Traditionally, server administrators are required to reboot the system after performing upgrades to the Linux kernel. Although reboots only take several minutes, they inevitably cause downtime and disrupt the normal operation of the system. Ksplice’s rebootless technology instead converts important kernel upgrades to rebootless packages that can be installed without the need to reboot the system.

“Ksplice Uptrack is an important technology that will enable our technical staff to reduce the amount of time we spend on routine maintenance and in return provide even greater uptime for our clients. The ability to eliminate the majority of reboots is something we are excited to add to our arsenal. We’re reducing both costs and headaches at the same time,” said Future Hosting Chief Technology Officer Nick Zyren.

“Ksplice Uptrack brings systems to a whole new level of availability and security, and we’re delighted to be working with Future Hosting to serve their customers better,” said Ksplice Chief Operating Officer, Waseem Daher.

Ksplice Uptrack works in both traditional and virtualized Linux environments. Future Hosting will immediately begin using the technology on Virtual Private Server nodes in all of its data centers.

Virtual Private Servers from Future Hosting start at just $24.95 per month, and are available in a wide variety of configurations, including on both managed and unmanaged plans. Customers are also able to locate their server in any of Future Hosting’s five international data centers, in Chicago, Dallas, London, Seattle, or Washington, D.C.

Future Hosting is the developer of Future Engineer™, a technical support automation system designed to automate time consuming server configuration and repair tasks on Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Future Engineer™ allows clients to receive a greater level of technical support than is available when technicians spend their time performing routine or basic maintenance tasks. With Future Engineer™, technicians are free to spend their time offering a level of technical support that is unrivaled and otherwise unaffordable.

For more information about Future Hosting, please visit http://www.futurehosting.com.

About Future Hosting, LLC

Founded in 2001, Future Hosting is a privately held leading Internet solutions provider specializing in managed hosting, including Dedicated Servers, Virtual Private Servers, and Hybrid Virtual Private Servers. The company has built a strong reputation for its high-quality service, innovative pricing models, and 3-hour Service Level Agreement. Future Hosting is based in Novi, Mich.

NOVI, Mich. (August 4, 2009) – Future Hosting, an Internet solutions provider serving SMBs and enterprises internationally and developer of Future Engineer™, today announced it will no longer bill clients for incoming data transfer, enabling clients to stay within their overall data transfer allotments and not worry about overage charges.

The new policy affects all clients, including those hosted on Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and Dedicated Servers. Future Hosting is not increasing any fees to compensate for the significant reduction in data transfer billing.

“We’ve made a decision to be proactive, not reactive, in addressing the pressures in the marketplace. By offering free incoming data transfer, we are able to better serve clients with specific cost parameters and offer overall a more competitive pricing structure,” said Future Hosting Chief Strategy Officer Stephen Kowalski.

Currently, incoming data represents approximately 25 percent of all data transfer usage. By providing this transfer free of charge, clients will instantly have access to additional capacity and not have to worry about overage charges associated with incoming data transfer spikes. Clients should contact the support department to verify they are receiving free incoming transfer as part of their hosting plan.

Future Hosting is the developer of Future Engineer™, a technical support automation system designed to automate time consuming server configuration and repair tasks on Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Future Engineer™ allows clients to receive a greater level of technical support than is available when technicians spend their time performing routine or basic maintenance tasks. With Future Engineer™, technicians are free to spend their time offering a level of technical support that is unrivaled and otherwise unaffordable.

For more information about Future Hosting, please visit http://www.futurehosting.com.

About Future Hosting, LLC

Founded in 2001, Future Hosting is a privately held leading Internet solutions provider specializing in managed hosting, including both Dedicated Servers and Virtual Private Servers. The company has built a strong reputation for its high-quality service, innovative pricing models, and 3-hour Service Level Agreement. Future Hosting is based in Novi, Mich.

Future Engineer™ 2.0 introduces an array of proactive security and monitoring improvements, enabling the technology to be more seamlessly deployed and more effective at minimizing security risks. Namely, the new version includes significantly enhanced external vulnerability scanning capabilities and extensive new security controls installed upon account provisioning.

Designed to automate time consuming server configuration and repair tasks on Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Future Engineer™ allows customers to receive a greater level of technical support than is available when technicians spend their time performing routine or basic maintenance tasks. With Future Engineer™, technicians are free to spend their time offering a level of technical support that is unrivaled and otherwise unaffordable.

The new version of Future Engineer™ also includes the necessary tools for greater customer interaction in the server hardening process. Customers now receive more frequent, detailed and comprehensive summaries of the latest security threats and available software upgrades.  What’s more, customers now have the ability to manually approve certain upgrades that cannot be performed without consent due to potential capability issues; in these cases, Future Engineer™ automatically perform upgrades which can be automated once approved. Those that cannot be automated will be manually completed by technicians.

