11/2/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that Rob Walters, director of product management, will participate in a panel discussion at the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, Calif.
10/28/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today expanded its portfolio of products and services with the addition of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. The new operating system is available to all dedicated hosting customers across the company’s eight SAS 70 Type II-audited data centers.
10/27/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today discussed its results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009. The Planet provides quarterly updates to its customers, business partners and prospects with information relative to new initiatives and its progress.
10/13/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced plans to host the Texas IPv6 Task Force. Scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 3-4, at its headquarters in downtown Houston, more than 100 participants are expected for the free two-day event.
10/5/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that Todd Mitchell, general manager for the company's Dedicated Hosting and Global Services businesses, will deliver an address at this week's fourth-annual cPanel show in Houston.
9/21/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the appointment of CAPSTAR Commercial Real Estate Services to lease its fifth data center in the Dallas Metroplex. The first of four 12,000-square-foot pods has been completed, providing environmentally friendly white-floor space that is complete and ready for leasing. CAPSTAR principals Trey Smith and Chris Taylor will manage leasing for the facility, which is located on Plano Parkway in the 190 Business Center.
9/15/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its new Partner Plus program, which includes significant extensions to its already-strong partner program. It includes three specific partner models designed to fit the business requirements of its customers. The new Referral Partner program offers industry-leading commission rates up to 20 percent to reward partners that introduce their customers to The Planet’s wide range of products and world-class customer service.
8/10/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today discussed its results for the quarter ended July 31, 2009. The Planet provides quarterly updates to its customers, business partners and prospects with information relative to new initiatives and its progress.
7/27/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced a limited-time promotion that includes 10TB of bandwidth at no additional cost to new dedicated server orders. The promotion, which ends July 31, applies to servers hosted in the company’s world-class Houston and Dallas data centers. The free bandwidth offer can be combined with current special pricing on The Planet’s dedicated servers, starting from $69.
7/21/2009 - Initial results from a new online survey designed to measure IT effectiveness at small businesses shows almost one in four respondents score a “D” or “F” grade. According to the IT Effectiveness Index (ITEI) Mid-Year Report 2009, another 37 percent of small businesses are barely maintaining their IT operations, scoring only a “C” grade. The report, based on surveying hundreds of small businesses, further reveals that these companies are falling further behind as economic pressures have forced nearly half of the respondents to reduce, delay or cancel critical IT investments.
7/20/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its membership in the Microsoft BizSpark Program. Through membership, The Planet can provide early-stage startups with free Microsoft software, which otherwise may be unaffordable for these companies. The Planet, a gold-certified Microsoft partner, offers the program to qualified companies through its status as an official Network Partner and Hosting Provider.
7/8/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its participation at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference from July 13-16 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The Planet is a bronze-level conference sponsor and will showcase its hosting partner and IT infrastructure solutions at booth 436. The company will also have a second point of presence at the Microsoft Software-plus-Services Pavilion, booth 1009.
7/7/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that ContentActive (http://www.contentactive.com) has selected the company’s hosting platform. Headquartered in Houston, ContentActive develops an extensive array of Web site and communications solutions for its clients to support their online businesses. The company’s portfolio includes content management, mobile solutions, document management, hosting, and search engine marketing and optimization.
6/11/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced it will host a ribbon-cutting event at its newly constructed data center in the north Dallas suburb of Plano, Texas. The event, scheduled for 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 16, will include remarks from The Planet Chairman & CEO Douglas J. Erwin and Plano City Manager Thomas H. Muehlenbeck. Tours of the 106,000-square-foot, environmentally friendly facility will be offered.
6/3/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that BreakThisRecord.com (http://www.breakthisrecord.com), headquartered in Kent, Wash., has selected the Northstar Managed Hosting™ platform for its IT infrastructure. The free challenge site extends opportunities for anyone – from individuals, schools or even groups and clubs – to post videos, establish their own personal records and defy others to best the performance.
