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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. # # #