February 04, 2008 - The Planet appoints new data center head
Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has appointed Scott King as its new Senior Director, Data Center Operations, where he will be responsible for operations across the company's six data centers in Houston and Dallas.
James P. Treuting, Vice President, Sales and Operations noted, ''Scott King brings to The Planet tremendous skills and expertise in managing large and complex data center operations. Throughout his career, he has implemented policies and procedures to advance strong relationships between technical staffs and the customers they serve. As an ITIL-certified manager, he has a keen knowledge of the advanced skills and standards required for world-class data center management.''
Mr. King will report to Mr. Treuting and brings to The Planet a broad range of experience in managing enterprise-class data centers and technical teams across multiple operating platforms and applications. He joins the company following an eight-year tenure with Data Return where he served in a number of increasingly responsible roles. Most recently, King directed a 106-person support-services organization that included management responsibilities for all server-side operational and network support, in addition to data centers and change administration. At Data Return, he also served as manager of quality assurance, manager of customer support and as a technical account manager. Previous experience includes work with Software Spectrum, where he served as a software engineer.
Recently, The Planet's Vice President of Network Operations, Stan O. Barber, recently delivered an address at the 30th annual Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) Telecom with Vision tradeshow. Mr. Barber commented, ''As customers demand additional functionality, we will begin to see broader adoption of IPv6. There are no significantly large companies driving adoption, so we face a chicken-and-egg scenario that has plagued widespread deployment. While anyone can connect to IPv6 today using a tunnel broker, it is difficult to use such connections when driving traffic of any significant bandwidth. Having providers deliver IPv6 natively removes this bandwidth barrier and makes it possible for web sites, as an example, to deliver the same content with the same experience over IPv6 and IPv4.''
Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has appointed Scott King as its new Senior Director, Data Center Operations, where he will be responsible for operations across the company's six data centers in Houston and Dallas.
