The Planet Announces Advanced Services Promotion

The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced significant discounts on its new Alpha Advanced Services, based on the line’s resounding success. Beginning today and through Sept. 30, customers who add Alpha Server Monitoring or Alpha Server Security to new orders will receive these services free for the first month.

Launched in July, Alpha Advanced Services are designed to supplement the capabilities of The Planet’s self-managed dedicated servers.  Alpha Server Monitoring provides around-the-clock server and service monitoring, including rapid human reactive response with customized escalation procedures.  Alpha Server Security provides ongoing server security management, making certain systems are securely deployed and remain patched and secured throughout their lifecycle. 

“Customers have consistently requested additional services to better manage their servers,” said Urvish Vashi, The Planet’s general manager for dedicated hosting. “Now they   can choose the services that are right for their business model on either a monthly basis or when there’s an occasional requirement, all backed by our team of experts. For those who are simply curious, they can now try us out for no cost in the first month and experience the difference.”

For more information, please visit the Web site at www.theplanet.com/dedicated-servers/server-specials.

About Planet Alpha Advanced Services

Customers can purchase individual management modules or any combination to supplement the maintenance and administration of their self-managed servers.  The Alpha Advanced Services lower operational costs, and improve security and availability.

Alpha Server Monitoring:  Provides 24x7x365 server and service monitoring of up to 15 services, including rapid reactive response with customized escalation procedures.  With customized remediation, if a server should go down, this advanced service ensures someone is waiting and ready to get the server back online immediately.  Customers receive both weekly and monthly uptime reporting. 

Alpha Server Security:  Provides all the requirements for ongoing server security management, making certain servers are securely deployed, and remain patched and secure throughout their lifecycle.  Using industry best practices for system security, customers can take advantage of server hardening, as well as security patch management and weekly vulnerability reports, with unlimited access to a team that can resolve security incidents.

Alpha Server Administration:  Provides on-demand administration, general system administration services, migration and custom-issue resolution, which allows customers to use services as required or as part of a bundled package.

Planet Alpha Advanced Services are available on Linux and BSD platforms only.  To learn more, visit the Web site at www.planetalpha.com.

About The Planet

The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 7.7 million Web sites worldwide. The Planet Alpha division provides the widest array of self-managed dedicated servers and advanced services backed by 24x7x365 support. The Planet Northstar Managed Hosting division combines a proactive methodology and seasoned IT experts to deliver a fully managed hosting solution. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses. For additional information, visit www.theplanet.com.

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