FTP Today Time Line

Time Line of FTP Today News & Milestones


February 27, 2007	FTP Today announced its data center has successfully completed a SAS-70 Type II audit. The SAS 70 Type II report shows that FTP Today's description of certain relevant controls over information technology related to its San Francisco data center and hosting operations is fairly presented and that such controls have been suitably designed to achieve their specified control objectives.

July 18, 2006	FTP Today announced its data center has successfully completed a SAS-70 Type I audit, an internationally recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Performed by a major public accounting and auditing firm, the SAS-70 is an independent report on the design of our data center’s business processes. The SAS-70 report was obtained to demonstrate to regulated and security conscious companies that we have internal controls and procedures related to our data center operations and services. The SAS-70 controls description is broader in scope than claims audited in many SAS-70 audits completed by leading providers. In addition to the physical security measures covered in a typical facility SAS-70 audit, our data center audit covers a gamut of information security, network performance, network monitoring, data back-up, disaster recovery, and other controls such as Service Level Agreements. “Achieving a SAS-70 report sets us apart from other providers,” Martin Horan, CEO of FTP Today stated. “Knowing that our data center has met the industry’s highest standard provides customers with complete confidence that we provide world-class FTP hosting services with the utmost in quality assurance.”

March 13, 2006	FTP Today launches a new version of its FTP Today.Secure add-on, bundling a Java FTPS client applet with its FTPS server-side component. Pricing was also cut by 50% for these components.

December 31, 2005	FTP Today closes the year with another record year of growth, expansion and profits.

July 12, 2005	FTP Today hires Sam Marlowe as Tier-1 CSR in its Dallas Support Center and expands Customer Service (Sales and Support) staffing hours by to cover from 8:00 AM Eastern time to 5:00 PM Pacific time.

July 1, 2005	Four years after taking on its first FTP site hosting customer, FTP Today now dominates the FTP Hosting market and continues to lead by innovation. Announces planned launch of Pay-per-Use file transfer service.

May 17, 2005	FTP Today's San Francisco data center maintained its 100% facility uptime record during a transformer explosion that darkened the building and affected other adjacent data center facilities. No FTP Today servers were affected by the incident. FTP Today's customers were unaffected by the explosion, with no power interruptions or spikes, and maintained 100% uptime during the unusual incident.

May, 2005	FTP Today upgrades its private and public peering connections with the installation of new connections and equipment from IP Networks. This is the sixth fiber provider to install equipment into our San Francisco data center. The new connection gives FTP Today yet another Gigabit transport connection, as well as greater peering capacity so that routes to the most popular sites and ISPs are dramatically reduced.

March 14, 2005	FTP Today launches new website, increases customer storage limits from 110% to 120% of contract quota, and lowers pricing for many of its hosting plans.

January 7, 2005	FTP Today launches new Live Chat server to create another channel for sales and customer support communications.

December 31, 2004	FTP Today closes the year with another record year of growth, expansion and profits.

October 1, 2004	Due to continued growth, FTP Today creates a Customer Service department and prepares to expand Sales, Customer Service and Support hours.

July 27, 2004	FTP Today announces that it is now peering with 37 other networks at the Palo Alto Internet Exchange (PAIX), the original Internet Exchange point where major Telecom carriers, Internet providers, and content networks exchange Internet traffic. What this means is that FTP Today is now connecting directly to these 37 networks, so Internet traffic from FTP Today customers can reach its destination significantly faster. For example, Internet traffic bound for Japan may have previously gone through 6-10 different networks or "hops" to reach its destination. With the new peering arrangement in place, traffic can go from FTP Today in San Francisco to PAIX in Palo Alto and then directly to Tokyo via Japan Telecom.

July 20, 2004	FTP Today announces new pricing and packages, adding 25% more FTP space to its base package. 60% of existing customers are automatically upgraded with more space and more private FTP accounts.

January 31, 2004	FTP Today completes FTP Today-3G migration. All existing customers can now enjoy the benefits offered by the new platform and our Silicon Valley data center.

November 19, 2003	Horan Data Services, LLC celebrates 20 years of successful business as the FTP Today division celebrates 30 months of operation.

October 11, 2003	FTP Today begins migrating previous customer sites to the new FTP Today third generation platform located in San Francisco. A smooth and methodical migration assures no down time for customer sites during transition.

August 28, 2003	FTP Today deploys new hosting technology, dubbed "FTP Today-3G", which now includes a more secure VDS environment and a powerful new Site Manager. FTP Today's third generation platform is hosted in San Francisco / Silicon Valley, The World's #1 Internet Hub and resides on custom-built hardware with RAID5 data protection and significantly more processing power.

January 20, 2003	In order to better serve some of its overseas customers, FTP Today deploys its 20th Sun Cobalt RaQ server in London, England.

November 1, 2002	Due to substantial growth, FTP Today's launches a dedicated Customer Support department.

September 22, 2002	Adding to its exclusive, proprietary web-based Java FTP Client technology, FTP Today's makes SSL encryption available on its second generation product. This enables users of FTP sites hosted by FTP Today to login and transfer files more securely.

August 28, 2002	With its first three Cobalt RaQ servers in Cincinnati, OH and nine more Cobalt RaQ servers housed in a Miami, FL data center, FTP Today diversifies further -- deploying its first Cobalt RaQ server in an Alexandria, VA (Wash., DC) data center.

July 1, 2001	After 20 months of planning, the FTP Today brand is launched by Horan Data Services, LLC. Among a small list of competitors, FTP Today is the first to include Java FTP client software and remote Site Administration tools to make FTP easy and user-friendly.

February, 2000	Horan Data Services, LLC chooses the initial hardware and software platform on which to build its FTP hosting service -- the Cobalt Networks RaQ server appliance.

October, 1999	Recognizing that no web hosting companies offer FTP site hosting with multiple, non-anonymous FTP accounts. Horan Data Services, LLC identifies a need for a specialized FTP hosting service.