The Planet Announces Private and Virtual Rack Promotions

November 3, 2008; 09:20 AM

HOUSTON, Nov. 3, 2008 – The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced three new promotions on its complex infrastructure solutions, providing customers with cost-effective options for upgrading their hosted environments.

           Beginning today, customers can add servers to their private or virtual racks at a 50 percent discount for the first two months. The discount applies to select servers from The Planet’s portfolio, including the Dual Xeon 5405, the Core2 Duo 4500 and the Xeon 3040.

           For new private rack customers with three or more servers, The Planet is discounting its shelf prices to $100 per month, a savings of more than 70 percent.

           The company is also offering a 50 percent discount on its RAID cards for private and virtual rack customers, which increase server performance and reliability.

“E-commerce continues to grow, requiring businesses to have a strong online presence,” said Bryce Edwards, The Planet’s general manager for complex infrastructure solutions. “The Planet’s private and virtual racks help businesses accommodate increased demands on IT infrastructure, with the benefits of unlimited server-to-server transfer, pooled bandwidth and advanced security technologies. With these promotions, our customers can prepare for growth during the holidays and beyond, while keeping capital expenditures to a minimum.”

The offers are good through Nov. 30, 2008, or while limited promotional supplies last. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.planetalpha.com/server-specials/.

About Private and Virtual Racks

The Planet’s dedicated private racks are ideal for larger environments that require the ability to grow rapidly. With Gigabit networking, high-performance SAN solutions, and advanced load balancing and security options, private rack customers have complete flexibility in their hosted solution. The Planet’s virtual racks -- ideal for customers with two or three servers -- provide the same security, scalability and networking benefits as private racks, at a lower cost of entry. For more information, please visit www.planetalpha.com/private-racks/.

About The Planet

The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 25,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 13.3 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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