Canadian Web Hosting, a provider of Web-hosting services for the Canadian market, has entered into a partnership with Ksplice to add its Uptrack technology to shared Linux servers, and as an additional service option for their Linux-based dedicated and virtual private servers.

“Ksplice Uptrack brings hosting servers to a whole new level of availability and security,” said Waseem Daher, chief operating officer, Ksplice, in a statement.

Daher said that the company is honored that Canadian Web Hosting has chosen it in order to serve their Linux hosting customers better.

Ksplice is an enterprise company making reboots a thing of the past. Organizations use Ksplice Uptrack, the company’s first product, to make their Linux systems more secure, reliable and maintainable through seamless updates.

Tony Chu, CEO of Canadian Web Hosting, said that the reasons for partnering with Ksplice were obvious.

“Our hosting customers will benefit from the combination of Ksplice’s proven technology and our continual focus on reliability and customer-centric Web hosting services, which helps ensure the best possible customer experience,” said Chu.

He explained that the company’s customers will remain online and secure during any reboot process, and that is a win-win for everyone.

In February, Ksplice had announced the general availability of its Uptrack service, eliminating the need to restart Linux servers when installing crucial updates and security patches.

Based on technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ksplice Uptrack is a subscription service that allows IT administrators to keep Linux servers up-to-date without the disruption and downtime of rebooting.

Before Uptrack, system administrators had to schedule downtime in advance to bring Linux servers up-to-date, because updating the central part of a computer’s software – known as the kernel – previously required rebooting the computer.

Until a system can be updated, it remains vulnerable to security flaws. By allowing IT administrators to install kernel updates without downtime, Uptrack dramatically reduces the cost of system administration, company officials said.