SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/05/13 -- Blue Box, a leading cloud hosting and managed services company, today announced Code School, a leading online learning platform that teaches web technologies with video lessons, coding challenges and screencasts, has selected the company to power its infrastructure. Moving from Heroku, Code School cited the unparalleled uptime and support Blue Box provides as the key factor in making the move.

"In 2012, three million people participated in our online courses," said Daniel McGraw, Marketing Lead, Code School. "With millions of people relying on Code School to learn programming and design, uptime and reliability are paramount in providing service that keeps them coming back. Blue Box provides the critical uptime and reliability we need to grow the number of students we serve and the number of courses we can offer. We now have the scalable infrastructure to grow rapidly in ways that previously weren't possible."

"It's well known throughout the tech community that Code School is a next-generation learning platform that delivers an educational experience where you learn by doing and interacting with the subject matter," said Jesse Proudman, CEO, Blue Box. "Not everyone can learn to program by simply reading a book. Learning by doing is much more effective. Code School embodies this belief and offers millions of people a year the opportunity to evolve their skill set right from their own browser. We at Blue Box are very excited to have been selected by Code School to power this next-generation learning platform."

Opened to the public in March 2011, Code School was launched by web development shop Envy Labs. The online learning platform offers beginner to advanced courses that combine videos, coding in the browser and gamification principles to make learning programming enjoyable and effective.

About Code School

Established in 2011, Code School teaches web technologies to millions of programmers with video lessons, coding challenges, and screencasts. Code School strives to help their customers learn by doing. To learn more about Code School, visit www.codeschool.com.

About Blue Box

Established in 2003, Blue Box is a leading cloud hosting and managed services company. Nearly 600 companies use Blue Box's managed cloud application hosting for infrastructure solutions. Its clients receive white-glove 24/7 support through its industry-leading technical implementation and management expertise. Blue Box leverages an assortment of open source technologies including Open Stack, EMC Razor and Opscode's Chef alongside Blue Box intellectual property and technologies. With ownership and control of the infrastructure, Blue Box delivers comprehensive, customizable hosting solutions with game-changing uptime to enterprises and applications of any size. To learn more about Blue Box's pioneering activities, visit www.bluebox.net, email sales@bluebox.net, or call toll-free: 1-800-613-4305.

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