“Future Engineer™ has helped distinguish Future Hosting as an innovative company committed to improving customer service. Nearly a year and a half after we first launched this pioneering support automation system, the second major iteration of Future Engineer™ is a welcome improvement with exciting capabilities,” said Vik Patel, Future Hosting CEO.

For more information about Future Hosting, please visit http://www.futurehosting.com.

About Future Hosting, LLC
Founded in 2001, Future Hosting is a privately held leading Internet solutions provider specializing in managed hosting, including both Dedicated Servers and Virtual Private Servers. The company has built a strong reputation for its high-quality customer service, innovative pricing models, and 3-hour Service Level Agreement. Future Hosting is based in Novi, Mich.

In acquiring the new domain name, the Future Hosting has settled a dispute with the previous domain holder. Further details of the settlement are unavailable due to a Non Disclosure Agreement signed by both parties.

“The acquisition of the FutureHosting.com domain name is an important step forward to sustaining the long-term growth of our company. Although we have generated tremendous growth under the ‘.biz’ top level domain, we recognize there are a variety of key advantages associated with a ‘.com’ online presence. It is our belief that ‘.com’ will allow us to attract even more support from small businesses looking to get online for the first time,” said Vik Patel, Future Hosting president and CEO.

In its effort to rebrand, the company will update links and graphics on its internal and external marketing operations. It has also notified vendors to update advertisements and promotional literature to send traffic to the new domain name.

Future Hosting will remain accessible from FutureHosting.biz indefinitely.

Developed by Future Hosting, Future Engineer™ is a revolutionary system that provides a proactive approach to maintaining Virtual Private Servers-automating everything from account provisioning to weekly security scans.

For more information about Future Hosting, please visit http://www.futurehosting.com.

About Future Hosting, LLC
Founded in 2001, Future Hosting is a privately held leading Internet Solutions provider specializing in managed hosting, including both Dedicated Servers and Virtual Private Servers. The company has built a strong reputation for its high-quality customer service, innovative pricing models, and 3-hour Service Level Agreement. Future Hosting is based in Novi, Mich.

“ Constant monitoring of important servers and services is a must in today’s demanding online business climate. Future Hosting customers will receive a huge value boost by the addition of third-party monitoring, ensuring that the infrastructure is always functional and available. We here at Pingdom are happy to provide this monitoring for Future Hosting and its customers,” said Sam Nurmi, CEO of Pingdom.

Pingdom will also include Future Hosting technicians as a contact on monitored servers. In the event of an unresponsive server, technicians will automatically be notified via email of the problem and dispatched immediately. In most cases, technicians will have resolved the problem before the client was even aware of the loss of service.

“ Our managed VPS customers deserve a proactive approach to server management. As we have made clear before, we’d rather fix whatever problem their server is having before it becomes a problem for their business-without them having to worry about it,” said Charles Kowalski, Future Hosting COO. “Pingdom puts one more tool in our toolbox and allows our technicians to work faster and with a greater level of quality assurance. Since Pingdom provides off-network monitoring, we are notified of problems that may be present in specific geographic areas.”

To learn more about proactive server monitoring from Future Hosting and Pingdom, please visithttp://futurehosting.biz/monitoringservices.htm

Virtual Private Server customers also receive Future Engineer™. Developed by Future Hosting, Future Engineer™ is a revolutionary system that provides a proactive approach to maintaining Virtual Private Servers-automating everything from account provisioning to weekly security scans. 

About Future Hosting, LLC
Founded in 2001, Future Hosting is a privately held leading Internet Solutions provider specializing in managed hosting, including both Dedicated Servers and Virtual Private Servers. The company has built a strong reputation for its high-quality customer service, innovative pricing models, and 3-hour Service Level Agreement. Future Hosting is based in Novi, Mich.

With today’s upgrades, Future Protect™ now offers backup intervals as short as two hours. In the event of a disaster, data loss is limited to a maximum of the most recent two hours-virtually eliminating the threat of a major outage. Previously Future Protect™ offered six hour backup intervals.


Today’s upgrade also introduces a new MySQL add-on component, enabling the system to provide near-Continuous protection for active MySQL databases. The feature allows for granular restoration of segments of data, so server administrators can selectively choose which data they want to retrieve from a past restore point.

“Future Protect™ has been designed from the ground up to cater the needs of our clients, and provide a layer of defense against potential data loss. Combined with other infrastructure we use to mitigate the threat of data loss, including redundant RAID arrays in nearly all servers, Future Protect™ helps ensure the level of service our clients require,” said Charles Kowalski, Future Hosting COO. “Today we are proud to raise that level even higher with this major upgrade.”

Future Protect™ is an innovative data protection service developed exclusively for Future Hosting customers. Using Continuous Data Protection technology, Future Protect™ creates complete backups every two hours of all customer data. The data is then encrypted and archived on a remote backup server.