San Diego, California - February 7, 2007 - Pangea
Foundation today announced that it has selected Rackspace
Managed Hosting, as its primary Web hosting provider.
Based in San Antonio, Texas, Rackspace is a recognized
leader in managed hosting.
As a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), network
uptime and availability are crucial to Pangea Foundation
and the nonprofits that use Pangea Foundation’s
Web applications to measure outcomes and improve service
delivery. Rackspace’s Zero-Downtime Network™ and
Fanatical Support™ play a vital role in making
Pangea Foundation’s real-time Web applications
highly available for nonprofits.
According to Kraig Kuipers, Chief Executive Officer
of Pangea Foundation, “We needed a financially
stable hosting provider with proven expertise and a
strong commitment to supporting our growth. With Rackspace,
not only will we get proven expertise, excellent support,
and a flexible roadmap for future growth, but the nonprofits
we serve can have even more confidence knowing that
their important data will be protected.”
Network uptime is essential to Pangea Foundation’s
continued ability to deliver intuitive and easy-to-use
Web applications. Prior to hosting with Rackspace,
Pangea Foundation had a number of servers in a colocation
environment at the internationally acclaimed San Diego
Supercomputer Center.
“With the colocation environment, we were personally
responsible for the server upkeep and administration,” says
Kuipers. He adds, “We were perfectly capable
of keeping the servers up and running, but doing so
wasn’t a part of our core mission. Our concern
going forward was that it would take too much time
and manpower away from our mission of equipping nonprofits
with capacity building Web applications.” Pangea
Foundation will continue to use the San Diego Supercomputer
Center as its primary backup hosting environment.
After reviewing a half dozen other providers, Pangea
Foundation decided that Rackspace would best meet its
objectives. Now with minimal effort, Pangea Foundation’s
disaster recovery plan can be implemented and nonprofits
can be up and running within a matter of hours, in
the event of a natural disaster. While a disaster recovery
solution is more expensive, not having one in place
can result in drastically higher costs in the event
of a natural disaster.
Kuipers adds, “Nonprofits can now have the peace
of mind knowing that if the unexpected occurred, they
will be able to continue with business as usual when
the emergency is ultimately resolved.”
With multi-regional redundancy, nonprofits can avoid
some of the worries related to natural disasters and
other emergencies and instead focus on their mission
of serving others.
About Pangea Foundation
Pangea Foundation is the Nonprofit Impact Reporting
Specialist™. Founded in 1996, we are an award
winning nonprofit organization based in San Diego,
California. Pangea Foundation equips data-driven
nonprofits across America with intuitive, secure,
and easy-to-use Web applications that help organizations
visualize and communicate the impact of their programs.
We spark support movements for America’s most
respected nonprofits using Impact Visualization—a
compelling way to engage evidence-based funders and
the public by fusing real-time statistical program
results with advanced data visualization technologies.
What we deliver is Impact Visualization On Demand™.
Our real-time Web applications transform static data
into eye-catching graphical pictures and visual analytics
to help you communicate program impact with clarity.
To learn more, visit www.pangeafoundation.org, or
call us toll free at 1-866-615-0982.
About Rackspace Managed Hosting
A recognized leader in the global managed hosting market,
Rackspace Managed Hosting delivers enterprise-level
managed services to businesses of all sizes. Serving
more than 13,000 customers in eight data centers worldwide,
Rackspace integrates the industry’s best technologies
for each customer need and delivers it as a service
via the company’s award-winning Fanatical Support™.
Through trusted relationships, Rackspace serves as
an extension of its customers’ IT departments,
enabling them to focus on their core business. Since
its inception in 1998, Rackspace has grown more than
50 percent a year. For more information, please visit www.rackspace.com, or call 800-961-2888.
