May 5, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Dedicated hosting provider The Planet (theplanet.com) announced on Monday it is offering six new promotions for May, which last through May 31, or while promotional supplies last. The promotions include the company's first-ever discount on firewalls, enabling customers to receive 26 percent off its two popular Check Point solutions.
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"The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard requires companies to have a secure firewall in place when accepting credit card payments," says Urvish Vashi, director of product management at The Planet. "Companies that are compromised face serious risks as well as the loss of revenue and their hard-gained good reputations if there are breaches to their sites. This promotion signals a great time for companies to review their security profile and to consider an upgrade to their hosting infrastructures."
The firewall solution Check Point X16 has been discounted from $89 per month to $69 per month while the Check Point XU solution is now $139 per month, down from $189 per month.
Another promotion, 'Double Down Select,' enables customers to choose from doubling their base bandwidth, hard disk or RAM for free on new orders of the Kentsfield SATA or the Dual Xeon 2.8 IDE.
The Dual Xeon 2.4 SCSI is now $143 per month - down from $219 - providing customers with a 35 percent savings on the popular server. Meanwhile, The Planet's dedicated backup servers are discounted from 13 percent to 29 percent on 500GB to 6TB servers.
Finally, the company is offering component Upgrades for existing customers, enabling them to add more disk space, bandwidth and backup at 50 percent off current prices.
