March 19, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Dedicated hosting provider The Planet (theplanet.com), and shared hosting provider HostGator (hostgator.com), announced on Monday that they have extended their strategic business relationship with the signing of the largest customer transaction in the history of the two companies.
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Through the terms of the agreement, HostGator will lease more than 1,700 additional servers in The Planet's Houston and Dallas data centers, essentially doubling its server portfolio. Approximately one-third of the new servers will be provisioned and ready to use this week.
"For the past five years, HostGator has continued a steady growth trajectory with The Planet as our hosting provider," says HostGator president and founder Brent Oxley. "Starting with three servers -- and now with many more -- we have relied on The Planet for its reliability, scalability, bandwidth and service, which we believe is the best in the business. We have built our business based on service and one-on-one relationships with our customers, which is the hallmark of our success."
HostGator provide shared and reseller services to over 500,000 Web sites, and its over 10,000 resellers. The Planet provides on demand IT infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small and medium-sized businesses and 2.8 million Web sites worldwide.
