Through Rackspace's infrastructure, GlobalSCAPE will deliver cloud-based managed file transfer solutions for the secure exchange of business-to-business data, including large files and sensitive data. The new GlobalSCAPE product offerings will allow customers to outsource all or part of their complex and demanding information exchange needs to reduce costs, improve operational efficiencies, track and audit transactions, and provide a greater level of security.

"Rackspace is proud to have San Antonio-based GlobalSCAPE join the Rackspace Partner Network, further extending its proven information exchange solutions. As we continue our mission to deliver Fanatical Support(R), partners such as GlobalSCAPE are able to leverage our unique market differentiator to better service customers," said Lanham Napier, Rackspace president and CEO. "Also, as two San Antonio-based companies, we're excited to demonstrate continued growth of the city as a global center of excellence in the information technology and security industries."

Outsourcing select IT infrastructure continues to increase in popularity as companies manage to tighten financial margins, face increasing budgetary pressures, and look for efficiencies across their business operations. The new hosted solutions will allow customers to automate manual or inefficient processes, consolidate automated transactions, and eliminate inefficiencies, provided from a lower-cost, secure platform.

"Our new relationship with Rackspace allows us to offer cost-effective, cloud-based solutions on a global basis. This is a significant milestone for GlobalSCAPE because we can better meet the needs of existing customers while also expanding our reach to new ones," said Jim Morris, GlobalSCAPE president and CEO. "Moving into the cloud with Rackspace positions us well today and provides us with an ideal platform and partner for expanding our family of solutions to accommodate changing customer needs going forward. We expect hosted services will be a significantly increasing part of our business in the second half of the year and in the coming years."