Global IT hosting provider The Planet made a number of important announcements today that "extend its industry leadership role and set an enriched new direction for its customers" according to the statement. The Planet has made an entry into managed hosting under the Planet Northstar brand and added some advanced services under the Planet Alpha Dedicated Servers moniker.

I've used hosting from ThePlanet myself for my personal Web services for several years and have wonderful things to say about their reliability, support and value. These developments provide The Planet an even more extensive set of products and services which will help meet the budget and business requirements of any company looking to move to a hosted IT infrastructure model.