Addition of Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosting provides customers with the advantage of IT managed hosting services.

The Planet, a privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced the addition of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system to its Northstar Managed Hosting line of business. The company states that customers with Linux, Microsoft can now take advantage of managed hosting services. It also states that as one of the two Red Hat Premier Hosting Partners, the Planet Northstar engineering team will have direct access to the company's product roadmaps and new platform features, creating a technically hosted environment for its customers.

It explains that its Northstar Managed Hosting provides small- and medium-sized customers with the advantage of enterprise-class IT managed hosting services, backed by a dedicated team of seasoned IT professionals who are personally accountable for their success. The company further adds that Web 2.0 and SaaS companies building innovative and cutting-edge applications use Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a foundational component of the LAMP stack - Linux, Apache, MySQL and PhP or J2EE.

''With our rigorous Anticipation Advantage best-practices methodology, Planet Northstar Managed Hosting becomes a proactive extension of your IT team,'' said The Planet's Vice President of Marketing and Product Management Steve Kahan. ''CIOs require proactive planning, preparation and prevention, which is precisely what Planet Northstar provides.  Backed by a team of certified professionals, our enterprise-class network and SAS 70 Type II world-class data centers, customers gain access to infrastructure that would otherwise be unaffordable for most companies.''