Dedicated Server Web Hosting Firm, The Planet, Ranks on Deloitte Tech Fast 50

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 22, 2007 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has been placed 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.

Skip Moore, Managing Partner, Technology, Media and Telecommunications at Deloitte and Touche LLP noted, ''To rank on Deloitte/s Technology Fast 50, companies must have phenomenal revenue growth over five years. The Planet has proven to be one of the fast-growth success stories in Texas, and we applaud their dedication to making their vision a reality.''

Steve Kahan, Vice President of Marketing at The Planet added, ''Texas has become an increasingly strong technology market, evidenced by the list of companies named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. Our own company continues to outpace industry growth rates. We are making significant investments in our business, reinforcing our commitment to be the recognized leader for delivering on demand IT infrastructure to small- and medium-sized businesses.''

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.

Designed to provide choices in processing power, price and flexibility, The Planet today adds three new servers to meet the needs of its broad customer spectrum:

• Dell 840 Kentsfield Servers: These next-generation mid-range performance servers are powered by a single quad-core multiprocessor system, equipped with Intel's Xeon 3210 series processors with up to 8GB of memory.
• Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dual Clovertown Servers: These new ''skinny'' Clovertowns provide high-performance Xeon 5335 processors that are less expensive and more flexible. With the smaller configuration and footprint, the dual processor, quad-core server delivers next-generation power, expandability, rack density and up to 1.8TB of internal storage
• Ready-To-Go Opteron Servers: The company's Dual Opteron 265 servers are now part of its Ready-To-Go server line, available to customers in under an hour with or without the cPanel control panel.

Operating at gigabit speeds and beyond, Foundry Networks load balancers can provide the added benefit of multi-geography redundancy. Customers can choose from products that optimize performance and uptime of their critical applications.

• Foundry 4G: These load balancers are designed to meet the growing demand for secure and accelerated delivery of Web services in data center environments. The devices support a broad range of IP- and Web-based applications for small-scale enterprise and e-commerce organizations.
• Global Server Load Balancing: For customers who require load balancing and high availability across Web sites or server farms hosted in multiple data centers, the Foundry GSLB directs customers to the location with the fastest response time. In the event of a failure, GSLB transparently directs customers to the best alternate location for uninterrupted service.

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.

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