6/2/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the availability of a new report from market research firm Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan. The report supplies conclusive evidence that The Planet’s enterprise-grade hosted IT infrastructure reduces operating costs for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) by 51 percent over a three-year period. According to the white paper, hosting places increased control into the hands of SMBs, in addition to offering greater technical and business flexibility. For these reasons, Stratecast predicts that hosted infrastructure will become a preferred method for supporting the IT needs of these companies.
6/1/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the appointment of Duke S. Skarda as vice president, Information Technology and Software Development. Reporting to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Douglas J. Erwin, Skarda will be responsible for the company’s entire span of IT activities, including core IT operations, and software development and implementation for customer-facing solutions.
5/26/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that SpeedFC, Inc. (http://www.speedfc.com) has tapped the company to provide hosting services for its IT infrastructure. Headquartered in Dallas, SPEED FC is a single-source provider of business-to-business and direct-to-consumer customized, integrated and outsourced transaction management services for both traditional and e-commerce retailers. SPEED FC clients number some of the most highly regarded, well-known brands in the country.
5/19/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today issued a report that shows The Planet Storage Cloud outperforms similar cloud storage platforms in both read and write tests. With its benefits of on-premise storage, elastic cloud design and utility-based billing, The Planet Storage Cloud delivers transfer speeds that are more than three times faster than the leading competitors. Read the report to understand the criteria used by the company with respect to the performance testing of various similar products.
5/4/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the official opening of its first international data center in London. For customers with European end-users, the new facility offers geographic redundancy, enhanced performance and Gigabit connectivity. The new facility is the company’s eighth data center, and joins its seven domestically located data centers in Houston and Dallas.
4/29/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today discussed its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The Planet provides quarterly updates to its customers, business partners and prospects with information relative to new initiatives and its progress.
4/28/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that it will host a seminar on the importance of developing a business continuity plan in preparation for natural disasters. Scheduled for Thursday, April 30, from 4 to 7 p.m., the company will feature two speakers. Robert M. Stein, professor of political science at Rice University, will share the results of a recent study that evaluates the experiences of Houston-area residents during Hurricanes Rita and Ike. Steve Ritter, data center manager for Panhandle Energy, will provide comments on his professional experience. The event will be held at The Planet’s Houston headquarters.
4/27/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that The DJ Booth (www.djbooth.net) has selected the Northstar Managed Hosting platform for its IT infrastructure. Headquartered in New York, The DJ Booth provides DJs, music professionals, and trendsetters with a place to hear and discuss the best in urban music and hip hop. With more than 700,000 visitors each month, The DJ Booth has become an online destination for users looking for the latest music from new and established artists.
4/22/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that it will sponsor a seminar and networking event that discusses how businesses can stretch their IT budgets by leveraging a combination of hosting technologies. Titled “The Movement Toward Zero CapEx IT,” the event will be held at Hill Country restaurant in New York City on Wednesday, April 22, from 4 to 7 p.m. Featured speakers include Alex Hyman, president of in8 Mobile; and Rob Walters and Carl Meadows of The Planet.
4/21/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the immediate availability of Dell servers powered by Intel’s next-generation processor technology featuring its Nehalem microarchitecture. The new server, packaged as the Dual Xeon 5530, is based on the Dell PowerEdge R710 platform and features 6GB of RAM with the option of either a 250GB SATA or 146GB SAS hard drive. As an added benefit, The Planet includes 80GB of Network Backup and Alpha Server Monitoring with each Dual Xeon 5530 purchase at no charge.
4/6/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its new ‘Lowest Price on The Planet’ promotion, the most aggressive offer in its history. To encourage companies using other hosting organizations to consider The Planet, the process is simple: bring an invoice from a competitor, and The Planet will beat the offer on price, with an equivalent configuration for either self-managed dedicated or fully managed hosting. Also included in the promotion is one month of free hosting, free migration assistance with relocation from a competitor, and a free month of monitoring with reaction, one of its Alpha Advanced Services offerings.
3/31/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced a broad range of new options for its Hosting Partner Program. For the first time, The Planet is opening its entire product portfolio to partners, which adds valuable opportunities and the power to choose precisely the best services for both their businesses and their customers. Partners are now able to resell not only The Planet’s dedicated servers, but also managed dedicated servers, managed hosting or data center colocation services.
