The Planet, EV1Servers integration completed

The Planet has completed it's merger with EV1Servers lately. Both dedicated server providers were acquired in May 2006 by GI Partners. According to Netcraft analysis, The Planet is now the world's six-largest hosting company, with 1.89 million hostnames, 22000 clients in 6 data centers and over 110 million USD of combined revenue.

Still bigger than The Planet are: Go Daddy, 1&1 Internet, Microsoft, Google and Intergenia AG.

 

 

EV1Servers was one of the pioneers in dedicated server market. The company was known as Rackshack, was rebranded as EV1Servers in end of 2003.

The Planet is known for it's reliable dedicated servers, from self-managed Celerons starting at 69$/mo, to performance series based on Dual Intel Woodcrest processors, from 359 $/mo to 1099 $/mo.