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Modern IT teams invest heavily in monitoring infrastructure, applications, servers, and network devices. Yet when users report that a critical cloud service is slow or a branch office loses connectivity, one question often remains difficult to answer: where is the problem actually occurring? Is the issue inside your network? Is it your ISP? Has a routing change introduced excessive latency? Did an upstream provider experience an outage?

Monitoring platforms rarely become complex overnight. In many Nagios XI environments, complexity builds gradually through years of useful customizations, custom plugins, one-off fixes, and undocumented operational knowledge. Each addition may have solved a real problem at the time, but over the years the result can become difficult to maintain, explain, and hand over to new administrators.

We’re proud to share that the Progress WhatsUp Gold solution has been recognized as a Leader in the QKS Group SPARK Matrix: Network Observability report, ahead of other vendors such as SolarWinds, Paessler PRTG and LogicMonitor to name a few. The recognition highlights the WhatsUp Gold network monitoring capabilities that help organizations gain deeper visibility into complex network environments while delivering impactful benefits for customers.

The NAS Died. My WhatsUp Gold Server Died With It. WhatsUp Gold 360 Still Alerted Me. A real home-lab failure shows why always-on external monitoring and cloud-originated notifications matter when the local monitoring stack becomes part of the outage. On April 13, 2025, the NAS providing NFS storage to several virtual machines in my Proxmox lab locked up and halted.

Modern IT environments generate huge volumes of telemetry across infrastructure, applications, cloud services, and networks. Teams now have more data than ever, but that does not automatically lead to better decisions. In many organizations, the real problem is no longer visibility alone. It is the ability to identify which signals matter, understand what they mean, and respond before users or business services are affected.

Progress has been named a winner at this year's Network Computing Awards, earning industry recognition for its ongoing commitment to innovation and delivering real-world value to customers. A standout event in the UK technology calendar, the Network Computing Awards celebrate organizations and solutions that are driving measurable impact across the industry.

Even the smallest gaps in infrastructure visibility can lead to major impacts to an enterprise. And with modern IT environments becoming more complex it creates rising expectations for uptime. Our recent webinar, The Hidden Cost of Network Blind Spots and Alert Noise, covered this exact topic. The Progress WhatsUp Gold product experts explored why traditional monitoring falls short and best practices to moving toward smarter, more proactive network management.

Small businesses are now among the most frequently targeted organizations in the world. Attackers focus on them not because they have the most to steal, but because they tend to have fewer defenses, smaller teams, and less time to spend on security. The good news is that the majority of attacks rely on a small set of well-understood techniques, and most of them can be prevented or contained with practical, affordable controls.

Announcing Progress WhatsUp Gold 2026.0 Modern networks are more complex and more exposed than ever. From hybrid infrastructure and distributed devices to expiring certificates and tightened security requirements, network and IT teams are under constant pressure to keep everything running smoothly while reducing risk. Progress WhatsUp Gold 2026.0 is built for that reality.

If you’re planning to move from ManageEngine OpManager to the Progress WhatsUp Gold solution, this guide outlines key differences, recommended migration steps, and practical checks to help you transition with minimal disruption. It also includes an example script you can use to start monitoring imported devices in the WhatsUp Gold solution.