Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - March 13, 2008 - The Planet privately held dedicated hosting company, recently participated in the Montgomery Technology Conference, at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California.

The Planet's Chairman and CEO Douglas J. Erwin and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Klausmeyer, represented the company, with Mr. Erwin presenting a business overview.

The 5th Annual Montgomery Technology Conference gathered a highly select group of 750-plus venture, private equity, public institutional investors and senior technology executives from around the world. Conference highlights include 90 high-quality private companies, 50 industry-leading public companies, industry keynotes and panels.

Montgomery and Co. provides execution driven intelligent analysis and market insight. Since 1986, the firm has included strategic capital-formation advisory services to leading aerospace, defense and related technology companies. By 1990, the firm expanded its strategic advisory services to include media and communications properties, and began advising major multi-national communications consortia on how to penetrate new markets via acquisition of enabling technology. The firm added M and A services business, advising emerging growth companies on their sale or partnerships with major corporations. The firm was further strengthened by an investment from Tudor Investments which is the venture capital and private equity arm of Tudor Investment Corporation, an internationally recognized diversified investment management firm with $11.7 billion in assets.

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.