Perhaps you’ve heard the noise, but Webmail.us has entered a deal with Rackspace to merge the two companies, who provide email and rackspace hosting, respectively. If you’ve lived in the area for a while you’ve likely heard of Webmail.us. They’re headquartered here in Blacksburg, they host email for more than 70,000 companies, and were recently named #217 on Inc.com’s 2007 list of the top 500 private companies in America. If they could ever get their act straight, they might actually do something impressive! (I’m kidding, Pat).
I don’t know their CEO, Pat Matthews, personally, although I do stalk his blog every once in a while. And it becomes readily apparent that Pat and his crew at Webmail.us like to do things a little bit differently. Need proof? Check out this job posting …
Congratulations to Pat and everyone at Webmail.us for their hard work … they’re just one more example of why the New River Valley is a great place to live and work. I hope they’ll find this merger with Rackspace provides them even greater opportunities for success!
http://www.rackspace.com/information/mediacenter/release.php?id=173
http://www.webmail.us/blog/a/2007/10/we_are_merging_with_rackspace
We’re looking forward to seeing it, Bill! You guys have been kicking tail and taking names, nice to see you get the recognition you have these last couple of years.
We’re looking forward to seeing it, Bill! You guys have been kicking tail and taking names, nice to see you get the recognition you have these last couple of years.
Thanks! We’re getting ready to do some big things here in Blacksburg.
Today’s links covering the Webmail.us / Rackspace merger
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/134107 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/ http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA100107.1R.rackspace.2a6816a.html http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view…
Thanks! We’re getting ready to do some big things here in Blacksburg.