The Planet Hosts Techxans Forum on Enterprise IT Trends

HOUSTON -- Nov 5, 2008 -- The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced that it will host the Techxans Fall CIO Panel Forums in Dallas and Houston. The events, titled “Trends in Enterprise IT: Portfolio and Project Management, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, Web 2.0 and Enterprise Relationship Management,” feature industry thought leaders who will provide insight from their own experiences in corporate IT.

The Dallas event is scheduled for Nov. 5 and will be held at the Infomart. The Houston event, scheduled for Nov. 6, will be held at The Planet’s headquarters in downtown Houston. The events will begin at 7:30 a.m. and conclude at 11:30 a.m.

The Planet’s Vice President of Technology Will Charnock will serve as a panelist at both events, along with Allan Skov, former VP of IT for DCP/Duke Energy. In Dallas, they will be joined by Robert Clines, CIO for Dallas County; and in Houston, Brian Trudeau, CIO for Amerex Energy. Carl Meadows, senior product manager for The Planet, is a featured speaker at the events, along with executives from Compuware and Oracle.

“IT management is critical to business operations at companies both large and small, and today more than ever, businesses are looking for ways to improve utilization of their IT assets,” said Charnock. “As a provider of cloud infrastructure solutions and virtualization technologies, The Planet provides the infrastructure that enables companies to leverage our world-class data centers and enterprise-class network for their IT operations. At these events, we look to provide information that is educational and relevant to the challenges faced by technology companies today.”

The Techxans is the largest technology-executives network in Texas, with more than 48,000 members and chapters in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. To learn more, please visit the Web site at www.techxans.org.

About The Planet

The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 25,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 13.3 million Web sites worldwide. The Planet Alpha division provides the widest array of self-managed dedicated servers and advanced services backed by 24x7x365 support. The Planet Northstar Managed Hosting division combines a proactive methodology and seasoned IT experts to deliver a fully managed hosting solution. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses. For additional information, visit www.theplanet.com.