Web Hosting Solutions Firm, The Planet, Named Top Dedicated Hosted Server

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - February 15, 2007 - Privately held dedicated hosting company, The Planet, has been named as one of the leading providers of Dedicated Hosted Server Packages and Colocation Hosting, by HostReview.com.

Named as the number one provider in the Dedicated Hosted Server Package and one of the Top 10 for Colocation Hosting, The Planet's services were evaluated by HostReview.com editors based on price, technology, customer service reliability and overall performance. During the year-long evaluation phase, HostReview.com also assessed each organization based on user reviews for each solution, a key element in the decision-making process.

Darren Tabor, CEO of DevStart, HostReview.com parent company remarked, "During the course of the year, the hosting industry clearly experienced a number of changes, and in recognizing the ability to maintain business during change, we've created the annual Top 10 awards to honor organizations that continue to grow and diversify to meet customer demands. In delivering the Top 10 awards, we evaluated a number of hosting companies based on set criteria and selected the leading providers in each category. Over the past year, The Planet has outperformed in the area of Dedicated Hosted Servers and Colocation Hosting."

Providing SMB customers with a wide breadth of on demand IT infrastructure solutions, The Planet's dedicated hosted server packages and colocation hosting offers a powerful, secure and flexible environment. With a dedicated hosted server package or through collocation hosting, customers retain control while offloading IT infrastructure and server management responsibility to The Planet, ensuring organizations gain peak performance and scalability without the costs typically associated with buying, staffing and maintaining systems in-house.

Steve Kahan, Vice President of Marketing at The Planet added, "SMB customers face the challenge of leading their organizations while working to keep up with the latest technologies, which requires extensive financial and technical resources. We continue to raise the standard for performance, price and customer service to empower our customers with an on demand IT infrastructure perfectly suited to their needs. Our recognition by HostReview.com further validates our commitment to delivering solutions that meet our client's most demanding IT infrastructure needs."

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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. By offering the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and the highest level of network connectivity, The Planet endeavors to turn information technology into a competitive advantage, enabling customers to grow businesses.

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