Leading U.S. Hosting Provider Sets Up Asia Headquarters and Data Center
Acting Director-General of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong, Simon Galpin (right), presenting a souvenir to the Chairman of Rackspace Hosting, Graham Weston (center), and the Managing Director of Rackspace Hosting Asia, Jim Fagan (left)
Rackspace Hosting, a leading provider of IT hosting, announced the launch of its Asia headquarters and data center in Hong Kong to meet global customer demand.
The data center in Hong Kong is in addition to Rackspace's four data centers operating in the U.S. and three in the U.K.
Rackspace's expansion into Asia marks the company's continued investment in customer service and demonstrates its confidence in the business opportunities that Asia represents.
Rackspace offers a full range of services including managed hosting, cloud hosting, platform hosting, virtualization, security and email services, storage and backup, and other professional services.
Jim Fagan, Vice President and Managing Director for Asia Pacific, Rackspace Hosting Asia, said Asia represented a significant growth opportunity for Rackspace, especially in the financial services area. "Our expansion into Asia is an important strategy in helping us reach our goal of being one of the world's greatest service companies," Mr. Fagan said. "We also believe Hong Kong's world-class IT infrastructure and rich talent pool will help us succeed in bringing another perspective to our service commitment."
Simon Galpin, Acting Director-General of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong, welcomed the launch of Rackspace's Asia headquarters and data center in Hong Kong. "Our stable political environment, sound legal systems that protect data and intellectual property rights, as well as world-class telecommunications, information technology and electric power infrastructure ensure the smooth running of the center," Mr. Galpin said.
Mr. Galpin commented that Hong Kong's position as the gateway to the Mainland of China provided a springboard for overseas companies to go into the Mainland market.
Invest Hong Kong is a Hong Kong government department charged with encouraging and facilitating inward investment into the city by providing the support needed to establish a business presence.
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