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The Planet Participates as Silver Sponsor at HostingCon 2010
Thursday, July 15th, 2010ksolan  
PRESS RELEASE (The Hosting News)  – The Planet, the global hosting leader, today announced that Chairman and CEO Douglas J. Erwin will be a featured speaker on two conference panels at HostingCon 2010, which takes place July 19-21 in Austin, Texas. Web...

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The Planet Launches New Server Cloud
Monday, June 28th, 2010ksolan  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – The Planet, the global hosting leader, today introduced its new Server Cloud, leveraging the power of virtualization and backed by a rich technology platform. With fast and easy provisioning, Server Cloud combines the simplicity and security...

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The Planet Appoints Senior Marketing Executive
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010ksolan  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the appointment of Matthew R. Benner as vice president of Marketing and Product Management. Benner reports to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Douglas J. Erwin. He holds...

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The Planet Adds Industry Veterans to Board of Directors
Monday, May 24th, 2010ksolan  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the appointment of two industry leaders to its Board of Directors. Charles E. Hoffman and Charles A. Picasso bring to the board years of extensive experience in the...

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The Planet Reports First Quarter Results
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010ksolan  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today discussed its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The Planet provides quarterly updates to its customers, business partners and prospects with information relative to new initiatives...

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The Planet to Participate in Executive Panel at Agile Success Tour
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010ksolan  
NEWS (The Hosting News) –  The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that Director of Software Development Stephen Johnson will participate in an executive panel at the Rally Software Agile Success Tour, scheduled for May 13, 2010, at...

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Mainline and The Planet Partner to Offer Enterprise-Class Hosting
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010ksolan  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Mainline Information SystemsTM, an IBM premier business partner and leading provider of hardware, software and virtualization solutions, announced today a partnership with The Planet. As part of The Planet Partner Plus program, Mainline will focus on...

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The Planet Announces Silver Sponsorship of Web 2.0 Expo
Friday, April 30th, 2010ksolan  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its silver sponsorship of the 2010 Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, scheduled for May 4-5 at the Moscone West Convention Center. The company’s Web Hosting Evangelist...

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The Planet Includes 10TB of Free Bandwidth on Dedicated Servers
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010ksolan  
NEWS (The Hosting News) –  The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced a limited-time offer that includes 10TB of bandwidth at no additional cost on new dedicated server orders. The promotion, which ends April 30, 2010, applies to...

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The Planet to Participate in Interop Las Vegas
Monday, April 26th, 2010ksolan  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its participation in the expo at Interop, the leading conference for business technology. During the expo, the company will showcase its IT management, hosting and cloud solutions,...

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