Sam Gilliland and Lew Moorman Elected to Rackspace Hosting Board of Directors

Rackspace Hosting, Inc., the service leader in cloud computing, today announced that Sam Gilliland and Lew Moorman were elected to Rackspace's Board of Directors on August 1, 2011.

"Through research and our focus on Fanatical Support(R), Rackspace continues to deliver world-class service outcomes in cloud computing for our clients," said Lanham Napier, president and CEO, Rackspace Hosting. "We are honored to have Sam Gilliland join us in our mission to build one of the world's greatest service companies. We're as well pleased to add to our board Lew Moorman, who has been instrumental in making us the service leader in cloud computing. His strategic vision has helped drive our company forward in a turbulent industry, and has particularly inspired our talent-based acquisitions of companies just as Cloudkick and ANSO Labs. We are confident that the addition of Sam and Lew will help ensure the continued success of Rackspace."

Gilliland is Chairman and CEO of Sabre Holdings, a global innovation company serving the world's largest industry - travel and tourism, where his love of travel, entrepreneurial spirit, and technical expertise inspire him to lead 10,000 employees in 60 countries, spanning all segments of the travel industry. He was appointed to the role in 2003.

Prior to that, Gilliland served in several senior leadership positions at Sabre Holdings including president and CEO of Travelocity, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Sabre Holdings, group president of the company's Airline Solutions business, and senior vice president and general manager of Sabre Business Travel Solutions, a start-up venture within the company.

Lew Moorman is Rackspace's Chief Strategy Officer and President of Rackspace's Cloud business. Moorman's leadership has helped Rackspace become a rising star in the innovation world having grown from a start-up to 3,500 employees in the last decade. Moorman joined Rackspace in 2000 and has played an instrumental role in building the company into a leader in the cloud computing industry.

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