3/30/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that Q Point Technology (http://www.truesafe.net) has selected its new Storage Cloud solution. Based in Mountain View, Calif., Q Point Technology develops TrueSafe software infrastructure that enables service providers, such as IT managed services providers (MSPs), to offer their own online backup service.
3/27/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its participation in the Web 2.0 Expo, scheduled for March 31 – April 3 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. The company will showcase its IT infrastructure solutions at booth 723, as well as give away a Flip Video MinoHD camcorder.
3/26/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its Silver Sponsorship of SaaScon 2009, scheduled for March 31 – April 1 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. The company will showcase its IT infrastructure solutions at booth 425 and will give away a Flip Video MinoHD camcorder.
3/24/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the general availability of its new Storage Cloud service. The company offers globally dispersed locations to meet their customers’ requirements, wherever they are located around the world.
3/11/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its co-sponsorship of the Web Host Industry Review (WHIR) Dallas Networking Event, to be held at the House of Blues on March 12 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. WHIR Networking Events provide a venue for hosting and IT professionals to conduct face-to-face business, connect with executives, and learn more about the industry’s leading companies.
3/9/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced support for the newest version of Parallels Plesk Panel, the industry’s leading hosting-automation control panel. Effective immediately, Parallels Plesk Panel 9.0 is available to all dedicated hosting customers, including those with private and virtual racks.
3/2/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced plans for its first international data center, located in London. Based on significant customer demand for both international and globally redundant hosted infrastructure, the company initially will offer its virtual racks solution when its center opens in April. Preleasing begins immediately.
2/24/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced its inclusion in the Nine Lives Media Inc. second-annual MSPmentor 100, a distinguished research report identifying the world’s most progressive managed service providers. The company placed seventh overall, in addition to garnering a fourth-place spot based on its number of devices managed.
2/23/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced a promotion to help resellers increase hosting revenues. Beginning today and through March 31, customers who purchase five or more select servers will receive per-server discounts up to 68 percent.
2/18/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced a promotion that provides customers with a second server optimized for backup, sandbox development or testing, at one low price.
2/17/2009 - A group of companies with a primary focus on small- and medium-sized businesses today announced the formation of the first industry coalition to measure the IT effectiveness of SMBs around the world. The Information Technology Effectiveness Index – ITEI – provides business owners and IT executives with a free online benchmarking tool that uses a methods-based framework to compare the effectiveness of their IT systems with companies in the same industries and peer groups (www.iteffectivenessindex.com).
2/16/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced a landmark promotion that provides unmetered bandwidth on select servers for one low monthly price. In many cases, The Planet’s popular unmetered bandwidth packages – typically $200 for 10 Mbps or $1,800 for 100 Mbps of bandwidth per month – are essentially cost-free on these servers.
2/12/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced a pricing promotion on 14 of its most popular servers. Beginning today and through Feb. 28, the company is offering discounts up to 54 percent on select servers from its Dell-exclusive portfolio.
2/9/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced a new online tool that helps companies evaluate hosting options to determine which solution offers the precise requirements and budget for their businesses. The free, easy-to-use tool guides businesses through six questions that gauge hosting requirements: IT infrastructure size; server choices based on price vs. performance; platform preferences; management needs; SLA options; and budget. Upon completion, the survey provides hosting recommendations based on the respondent’s answers.
1/27/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced substantial discounts on 14 of its most popular servers. Included in the aggressive promotion are two new additions to The Planet portfolio: the Dual Xeon 5450 and the Xeon 3360, both based on the award-winning Dell PowerEdge platform.
1/26/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today discussed its results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2008. The Planet provides quarterly updates to its customers, business partners and prospects with information relative to new initiatives and its progress.
1/19/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced one month of free hosting for customers who sign one-year server contracts.
1/13/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced the addition of Panacore Corporation (www.panacore.com) to its Northstar Managed Hosting customer portfolio.
1/12/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced a key addition to its Alpha Advanced Services portfolio.
1/5/2009 - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, leaps into the new year with the boldest, most aggressive promotion ever for customers looking to switch hosting providers.