Rackspace Hosting, the service leader in cloud computing, today announced that Christopher Rajiah, its vice president of North America channel sales has been recognized by Everything Channel as a part of CRN's 2011 "100 People You Don't Know But Should" list. This list recognizes individual professionals within a vendor organization who are responsible for driving the behind the scenes efforts in channel marketing, operations and sales.

The "100 People You Don't Know But Should" are the Directors, Vice Presidents and Officers who lead their channel program without fanfare, exhibiting the strength, determination and creativity required to support solution providers on a daily basis.

"I am honored to be recognized by CRN as a person to know in the IT channel market. It is a privilege to represent Rackspace as a leader in the IT channel and continue to help grow our business through our partner community," said Christopher Rajiah, vice president of North America channel sales at Rackspace. "The Rackspace Partner Program provides a vast portfolio of cloud compute platforms empowering our partners to capitalize on the business opportunities and extend the benefits of cloud computing to their customers."

"I'm pleased to announce our first annual list of '100 People You Don't Know But Should' by honoring the unsung leaders in the IT channel," said Kelley Damore, Vice President, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. "This list recognizes the behind-the-scenes influencers within a vendor organization who are making a significant impact on the company's channel program, and the channel as a whole, by working in any capacity necessary to drive profit and success. While solution providers may already be aware of a vendor's Channel Chief, many are still unaware of the individuals behind the chiefs; the home office shot callers responsible for delivering a successful channel program. Many of these individuals lead the way without recognition, and yet they have made a significant impact in driving the success of their channel program. I'm pleased to bring attention to their contributions."

The list has been published in print and is available online at CRN.com.

About Rackspace Hosting

Rackspace Hosting is the service leader in cloud computing, and the founder of OpenStack, an open source cloud platform. The San Antonio-based company provides Fanatical Support® to its customers, across a portfolio of IT services, including Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing. Rackspace has been recognized by Bloomberg BusinessWeek as a Top 100 Performing Technology Company and was featured on Fortune's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com.

Everything Channel

Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com.

About UBM plc

UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

For more information, go to www.ubm.com

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Everything Channel
Scott Regan, 508-416-1186
Senior Marketing Manager
scott.regan@ec.ubm.com
or
Rackspace Hosting
Christina Weaver, 210-312-4593
Christina.Weaver@rackspace.com