Paessler Monitoring Solution Supports Online Retailers Doing Business Worldwide During Holiday Season
Worldwide Monitoring Szenario With PRTG
PORTLAND, Ore. and NUREMBERG, Germany Dec. 11, 2008 –With an unprecedented amount of Internet users searching information on the web and/or shopping online this holiday season, online retailers value fast response times so that online consumers -- no matter the continent from which they are based – do not grow impatient when they want to click and make purchases.
With the Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, an online retailer can continuously have an eye on the worldwide accessibility to, and speed of, the retailer’s website and thus be able to react immediately in case of failures, as well as to optimize performance 24/7.
According to Forrester Research, $44 billion will be spent online by consumers during the holiday season this year, up 12 percent from last year. “There is an incredible amount of traffic on the Internet during the holiday season and the fact is that accessibility to a website doesn’t have universal parity –performance can differ for an online user depending upon where he or she is based,” says Dirk Paessler, CEO and founder of Paessler AG, a leading network monitor solutions provider.
“Online retailers can gain a global view at the performance of their website and always know how fast it can be accessed from Europe, Asia, or the USA. Using comprehensive monitoring software from Paessler, the results can be accessed and be illustrated on a world-map, as well as documented within easy-to-read reports.”
Paessler AG exemplifies how to set up such a worldwide monitoring scenario based on cost efficient hosting offers, and based on PRTG 7.0.9 software available for about $200 U.S. dollars. The procedure is published in a clear and comprehensive manner on Paessler’s website. PRTG Network Monitor allows the quick and easy setup of a global monitoring network. For minimizing the costs, one can leverage worldwide hosting offers for virtual servers, amongst others also the Amazon Compute Cloud (EC2) for installing remote probes of the software. Such a scenario can even be set up using the freeware version of PRTG, which is limited to 10 sensors. All needed features are included in the cost free version.
Links
How to create a globally distributed monitoring system.
Using Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to Run a Remote Probe for PRTG Network Monitor.
About Paessler AG
Paessler AG leads the industry in providing the most powerful, affordable and easy-to-use network monitoring and testing solutions. The company’s suite of just-right software products deliver peace of mind, confidence and convenience for businesses of all sizes – from Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) to large enterprises, including more than 70% of the Fortune 100 companies. Based in Nuremberg, Germany, Paessler’s global reach includes more than 150,000 active installations of its products. Founded in 1997, Paessler AG remains a privately held company and is recognized as both a member of the Cisco Developer Network and a VMware Technology Alliance Partner. For more information, visit www.paessler.com.
