofit technologyorganization that serves fellow nonprofits by implementing smart and affordable technologysolutions. Rackspace joins the roster of NPower Texas funders, which include San Antonio-based AT&T, Microsoft, and lead founding sponsor, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. As a founding sponsor, Rackspace will be recognized for its work with NPower Texas to bring the benefits of innovative technology to transform the San Antonio community. Rackspace selected NPower Texas because of its dedication to ensuring nonprofits receive the technical expertise that helps them better fulfill their missions.

"We are excited about our relationship with Rackspace," said Carol Cummings, CEO of NPower Texas. "NPower Texas looks forward to working with Rackspace to fulfill their goal of serving the community where their employees, or Rackers as they are referred to, live, work and play. As a native San Antonian, I could not be more excited." NPower Texas will begin delivering services to San Antonio area nonprofits hosted by Rackspace this year. Through a citywide competition, leveraging other local funders, Rackspace and NPower Texas also intend to award additional nonprofits with web and hosting services in 2009.

About Rackspace Managed Hosting

A recognized leader in the global IT marketplace, Rackspace® delivers a diverse suite of enterprise-class hosted IT services to businesses of all sizes. Customers choose Rackspace for its hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company's award-winning Fanatical Support®. By integrating the industry's best technologies and delivering them as services, Rackspace serves as an extension of its customers' IT departments. Because Rackspace removes the burden of infrastructure maintenance and management, customers can focus on their core business. Rackspace's portfolio of companies also includes the Mosso® (www.mosso.com) cloud computing platform and MailtrustT (www.mailtrust.com) a provider of business-class hosted email solutions. For more information on Rackspace, please visit www.rackspace.com, or call 800-961-2888.

About NPower Texas

NPower Texas's mission is to be the catalyst for Texas nonprofit organizations to better accomplish their community goals through strategic and affordable use of smart technology. NPower Texas is an affiliate of the NPower Network (www.npower.org) which began in 1999 to help other nonprofits use technology to better serve their communities. For more information, please visit www.npowertexas.org.