Setting up a new website monitor is quick and easy - we ran some tests and found that on average it takes just 5-10 seconds. Here is a very short video with instructions for adding a new website monitor using a Downtime Monkey Free account.

NiCE is pleased to announce the availability of the NiCE PowerHA Management Pack 1.30 as well as the NiCE Veritas Cluster Management Pack 1.30 for Microsoft SCOM.

PRTG is a central component of network monitoring. It’s used to monitor the state, health, and performance of everything from servers to network devices. PRTG Network Monitor is an all-in-one monitoring solution that collects and displays current status information from your IT infrastructure. However, PRTG focuses only on monitoring for incidents, so you know when there’s a problem. It’s an outstanding, specialized tool. That’s why AlertOps works so well with PRTG.

If you’re running Windows 2008 (R2) or 2012 then setting up DNS auditing requires a few steps. Thankfully it’s a one-time process and shouldn’t take more than a few minutes. On the EventSentry side a pre-built package with all the necessary rules is available for download and included with the latest installer.

You have no doubt heard of Google Analytics and will be familiar with conversion or goal tracking. If you haven’t, it is a method used to measure goals and KPI’s. That is of course the well known use case, but very often we see web teams using conversion tracking to also identify site problems. Many eCommerce teams will monitor their sites sales conversion ratio and if it drops they will instinctively know that there is a problem.

Skylight’s new deploy tracking feature allows you to zero in on performance improvements or regressions caused by a deployment. Now, each of your deployments will be marked on the Response Timeline, allowing you to answer the following questions: Did this deployment make my app any faster?

Improving your website should always be at the top of your priority list for any site you manage. Without it, your site is going to be dinged by search engines for not performing up to par, and customers are also going to quickly get frustrated by the slow browsing speed and how long everything takes to load. Here are 14 tips to get your website on the right track.