March 31, 2008----The Planet, leader in dedicated web hosting announced Windows server 2008 to its full line of dedicated server operating systems.
The Planer offers four edition of the operating system, which are available for all servers in the Planet’s broad fleet. This new operating system provides web tools, improved security features and virtualization technologies and six world class data-centres provide a secure and scalable hosted IT environment.
John Zanni, director of Worldwide Hosting at Microsoft Corp., added: “With the addition of Windows Server 2008, we are excited to help The Planet offer its customers an easy-to-manage and reliable platform for the development and hosting of Web applications and services. The new capabilities available in Windows Server 2008, the core of the Microsoft hosting platform for service providers, will allow The Planet’s customers to experience significant new features that enhance their IT infrastructure.”
Windows Server 2008 is available in four editions:
•Windows web server 2008--- it helps in enabling business to rapidly deploy web pages, sites, applications and services with IIS 7.0, ASP.NET and Microsoft .NET Framework.
•Windows server 2008 Enterprise: It delivers a enterprise-class platform with consolidated identity management features plus clustering and hot-add processor capabilities.
•Windows Server 2008 Standard- Features built in Web and virtualization capabilities and enhanced security features.
•Windows Server 2008 Unauthenticated Version- It offers all the Web Server power of the Enterprise edition without the ability to run Achieve Directory and related services.
Website: www.theplanet.com