Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - August 6, 2007 - Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has released its ''Ready-To-Go servers,'' designed to afford the ability to bring new servers online in under an hour. The new Ready-To-Go servers, were developed to allow customers to easily add new servers, in order to keep pace with unexpected demand.

The new offering now becomes a regular solution in the company's product portfolio. Ready-To-Go servers are available in three server configurations, and offer the RedHat Linux operating system and the cPanel control panel. With the choice of three processors -- including a Pentium 4, Conroe 3060 or Dual Xeon -- the Ready-To-Go servers provide the ideal price/performance mix for customers interested in quickly adding new servers to their lineup, without a premium price for quick activation.

Urvish Vashi, Director of Product Management at The Planet offered, ''We find that resellers and e-commerce customers often experience unexpected spikes in server needs, based on seasonal business flow. With the launch of Ready-To-Go servers, The Planet delivers a one-hour setup assurance on new server orders to meet the fluid demands of our customers and their user base. Along with the activation promise, Ready-To-Go is backed by The Planet's world-class data centers and networks. We provide the servers and solutions that deliver a true on demand IT infrastructure.''

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 Ready-To-Go Servers, please visit: www.theplanet.com/dedicated-servers/ready-to-go-servers.asp.

To learn more about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.