Houston, Texas - (Website Hosting Directory) - April 7, 2008 - Privately held dedicated hosting company, The Planet, has debuted four new customer success videos to its web site, with plans to incorporate additional videos during the course of 2008.

The videos feature testimonials from the executives of small- and medium-size companies that host their IT infrastructures and businesses with The Planet. In each case, the executives clearly articulate how they use The Planet’s network, data centers and products to grow their businesses.

Steve Kahan, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at The Planet noted, ‘’There’s no one more qualified to talk about The Planet’s products and services than our own customers. Customers often tell us that they come to The Planet for its world-class data centers and network, and then find additional benefits such as our uptime and customer support. More often than not, they’ve hosted with other providers and are looking for a company with a solid reputation that understands the critical business issues they face. These new videos clearly illustrate why The Planet is the right fit for more than 22,000 businesses around the world.'’

The Planet’s broad customer base includes businesses in a wide range of industries, from Web hosting, advertising and online service industries to retail and wholesale operations, financial services and technology. Customers that cite The Planet’s unmatched uptime, outstanding customer support and customized solutions include:

• Site5 (www.site5.com) is a 10-year-old California-based company that offers shared and reseller hosting solutions and operates more than 250 servers.
• ProBoards (www.proboards.com) is the web’s leading forum provider, hosting more than 2.3 million forums with more than 20 million members.
• Hands-On Web Hosting (www.handsonwebhosting.com) is a Web hosting provider that offers shared, dedicated and managed hosting in addition to domain-name services.
• AdWorld Media (www.adworldmedia.com) is a Florida-based media and marketing company that provides businesses with targeted online advertising capabilities.

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’s goal is to help turn information technology into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to successfully grow businesses.

To learn more about the videos, please visit: www.theplanet.com/about-us/our-customer-videos.asp.

For additional information, please visit: www.theplanet.com.