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    BIG NEWS - Softlayer sold to The Planet owners/GI Partners

    http://www.alacrastore.com/research/...Profile-806900

    Is a merger imminent?

    Who will run the new company? Lance as CEO? Doug as Chairman?

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    I also heard this from several people in the investment industry.

    Speculation around hostingcon is that they will be combined and positioned for an IPO - but that softlayer will be the lead on it since they are growing and theplanet apparently from what I have heard from multiple sources is not for all practical purposes.
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    wow... that really sucks

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    Just hope Douglas doesn’t get the chance to run the firm, or it will <<not go well>>
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    or we would just see the softlayers founders start another new company called hardlayer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maikon View Post
    or we would just see the softlayers founders start another new company called hardlayer
    Hardlayer is better than softlayer 2

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    OHH NOOOO !!!
    will any softlayer partners being affected ?? as 100tb.com ?

    as the planet is quite stingy on their bw allowances !

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    Well, both SoftLayer and ThePlanet are great companies so there should not be much difference concerning network quality or service as I'm aware of.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hansenc View Post
    wow... that really sucks
    I agree, less competition between this two monster.
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    I am certainly not too excited about this, I hope this doesn't cause SL to get dragged down into the pit that is TP.

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    Woah, this will be a surprise if true. I have mixed feelings about this. Naturally a bigger company can mean better things, although others have said, less competition could be pretty bad..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jedito View Post
    I agree, less competition between this two monster.
    Sucks for more reasons than that. ThePlanet was one of the first huge dedi companies, and they've never been on the same level as Softlayer, exactly why Lance et al branched out to start it. They never truly competed; monthlies with Softlayer are going to run you 10-50% more, and they have a far better service reputation.

    No, 100TB will certainly not be affected, nor will it be "just fine because both are great companies". Even if that was true and they were on the same service level, it's probably going to involve some frustration for a lot of customers. I'd imagine those hosted at SL are going to come out worse in all this.

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    I am certainly not too excited about this, I hope this doesn't cause SL to get dragged down into the pit that is TP.

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    It's pretty poor news indeed, thePlanet has really dropped from their heyday and it wouldn't take much mismanagement to drag SoftLayer down.

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    is this info is true?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maikon View Post
    or we would just see the softlayers founders start another new company called hardlayer
    Seems like they already exist

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    Oh just awesome this plus Softlayer's new Networklayer crap is the end of the line. I'm done SL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
    Seems like they already exist
    i thought it belongs to softlayer
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    I think many might be jumping to conclusions too fast...
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    Quote Originally Posted by nickn View Post
    I think many might be jumping to conclusions too fast...
    Yup, some one should officially confirm it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by chennaihomie View Post
    Yup, some one should officially confirm it!
    GI partners absolutely bought a controlling interest in them.

    GI partners also absolutely owns theplanet.

    I have talked to many people in the last 3 hours that are very close to the situation and its true.

    What I dont know is if they will merge the 2. However the popular speculation is that they will and that Lance will run it.

    My questions are going to be:

    1. What panel will they go to or will they leave it as 2 seperate panels that are running the different systems?

    2. will this settle litigation between the companies?

    3. What is their plan to solve the projected cash flow failure down the road according to S&P analysis - IPO to replace part of the debt?

    4 will there be staffing changes and reorganizations and how will that go if they do?

    Will prices go up now that they are controlled by the same group - thus bringing a lower level of competition?

    All in all I would say its good for other providers for sure - we are excited about it quite frankly for obvious reasons. If they merge them they are going to be the largest by a good bit in that market space - and really on a different level.
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    The other funny thing about GI is that they are still a large investor in TelX as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moosh28 View Post
    The other funny thing about GI is that they are still a large investor in TelX as well.

    TELX is going IPO this month supposedly. I expect that GI will reduce their holdings.
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    This could either be really bad, or really good. Hopefully Softlayer comes out the winner in this and just absorbs the planet customers into there interface, and then the planet just goes bye bye.
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    I wonder if this will be a repeat of what happen to EV1Servers... Maybe Ex-SoftLayer employees will start a new company like they did when they left The Planet? hmm

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