SaaS Provider, Zapproved, Selects Cloud Services from Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud

SaaS Startup Chooses Multiple Cloud Solutions from Rackspace Hosting; Cloud
Sites for Scalability and Cloud Servers for Control
SAN ANTONIO--(Business Wire)--
Rackspace Hosting (NYSE:RAX), the world`s leading hosting provider, today
announced that Zapproved, a Portland, Oregon-based startup that provides an
online solution for managing business approval process, has chosen both Cloud
Sites and Cloud Servers from Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud, to power the company`s
front and back end applications.

Zapproved is an online productivity tool that keeps the decision-making
"conversation" in a single place. Zapproved documents input from anyone invited
to participate in a decision, bringing transparency and accountability to the
approval process. The online tool offers a simple, intuitive way for teams to
collaborate and implement process.

"Ahead of our public launch last year, we needed a hosting solution that could
be deployed quickly, offer support, scale with the unknowns of a new
enterprise," said Andy Neville, vice president of engineering for Zapproved. "As
a startup, saving on capital expenses was crucial. While our team had previously
utilized both traditional managed hosting solutions as well as in-house
equipment, we felt that the cloud best aligned for our company."

Zapproved`s web front-end and database cluster resides on Mosso`s Cloud Sites, a
hosting platform which delivers automatic scaling to handle huge usage spikes
experienced by high traffic, fast growth websites. Cloud Sites is currently home
to more than 100,000 web applications and serves billions of requests per month.
Zapproved also operates a mail server which sends out their application email on
Cloud Servers, Mosso`s newest cloud service providing fully-customizable, pay by
the hour, cloud server instances that can be launched, maintained, and
controlled with full root access.

"Due to blog coverage that was both planned and unplanned, Zapproved has seen
several traffic spikes since we launched the site last summer. It`s been great
to not worry about whether or not these spikes would take down the site," said
Neville. "Working with the Mosso team has allowed us to focus on developing our
business and not worry about what`s happening with the site. We think that the
cloud is critical to new businesses like us that are looking for
enterprise-grade hosting solutions for a fraction of the cost."

Zapproved will also be integrating Cloud Files, the online cloud storage service
to offload their static content, such as images, JavaScript and Flash as well as
the much larger installers they have for their 3rd-party integrations, such as
Outlook Plug-ins.

"Rackspace`s cloud solutions are ideal for SaaS and startup businesses looking
to get online quickly and without spending significant capital expenses," said
Emil Sayegh, general manager, The Rackspace Cloud. "Our cloud portfolio, backed
by our award winning Fanatical Support, offers easy-to-use alternatives to
in-house and dedicated infrastructures. Small companies and large can combine
our broad cloud services portfolio to create powerful and affordable solutions
to deliver instant scaling to meet traffic spikes, streamlined setup,
sophisticated user interface and easy access and control."

If you are interested in hearing more about Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud and
Zapproved, Sayegh and Neville will be co-presenting at this week`s SaaScon in
Santa Clara, California at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The case study
session, titled "SaaS Success in the Cloud", will take place from 11:10 to 11:40
a.m. PT on Tuesday, March 31st. For more information, please contact Krisana
Puccio at Krisana.Puccio@rackspace.com.

About Zapproved.com

Founded in February 2008, Zapproved is a Portland, Oregon-based start-up
improving organizational efficiency through the software-as-a-service model.
Zapproved plans to expand its online offerings by using its proprietary AdaptPro
workflow engine to create a suite of cloud-based tools that solve common
business problems. To learn more, visit www.zapproved.com/aboutus.

About Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud

Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud, provides on-demand scalable website, application
and storage hosting backed by Fanatical Support. Through its suite of cloud
solutions, Cloud Sites, Cloud Files and Cloud Servers, Mosso enables astute
developers and IT managers to minimize the hassles, upfront investments and high
costs associated with dedicated hardware while offering the ability to easily
scale hosting resources. For more information about Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud,
visit www.rackspacecloud.com or call 1-877-934-0409.

About Rackspace Hosting

As the world`s leader and specialist in hosting, Rackspace Hosting is changing
the way businesses worldwide buy IT. Rackspace delivers computing-as-a-service,
integrating the industry`s best technologies into a flexible service offering,
making computing more reliable and affordable. A trusted partner to companies of
all sizes, Rackspace enables IT departments to be more effective. Rackspace is
distinguished by its award-winning Fanatical Support, furthering the company`s
mission to be one of the world`s greatest service companies. Rackspace is
recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine`s 100 Best companies to work for, ranking
number 32 on the 2008 list. Rackspace's portfolio of hosted IT services includes
managed hosting (www.rackspace.com), email hosting (www.mailtrust.com) and cloud
hosting (www.rackspacecloud.com). For more information on Rackspace Hosting
please visit www.rackspace.com or call 800-961-2888.

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Mosso | The Rackspace Cloud
Krisana Puccio, 210-312-5238
Marketing Manager
krisana.puccio@rackspace.com
or
Rackspace Hosting
Angel Schneider, 210-312-3752
Corporate Communications Manager
angel.schneider@rackspace.com

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