Leading Web Host The Planet Adds Windows Server 2008 to Portfolio

Customers offered an easy-to-manage and reliable platform for the development and hosting of Web applications and services.

March 31, 2008 - (TopHosts News Brief) – Dedicated Web hosting company, The Planet, today announced the addition of Windows Server 2008 to its full line of dedicated server operating systems.

Available immediately, The Planet is now offering four editions of the operating system, which are available for all servers in The Planet’s broad fleet. The new operating system provides improved security features, Web tools and virtualization technologies; all backed by The Planet’s network and six world-class data centers, providing a secure and scalable hosted IT environment.

“As more companies move their complex IT infrastructures to hosted environments, they’re looking for the broadest portfolio of offerings to support their strategic business requirements,” commented Urvish Vashi, director of product management for The Planet. “Windows Server-based solutions are one of the fastest-growing operating system segments in our business, and we expect this growth to accelerate by offering the added security, scalability and unique features that Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 provide.”

John Zanni, director of Worldwide Hosting at Microsoft Corp., added: “With the addition of Windows Server 2008, we are excited to help The Planet offer its customers an easy-to-manage and reliable platform for the development and hosting of Web applications and services. The new capabilities available in Windows Server 2008, the core of the Microsoft hosting platform for service providers, will allow The Planet’s customers to experience significant new features that enhance their IT infrastructure.”

Windows Server 2008 is available from The Planet in four editions:

•Windows Web Server 2008- enables businesses to rapidly deploy Web pages, sites, applications and services with IIS 7.0, ASP.NET and Microsoft .NET Framework

•Windows Server 2008 Standard- features built-in Web and virtualization capabilities and enhanced security features

•Windows Server 2008 Enterprise- delivers an enterprise-class platform with consolidated identity management features plus clustering and hot-add processor capabilities

•Windows Server 2008 Unauthenticated Version- offers all the Web server power of the Enterprise edition without the ability to run Active Directory and related services

For more information, visit: www.theplanet.com.