Alertra monitors the availability, performance and security of things like web servers, email servers and routers. /blog/ Copyright © 2000-2012 Alertra, Inc. All rights reserved. Though the final beta for SQL Server 2012 has been out for some time, IT admins and users are anticipating the new release. http://www.alertra.com/blog/2012/sql-server-2012-release-date-approaches Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:28:29 CST Just like an ISP that monitors their hardware and connectivity, cloud hosting providers do the same – but neither will keep track of your internal processes, protocols or website availability. http://www.alertra.com/blog/2012/website-monitoring-cloud Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:07:19 CST It used to be that systems administrators expressed their frustration over tech novices by recounting tales of users asking about the cup holder on their desktop- you know, the CD drive. http://www.alertra.com/blog/2012/systems-administrators-plagued-tech-savvy-workforce Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:51 CST The push to be green is everywhere. When it comes to IT, what that means is a little bit unclear. http://www.alertra.com/blog/2012/risks-green-data-centers Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:37:58 CST Battling a steady decline in usage, Mozilla is gearing up to make Firefox a native Windows 8 Metro application. http://www.alertra.com/blog/2012/mozilla-makes-plans-not-to-be-left-behind Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:13:06 CST You’re rushing to put together a brief for the CIO on the new IT outsourcing projects and you realize you don’t know where your company data is. http://www.alertra.com/blog/2012/its-in-the-cloud-man Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:34:57 CST After Microsoft’s BUILD conference last fall much of the buzz around Windows 8 was generally positive. http://www.alertra.com/blog/2012/developers-lining-up-create-new-apps-windows-8 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:43:02 CST Your website is important to your business, right? It's either somewhat important or it's crucial, depending on what you do. http://www.alertra.com/blog/2012/website-uptime-how-important-is-your-website Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:35:59 CST It’s easy to see how uptime or page load time can impact a visitor’s experience. Server response time though, is just one component of each of these higher level metrics, one possibly overlooked when optimizing a website. http://www.alertra.com/blog/2012/server-response-time-how-much-does-it-really-matter Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:04:17 CST Your customers and prospects are online and they are comfortable completing sales online. So what happens when your website isn’t available? http://www.alertra.com/blog/2012/website-uptime-your-reputation-your-bottom-line Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:01:42 CST