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The Planet

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Introduction

The Planet is the largest and fastest-growing dedicated server provider in the United States, providing IT solutions for small to medium businesses.

Past and present

GI Partners purchased the controlling interest of The Planet and EV1Servers on May 6th, 2006. Shortly after the alliance was formed, Doug Erwin became the new CEO.

Public Brands

  • Current Brands:
    • Planet Alpha, encompassing their dedicated servers
    • Planet Northstar, encompassing their managed hosting services
    • Orbit, their custom account control panel for existing The Planet accounts and new orders
    • Server Command, their custom account control panel for legacy EV1Servers purchased before 2007-01-17
  • Retired Brands:
    • Server Matrix, for entry-level or budget-priced dedicated servers
    • Total Control, for higher-end dedicated servers
    • Focus Series, for enterprise-level on-demand mass-server deployments
    • Insomnia365, a specialized division for PC-gaming-related dedicated servers
    • Cortex, their custom game-server control panel bundled with Insomnia365

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