The Planet Launches May Promotions with First-Ever Firewall Discount

HOUSTON, May 5, 2008 – The Planet, the world’s largest privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced six new promotions for the month of May. The promotions include the company’s first-ever discount on firewalls, with savings of up to 26 percent per month on its two popular Check Point solutions.  

“The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard requires companies to have a secure firewall in place when accepting credit card payments,” said Director of Product Management Urvish Vashi.  “Companies that are compromised face serious risks as well as the loss of revenue and their hard-gained good reputations if there are breaches to their sites.  This promotion signals a great time for companies to review their security profile and to consider an upgrade to their hosting infrastructures.”

The following promotions begin today and continue through May 31, 2008, or while promotional supplies last:

·        Firewall Upgrades:  The Check Point X16, formerly priced at $89 per month, is now available for $69, a 22 percent savings.  The Check Point XU is now available for $139 per month – reduced from $189 per month – a savings of 26 percent.

·        Double Down Select:  This promotion begins today and provides customers the choice to double their base bandwidth, hard disk or RAM for free on new orders of the Kentsfield SATA or the Dual Xeon 2.8 IDE.

·        Dual Xeon 2.4 SCSI:  Now priced at $143 per month – down from $219 – customers can take advantage of a 35 percent savings on this popular server.

·        Dedicated Backup Servers:  For customers looking for special pricing on backup servers, the company is offering savings ranging from 13 percent to 29 percent on 500GB to 6TB servers.

·        Component Upgrades:  Existing customers can take advantage of disk space, additional bandwidth and backup at 50 percent off current prices. 

To learn more, please visit the Web site at http://www.theplanet.com/promotions/

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 6.7 million Web sites worldwide.  By offering the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and unmatched network connectivity, The Planet helps turn information technology into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to successfully grow their businesses.  For additional information, visit http://www.theplanet.com. 

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