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The Planet Extends Industry-Leading Private Rack Solution With New Virtual Rack
2008-05-07
HOUSTON, May 7, 2008 – The Planet, the world’s largest privately held
dedicated hosting company, today extended its popular private rack portfolio
with the addition of a new virtual rack solution. For customers with as few as
two servers, the new virtual racks provide an advanced hosting solution that is
both cost-effective and offers a smaller footprint.
Virtual racks provide customers who require cost-effective scalability and
security with the power and flexibility to host advanced multi-server solutions.
By providing a broad choice of servers as well as bandwidth pooling and
unlimited server-to-server data transfer, customers can host complex
multi-server online applications in The Planet’s world-class data centers
without giving up the control they desire.
For a limited time, the company is offering the first month free on all
Kentsfield servers hosted in a virtual rack. The new virtual racks are available
beginning today.
“We create high-end interactive media campaigns, which means clients rely on our
company to be up and running around the clock. There’s absolutely no room for
error or downtime,” said Mike Glisson, senior systems analyst with
Cincinnati-based Bridge Worldwide (http://www.bridgeworldwide.com).
“We’ve used the new virtual rack solution from The Planet for the past three
months with stellar performance and results. The scalability allows me to add
servers quickly and easily, and still take advantage of the cost-effective
pooled bandwidth feature. With content-rich media, that’s an important added
bonus.”
“Our private rack solutions are the fastest growing segment of our business,
which is especially attractive to customers hosting more complex multi-server
sites and applications,” said Urvish Vashi, director of product management with
The Planet. “No longer are customers forced to make the difficult choice of
purchasing unused capacity or look for costly alternatives like colocation to
host their more complex applications. The new virtual racks offer some of the
same economies of scale for companies with a need for more powerful solutions.”
About Virtual Racks
Virtual racks enhance security, particularly for companies running advanced,
high-performance applications that require security and flexibility in
multi-server environments:
Unlimited server-to-server transfer: Multiple servers within the same
virtual rack have unlimited connectivity so customers don’t pay for bandwidth
between servers.
Reduced risk of bandwidth overages: Virtual racks allow customers to pool
bandwidth across all servers in the environment. The Planet eliminates the
guessing game of which server will accumulate overages, only to find others
below their limit. Pooled bandwidth allows servers to share the bandwidth
included with every server purchased from The Planet.
Access to advanced security and hosting technologies: A complete hosting
solution for complex environments requires advanced firewalls and load
balancers. Virtual racks allow customers to take advantage of these solutions
across their multi-server applications.
To learn more about The Planet’s private rack solutions, please visit the Web
site at
http://www.theplanet.com/hosting-products/private-racks/
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 6.7 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 unmatched network
connectivity, The Planet helps turn information technology into a powerful
competitive advantage that enables customers to successfully 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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