Gaming Galore - Rackspace hosts site for European launch of Gizmondo
Gizmondo’s website readied as gaming enthusiasts poised to snap up new wireless entertainment device
London - February 11th, 2005 - Gizmondo Europe, a subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc. the designer, developer and marketer of mobile telematics systems and services, has announced a two year contract with Rackspace Managed Hosting Europe. The contract is to host the website and production environment for the European launch of Gizmondo, the new handheld multi-entertainment device set to take the gaming market by storm.
Rackspace is managing 15 servers for Gizmondo Europe out of its London datacentre, overseeing the hosting of Gizmondo's website and its online registration and gaming application. The eagerly awaited launch of Gizmondo will see gaming enthusiasts flock to the website (www.gizmondo.com <<a target="_new" class="releaselink" href="http://www.gizmondo.com>">http://www.gizmondo.com>) to be amongst the first to register for the device, which incorporates a movie and music player, a camera, messaging functions and an integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) for truly innovative mobile gaming.
Steve Carroll, CTO of Gizmondo Europe, comments: "Gizmondo Europe has been working on an ad hoc basis with Rackspace Managed Hosting Europe since last summer. The passion and commitment of Rackspace's employees has really impressed us and we wanted them to support us in our European launch."
Carroll continues: "Rackspace is very flexible in the way it works and this is one of the other reasons we were keen to use their services. The launch will see peaks and troughs in traffic visiting the site as new games are released and the European fan base grows. Consequently, we wanted to be able to ensure bandwidth capacity without being penalised for any unpredicted spikes. Scalability is also a hugely important issue for us as we roll out across Europe and Rackspace offers a service that will fully support our changing business needs."
Dominic Monkhouse, managing director Rackspace Managed Hosting Europe, comments: "Rackspace is all about Fanatical SupportTM, our customer service promise. Everyone who works at Rackspace, from our technical support specialists to our account managers, is passionate about what they do and they're always ready to go that extra mile. Our philosophy matches that of Gizmondo and we're looking forward to supporting them in their launch."
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About Rackspace Managed Hosting
Rackspace Managed Hosting is the fastest growing hosting specialist offering the world's only Self Healing Network, delivering 100 per cent network availability. Founded in 1998, Rackspace offers a wide range of managed services for enterprise hosting platforms that are business revenue critical. The company has received numerous awards for its brand of customer service known as Fanatical SupportTM including the Unisys Management 2004 Service Excellence Award for Small Business.
About Tiger Telematics and Gizmondo
Gizmondo Europe Ltd. is an owned subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc (TGTL) and is the maker of Gizmondo, a next-generation mobile entertainment device. Launched in 2004, the gaming device includes built-in music, video, messaging and picture functions and GPS.
Tiger Telematics is a designer, developer and marketer of mobile telematics systems and services that combine global GPS functions and voice recognition technology to locate and track vehicles and people down to street level in countries throughout the world. The systems are designed to operate on GPS and are currently being marketed to GSM current and potential subscribers, primarily by the company's United Kingdom based subsidiaries.
Except for historical matters contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbour provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements reflect numerous assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that may affect Tiger Telematics, Inc. and its subsidiary businesses and prospects and cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ are Tiger Telematics Inc.'s operating history; competition; low barriers to entry; reliance on strategic relationships; rapid technological changes; inability to complete transactions on favourable terms; the schedule and sell-through for new software release; consumer demand for video game hardware and software; the timing of the introduction of new generation competitive hardware systems, pricing changes by key vendors for hardware and software and the timing of any such changes, and the adequacy of supplies of new software product and those risks discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC.
In light of the risks and uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements, these statements should not be regarded as a representation by Tiger Telematics, Inc. or any other person that the projected results, objectives or plans will be achieved. Tiger Telematics, Inc. undertakes no obligation to revise or update the forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof
For more information, please contact:
Dominic Monkhouse
Rackspace Managed Hosting
(020 8750 1490)
dominic.monkhouse@rackspace.co.uk
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