Dedicated Server Web Hosting Firm, The Planet, Unveils Initiation, RAM Promotion

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - November 7, 2007 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has premiered a new promotion, to provide customers with double the memory, as well as waiving the $25 set-up fee on new server orders, during a 20-day promotion.

The limited-time-and-supply promotion is available until Monday, Dec. 3, or while limited promotional supplies last.

Urvish Vashi, Director of Product Management at The Planet remarked, ''RAM is a critical to server performance, particularly with intense database use and accessing content-rich web sites. Through our aggressive seasonal promotions, we're offering the optimal price performance package for customers interested in new servers. With our six data centers, network and 7x24x365 support, customers benefit from world-class, enterprise-scale performance at SMB prices.''

In October, The Planet was listed among Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 List, for the second consecutive year, ranked at #12 for 2007. The annual survey ranks the 50 fastest growing local technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies based on percentage revenue growth over five years from 2002 through 2006. To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, organizations must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2002 and $5,000,000 in 2006, and be headquartered in North America.

The Planet's network is designed without single points of failure, which means the network operates with full redundancy for its core routers and distribution switches. The company also offers carrier diversity, with connections to seven Tier-1 telecommunications providers. As a result, customers never face obstacles or suffer from poor peering connections, sub-optimal routing paths, or congested or oversold networks that limit the power, speed and availability of their sites.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide the following:

High level of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 2.8 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and network connectivity.

To learn more about the limited-time-and-supply November promotion, please visit: www.theplanet.com/free-setup-ram.

For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

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