Varien

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Varien and Rackspace Announce Solution Partnership Agreement, Co-Marketing Activities
 

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Varien Relies on Hosting Leader to Provide Customers with a Reliable and Scalable Managed Infrastructure

LOS ANGELES – (July 10, 2008) – Varien today announced they have entered into a Premier partnership agreement with Rackspace® Hosting, a leader in hosting services, designed to add mutual value for their current clients and to increase targeted exposure and reputation for both companies.

“Our partnership with Rackspace enables Varien to offer our clients enterprise-grade, PCI compliant hosting infrastructure services for Magento implementations” said Roy Rubin, CEO, Varien. “Rackspace provides our customers with a solid and reliable infrastructure on which to grow their business. Their unparalleled hosting expertise backed by Fanatical Support® provides our clients the best solution to succeed, ultimately increasing our customer loyalty and profit margin through a mutually beneficial relationship.”

The Magento eCommerce Platform, developed by Varien, is a feature-rich eCommerce platform built on open-source technology that provides merchants with unprecedented flexibility and control over the look, content and functionality of their eCommerce store. Its modular architecture, industry-leading features and powerful marketing and merchandising tools has quickly made the Magento eCommerce Platform the fastest growing eCommerce platform on the market and a household name amongst enterprise-grade merchants.

“Rackspace provides Magento customers with a fully managed and customizable hosting solution on which to grow their business, backed by dedicated account teams providing 24x7 Fanatical Support®,” said Scott White, director of channel sales, Rackspace Hosting. “We look for synergistic relationships with industry leaders like Varien that enable us to add greater value to our customer base and sustain our ongoing commitment to Fanatical Support.”

Under the terms of the Premier partnership agreement, Varien has the choice of benefits including a tiered, volume-based commission structure for referring customers or the option of hosting discounts with Rackspace. Varien will also receive flexible contract lengths and marketing opportunities including co-branding, monthly promotional material, joint selling and quarterly Rackspace marketing reviews.
About Varien

The company behind Magento, Varien, is a leading eCommerce platform provider founded in 2001 that provides expert professional services spanning the life cycle of a Magento implementation including, consulting, design, development, installation, integration, training and more. It's groundbreaking Magento platform is the fastest growing eCommerce software on the market with over 375,000 downloads to date. Magento is a feature-rich, professional open-source eCommerce solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the look, content, and functionality of their online store. Magento’s intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing, search engine optimization and catalog-management tools to give merchants the power to create sites that are tailored to their unique business needs. Designed to be completely scalable and backed by an extensive support network, Magento offers companies the ultimate eCommerce solution.
About Rackspace Hosting

Rackspace Hosting delivers hosted IT systems and computing to businesses of all sizes. Customers choose Rackspace for its hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company’s award-winning Fanatical Support®. Customers can receive benefits such as higher quality, lower cost and better performance from Rackspace’s vast knowledge of industry best-practices. Because Rackspace removes the burden of IT systems maintenance and management, customers can focus on key areas that differentiate their business. Rackspace's portfolio of hosted services includes managed hosting (http://www.rackspace.com), email hosting (http://www.mailtrust.com) and cloud hosting (http://www.mosso.com).