RightScale Named to InformationWeek Startup 50

Cloud Management Leader Recognized as a Business Technology "Company to Watch"

Santa Barbara, Calif (PRWEB) May 8, 2009 -- RightScale®, Inc., the leader in cloud computing management (http://www.rightscale.com/), today announced that it has been named to the first annual listing of the InformationWeek Startup 50, as revealed in InformationWeek Magazine and on InformationWeek.com.

The InformationWeek Startup 50 is a list of the top 50 business technology startups selected by InformationWeek readers and editors. Companies were selected in a three-step process that involved nomination, online voting, and editorial vetting. The technologies and the companies behind them were evaluated on the following criteria:

* Innovation and their ability to inject new ways of doing things into business processes;

* Value, which is reflected in lower costs, increased sales, higher productivity, or improved customer loyalty;

* Enterprise-readiness, meaning that a product or service scales and can be deployed and managed as necessary by IT professionals

"This important recognition by InformationWeek readers and editors underscores the innovation and value that RightScale is bringing to cloud computing," said Michael Crandell, RightScale CEO. "The RightScale Platform makes it easy to realize the benefits of on-demand IT with cloud computing - whether it's a private, public or hybrid cloud -- while also maintaining the control and visibility required by enterprise IT."

The RightScale Cloud Management Platform lets any organization tap the enormous power of cloud computing for scalable, cost-effective IT infrastructure on demand, with complete control and portability. RightScale reduces the complexity of cloud computing, enabling organizations to deploy business critical applications in a matter of hours, without the risk of lock-in at any level. With sophisticated "cloud-ready" server templates, it's easy to deploy, manage and dynamically scale even complex, multi-cloud applications on the fully-automated RightScale Platform.

The full list of the InformationWeek Startup 50: Business Technology Companies to Watch, along with analysis by InformationWeek editors, can be found online at: http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/saas/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216600068 (http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/saas/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216600068).

RightScale was also named "Startup of the Week" by InformationWeek in December, 2008. This article can be found online at http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/hosted/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GVJVJJRRSBUS0QSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=212400440 (http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/hosted/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GVJVJJRRSBUS0QSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=212400440).

About RightScale, Inc.

RightScale is the leader in cloud computing management. Founded in 2006, the company offers a fully automated cloud management platform that enables organizations to easily deploy and manage business critical applications across multiple clouds with complete control and portability. The RightScale Cloud Management Platform is delivered as "software as a service" (SAAS) and is available in a range of editions, from the free Developer Edition to Enterprise Editions. To date, thousands of deployments and more than 400,000 servers have been launched on the RightScale Platform for leading companies such as Animoto, Playfish, Sling Media and TC3. To learn more about RightScale, please go to http://www.RightScale.com (http://www.RightScale.com).

RightScale is a registered trademark of RightScale, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Other product or company names mentioned may be trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.

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