The Planet Announces November Server Promotions

November 10, 2008; 09:35 AM

The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced new lower pricing on select servers from its high-performance portfolio.   The servers, hosted in The Planet’s world-class data centers, offer customers significant cost savings on their IT operations.     Beginning today, the powerful Dual Xeon 5405 is priced at $299 per month, a savings of 25 percent. The server features a 250GB hard drive with 2GB of RAM. Also discounted is the Xeon 3210, priced at $179 per month, down from $199. The Xeon 3060 has been reduced to $169 per month, formerly $179.

           Customers can save more than 50 percent on two Dual Xeon models. The DX 2.8 is now priced at $125 per month, down from $259, and the DX 3.2 is priced at $135 per month, down from $299. Additionally, pricing on the Celeron 2.0, The Planet’s lowest-priced server, is now $69 per month, formerly $89.

           “The cost of IT infrastructure for small- and medium-sized businesses is a chief concern,” said Urvish Vashi, The Planet’s general manager for dedicated servers. “By taking advantage of these promotions on our Planet Alpha dedicated servers, customers can benefit from even more attractive pricing options, backed by our enterprise-class network and world-class data centers.”

This week the company is also discounting its data protection servers, secure backup appliances featuring CDPServer software from R1Soft. Data protection servers with 1TB of storage capacity are now priced at $319 per month, and servers with 6TB of capacity are priced at $929.

Lastly, the company is relaunching Double Down Select, which provides customers the choice of doubling hard drive space, RAM or bandwidth for free on select servers.

The offers are good through Nov. 16, 2008, or while limited promotional supplies last. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.planetalpha.com/server-specials/.

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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