A recent report by Frost & Sullivan shows how The Planet’s carrier-grade IT hosting infrastructure reduces cost over a three-year period

February 6, 2007 – (TopHosts News Brief) – The Planet announced a recent report – prepared by Frost & Sullivan’s Stratecast – showing The Planet’s carrier-grade IT hosting infrastructure can reduce costs by more than 75 percent for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) over a three-year period.

The Stratecast white paper, “SMBs Can Cut IT Costs by More Than 75 Percent by Subscribing to Hosted Infrastructure Services,” outlines in-house IT infrastructure costs, over the course of a three-year period, versus subscribing to an on demand IT infrastructure service from The Planet. The report examines the total cost of ownership based on Web and database servers, security, lease premiums, dedicated Internet access, utilities and in-house administration.

Results show SMB customers spend approximately $24,100 with The Planet’s on demand IT infrastructure, while a self-operating approach could total upwards of $104,600.

“As today’s technology costs have become more manageable, SMBs can now compete head-to-head with larger competitors,” The Planet’s Vice President of Marketing Steve Kahan, said in a Business Wire release. “The Stratecast research validates the value we provide customers, delivering reduced IT management costs and increased flexibility to allow our customers to remain focused on their core business.”

Stratecast White Paper Highlights
· Hosted IT infrastructure provides reliability to SMBs, as subscribers typically get enterprise-level SLAs from their hosting provider.
· SMBs receive technical expertise, and more flexibility and scalability, with an on demand IT infrastructure that allows customers to easily fluctuate and downsize equipment needs on a month-by-month basis.
· Less IT and business risk through the expertise of an on demand IT infrastructure provider, as SMBs can concentrate on their strategic business goals.

For more information visit www.theplanet.com, or to download the complete Stratecast white paper, visit: http://www.theplanet.com/forms/register.asp?utm_source= BPHOWPRA11507&type=CITC_WP .