With the purchase of a service contract, offers security scans, backup and recovery, monitoring and escalation management.

Free Rider Web Hosting, a provider of dedicated servers, announced yesterday that the addition of an Assisted Service Plan-a professional solution without the traditional costs.

According to the company, Free Rider Web Hosting's technical support will address needed patches, backups, monitoring and vulnerability assessments. With the purchase of a service contract, include security scans, backup and recovery, monitoring and escalation management. Also engineering options are billed at a flat hourly rate. Customers can choose from options including operating systems, RAM, hard drives, processors and firewalls.

"The Assisted Service Plan will allow customers to focus on other aspects of their business without having to worry about the cumbersome tasks involved in maintaining a dedicated server" says Simon Drain, Spokesperson of Free Rider Web Hosting.