Protexis Selects Rackspace for Managed Hosting Services
Rackspace's Intensive Hosting Division Provides Infrastructure for Leading Digital Licensing Solution
December 2, 2003, Vancouver, BC – Protexis Inc. announced today that it has selected Rackspace Managed Hosting as its hosting partner for the Protexis nTitles digital licensing solution. Protexis nTitles system is a sophisticated license transaction system that combines product activation and registration with integrated commerce capability. The nTitles system makes software purchasing easy while preventing unauthorized copying. Rackspace's Intensive Hosting division will provide the underlying infrastructure and maximum uptime for the Protexis nTitles platform.
"We are pleased to announce Rackspace as our Hosting Partner. Rackspace's Intensive Hosting can guarantee the 100% uptime demanded by our customers and can provide award-winning support to the Protexis team managing nTitles," said Murray Hendren, Protexis Chief Executive Officer. "Rackspace was chosen after a comprehensive evaluation of several hosting providers. Their impressive track record, innovative solutions, and industry accreditation make them the clear leader in this field."
Protexis rapid growth as the digital licensing provider of choice for leading software publishers produced the requirement for a world-class Managed Hosting provider." said Glenn Reinus, Vice President of Sales, Rackspace Managed Hosting. "Rackspace met the demanding requirements laid out by Protexis and is able to provide the capacity to grow with them, ensuring seamless service for their customers."
Rackspace's Intensive Hosting provides Protexis with a fully managed hosting solution built upon multiple Dell PowerEdge servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Protexis is supported by Intensive Hosting's ProActive7™ – the essentials required to ensure the most secure and reliable Web operations in the industry. ProActive7 services include security and patching, managed backup, server administration, trending and reporting, deep monitoring, rapid deployment and scaling, and a managed superstructure – a reliable foundation with a 100 percent network uptime service level agreement.
About Intensive Hosting
Intensive Hosting, a division of Rackspace Managed Hosting, provides enterprise hosting for business critical applications that run on Microsoft technology. Intensive Hosting is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Microsoft's Hosting Provider of the Year. For more information visit www.intensive.com or call 888-480-6840.
About Rackspace Managed Hosting
Rackspace Managed Hosting™ is a leading provider of managed Web hosting solutions. Founded in 1998, Rackspace offers a wide range of managed services for hosting platforms of all sizes and complexities, including burstable connectivity, 100 percent availability SLA, load balancing, security and patching, advanced storage solutions and disaster recovery. Rackspace has received numerous industry awards for its brand of customer service, known as Fanatical Support™, and was awarded the Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement (CVE) Award in 2002 and 2003. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com, or call 800-961-2888.
About Protexis
Protexis Inc. is a leading provider of digital software licensing solutions. The Protexis nTitles software license transaction system offers state-of-the-art tools to manage license compliance. Protexis provides software vendors with flexible, internet-based solutions for securing software and providing electronic licenses through any distribution channel. Protexis is venture-backed and investors include the Canadian Science & Technology Growth Fund Inc., Trudell Medical Limited, and Silicon Valley based Sunwolf Ventures LLC.
For additional information on Protexis and its electronic software licensing products and solutions visit our web site at www.protexis.com, call 604.915.5200 or email info@protexis.com.
Contact:
Kristen Mucha
Director of Marketing
Protexis Inc.
T: 888.808.1199
Contact:
Annalie Drusch
Director of Corporate Communications
Rackspace Managed Hosting
T: 210.892.4000 ext 1234
Note: This News Release may contain future-oriented information that is based upon Protexis business plans.Protexis and nTitles are trademarks of Protexis Inc. Rackspace Managed Hosting is a registered trademark of Rackspace Managed Hosting Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
