Alison McMillon
Springbok Technologies
www.springbok.com
PH 972.480.9980, x185



Rackspace and Zend to Offer Complete PHP Packages
Rackspace to bundle Zend Developer Server Suite with hosting service;
special offers on the Zend Cache Web site performance booster

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - June 25, 2001 - Rackspace Managed Hosting, a leading
provider of managed hosting services, today announced a partnership with
Zend Technologies, the leader in PHP technology, to provide managed hosting
services to its customers. The agreement brings together two forces in the
open source community. Zend is the internationally established provider of
commercial solutions to enhance performance and productivity of PHP, the
dominant, open-source server-side scripting language for dynamic web sites.
Rackspace was the first managed hosting company to support the Linux
operating system, and today manages more than 2400 Linux servers. Rackspace
has long been a supporter of the PHP movement - as evidenced by its Web
site, which is developed completely in the language. www.zend.rackspace.com.

The partnership bundles managed hosting packages from Rackspace with Zend's
PHP solutions, providing a turnkey platform for developers to build
sophisticated dynamic Web applications. This is a huge benefit to Rackspace
customers, many of whom use PHP technology to power their Web sites.  Not
only is Zend's award-winning software bundled with Rackspace's
industry-leading hosting packages, but new customers will also receive
promotional pricing on Zend's Developers Server Suite or the Zend Cache.
The Zend Cache boosts the performance and efficiency of PHP-driven Web
sites, enabling sites to handle far more page views and transactions.
Additionally, it uses less memory, accelerates dynamic content, cuts
latency, saves computing resources and cuts hardware requirements. The Zend
Cache is completely transparent to the user and offers the best ROI over any
hardware or software alternative. 
The Zend Developer Server Suite provides constant updates to Zend's most
popular products.  This package includes the Zend IDE for PHP to speed code
development time; the Zend LaunchPad for quality-assured, hassle-free,
updated PHP downloads; the Zend Encoder Unlimited for protecting
intellectual property by encoding an unlimited number of PHP applications
and distributing to an unlimited number of end users; and Zend Support
Online Services for prompt responses to specified number of incidents from a
worldwide team of Zend experts. 

"Hosting companies have been searching for effective services that will
attract customers," said Doron Gerstel, president and chief executive
officer of Zend Technologies. "Our partnership provides a perfect solution:
we can offer the products that Rackspace's customers need to speed up their
Web site - affordably. We also enable them to develop better applications,
protect their intellectual property, and get out to market before the
competition beats them to it."

"Working with Zend is another step in our effort to support the open source
community," said Graham Weston, chief executive officer of Rackspace. "We
know the power of PHP first hand. With this agreement, users and developers
around the world are going have an easier time harnessing this power.
Rackspace's commitment to fanatical support combined with Zend's leading
products and support for PHP creates a powerful solution for developers
everywhere."

About Rackspace Managed Hosting
Rackspace Managed Hosting provides its customers with full-service hosting
solutions, including state-of-the-art data centers, customized Internet
servers, burstable connectivity, server software and 24 x 7 expert
management. And, with Rackspace's SmoothScaling capabilities, Web
developers, e-businesses and application service providers can add bandwidth
or server capacity on demand. Monthly fees range from $300 to $50,000 per
month, depending on the complexity of the server architecture. The company,
which was founded in 1998, has locations in Texas and London and currently
manages more than 3,500 servers for customers in more than 60 countries.
Rackspace was recently named the Top Dedicated Server Company in Web Server
List's Hosting Awards and voted the Top Dedicated Server Host by
WebHostMagazine.com. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com, or call
800-961-2888.

About Zend Technologies
Zend Technologies develops and markets Internet infrastructure software
programs for PHP. Zend promotes the use of PHP as a freeware, open-source
scripting language. The company's products and services are designed to
enhance PHP application performance, enable Web developers to significantly
increase their productivity, enable software vendors to safeguard their
intellectual property and provide customized consulting and support services
for maximizing PHP performance and interoperability. Zend markets its
products via the Zend Store (http://www.zend.com/store) and through reseller
and other channels. More information about Zend is available at
http://www.zend.com.

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