Boston, Massachusetts - (Website Hosting Directory) - August 11, 2008 - Web hosting company, Rackspace Managed Hosting, will sponsor The Web Experience Forum event, to be launched by web management services, Gomez, Inc.

William Agush, Vice President, Marketing, Gomez, Inc. noted, "Until now, there hasn't been a single industry event that comprehensively addresses all facets of the web experience lifecycle. By underwriting the first Web Experience Forum, Gomez's goal is to help create a venue where executives and experts across the entire web experience management spectrum can meet and learn from one another in a vendor-neutral environment."

The Web Experience Forum is a two-and-a-half-day conference that will take place Oct. 14-16, 2008 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers in Boston, Mass. The first-of-its-kind event synthesizes all aspects of the web experience - business, sociological and technical - with an eye on perhaps the biggest factor affecting experience: web application performance.

Attendees, including both business and information technology (IT) executives, will explore the challenges, processes and technologies that shape the web experience, gaining new understanding and perspective from some of the best thinkers and practitioners of the web experience. Lou Carbone, author of the best-selling "Clued In, How to Keep Customers Coming Back Again and Again," is a featured speaker at the event. Mr. Carbone is founder and CEO of the Experience Engineering research firm and has been a leader in the experience management revolution for over two decades.

Mr. Carbone will be joined by industry experts from Crutchfield, New York Life Insurance, Trend Micro, Wachovia and other companies, to explore the many perspectives of the web experience including: Best practices - lessons from the web experience frontier The technology ecosystem of the web experience The effects of globalization and communities on the web experience The economic imperatives of a good web experience How to build a web experience centric culture When buyers react to the web experience - how to measure, analyze and act Industry professionals are invited to propose first-rate presentations on the newest and best practices in all aspects of web experience management.
Rackspace Hosting, Clickability, Inc. and Genuine Interactive are sponsors of the inaugural event.

Rackspace Hosting delivers hosted IT systems and computing to businesses of all sizes, providing hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company's award-winning Fanatical Support. Customers can receive benefits such as higher quality, lower cost and better performance from Rackspace's vast knowledge of industry best-practices. Because Rackspace removes the burden of IT systems maintenance and management, customers can focus on key areas that differentiate their business. Rackspace's portfolio of hosted services includes managed hosting (www.rackspace.com), email hosting (www.mailtrust.com) and cloud hosting (www.mosso.com). Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine's 100 Best companies to work for, ranking number 32 on the 2008 list.
For more information about Rackspace Managed Hosting, please visit: www.rackspace.com.

To learn more, please visit: www.webexperienceforum.com.

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