The Planet is a purveyor of on demand IT infrastructure hosting. The site includes sections that detail the products and services that the company provides in fine detail. To begin with, the “Dedicated Servers” pages allow the prospective client to choose from a large number of plans ranging from single processor single core servers to multi processors multi core servers. For its part, managed hosting solutions can be found in the pertinent section, and they make for Microsoft solutions that are customized specifically for the customer’s business, and are administered by the Planet team. This means that the customer has all the available features at his disposal, yet he does not have to worry about maintenance issues, as this is taken care of by the Planet staff members. Finally, hosting products such as storage and back-up solutions can be found on the relevant page. Customer support is provided by a live chat with sales representatives. What’s more, a customer e-newsletter entitled “Satellite” is available for free to those who sign up online.