Rackspace Selected by Marketbright On-Demand Automation Solution

San Bruno, California - (The Hosting News) - February 9, 2009 - Rackspace is now powering on-demand marketing automation platform services firm, Marketbright, by entering into a business partnership within the Solution Partner Network.



The agreement is designed to add value for current users of Marketbright's marketing automation solution while growing targeted exposure and reputation for both Marketbright and Rackspace.

Dom Lindars, CEO at Marketbright remarked, ''Rackspace provides our customers with a solid and reliable infrastructure on which to build their businesses. Thousands of marketing and sales professionals rely on the Marketbright solution, and Rackspace's unequaled managed hosting expertise backed by Fanatical Support provides our clients the best possible solution on which to build, succeed and further grow their business.''

Marketbright is an on-demand marketing automation solution that enables self-service campaign execution, automated lead scoring and qualification, and closed-loop marketing analytics. The company's integrated platform includes campaign management, email marketing, event management, landing page creation, lead scoring, lead nurturing and membership management.

Scott White, Director of channel sales at Rackspace added, ''We strive to develop relationships with industry leaders like Marketbright that enable us to add greater value to our customer experience and sustain our ongoing commitment to Fanatical Support. Through our relationship with Marketbright, we are able to offer our customers the option of using Marketbright in addition to providing full, flexible management of their hosting environment.''

Marketbright delivers software-as-a-service marketing automation solutions, designed to enable more than 10,000 users at companies such as Serena Software, VMware and Avid to make contact, manage leads and convert prospects to customers. Marketbright's full suite of integrated applications includes campaign management, email marketing, event management, landing page creation, lead scoring, lead nurturing and membership management. The company is privately held and headquartered in San Bruno, California.

Rackspace delivers enterprise-level managed services to businesses of all sizes and kinds around the world. Serving more than 31,000 customers in eight data centers worldwide, Rackspace integrates the industry's best technologies and practices for each customer's specific need and delivers it as a service via the company's commitment to Fanatical Support. The company serves as an extension of our customers' IT departments, enabling them to focus on their core business. The company started in 1998 and since then, Rackspace has grown more than 50 percent a year. There are currently over 2,000 Rackers around the world serving customers.



To learn more about Marketbright, please visit: www.marketbright.com.



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