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The Planet Announces Houston Network Upgrades
2008-10-06
HOUSTON, Oct. 6, 2008 ? The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting,
today announced significant improvements to its enterprise-class network. These
new upgrades consolidate the already powerful Houston and Dallas networks into a
single global network, which provides increased reliability, better scalability
and a more consistent experience for the company?s 22,000 customers. It also
provides a common network policy across the company?s six world-class data
centers in the two cities.
In preparation for next-generation technologies, The Planet?s network is now
IPv6-ready and is running MPLS for greater traffic engineering and management,
as well as enhanced IP services.
?In survey-after-survey, customers tell us they choose The Planet based on the
quality and reliability of our network and data centers,? said Will Charnock,
the company?s vice president of technology. ?Both comprise the central nervous
system operations for our customers, who rely on us to operate their
mission-critical IT infrastructures around the clock. During the past two years,
we?ve performed significant upgrades to deliver even better quality network
capabilities. As we prepare for future technologies that will be important to
our customers, these upgrades represent strategic investments that provide them
with access to the highest-quality network in our industry.?
Network Upgrade Overview
Over the past two years, the company has continued to advance the quality of its
network to provide an even better customer experience and to improve its
operational efficiencies. Following is an overview of the key improvements:
Interconnection Upgrades: The company upgraded all of its major carriers
to 10Gbps connections, providing industry-leading network speeds.
Port Upgrades: 10Gbps port upgrades were added in the Houston data
centers to AboveNet, NTT, Level3 and AT&T, expanding total capacity and
enhancing performance.
Redundant Links: The company installed redundant 10Gbps links between its
Dallas network and Houston?s H1 and H2 data centers, as well as between these
two data center locations.
Router Upgrades: All core network routers have been upgraded to Foundry
XMRs, while all customer-facing routers are now Cisco 4500 Series routers.
Increased Capacity: The company increased its Internet capacity in
Houston to 65Gbps, which offers greater network speed and performance.
Private Peering: The Houston network can now leverage the company?s
direct peering connections, reducing latency and providing faster performance to
end-users.
IPv6-Ready: IPv6 provides an almost infinite number of addresses.
Customers can rest assured The Planet is prepared to deal with the threat of
IPv4 address exhaustion.
MPLS-Ready: MPLS provides higher network performance for customers and
more granular traffic management across the company?s network. In addition, it
lays the foundation for offering advanced IP services in the future.
About The Planet
The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions,
hosting more than 22,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 12 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
http://www.theplanet.com.
For information contact:
Yvonne Donaldson, The Planet
Director, Public Relations
Phone: (281) 714-3602
ydonaldson@theplanet.com
Catherine Leahy
Global Fluency
Phone: (650) 433-4150
cleahy@globalfluency.com
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