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When did SolarWinds buy Pingdom?

When did SolarWinds buy Pingdom?

June 18, 2014
AUSTIN, TX and SWEDEN – June 18, 2014 – SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced the acquisition of Pingdom, a leading provider of website monitoring and performance management solutions.

What is a pingdom alert?

When something breaks, you’re the first to know. Pingdom sends alerts the moment an availability issue is detected. The fully configurable alerts engine will message you when something breaks, there’s an HTTP status change, new web content is published, or any other condition you specify is met.

How do I ping from SolarWinds?

Create a Ping monitor

  1. Click Devices in the toolbar.
  2. Locate and click the targeted device you want to monitor.
  3. In the toolbar, click Add > Add New Monitor.
  4. In the Select Monitor menu, click Ping.
  5. Under Identification, enter a name in the Monitor Name field using up to 64 characters.
  6. Select Enabled to enable the monitor.

How much does pingdom cost?

Pingdom pricing starts at $10.00 per month. They do not have a free version. Pingdom offers a free trial.

How often does pingdom check?

The check interval, how often your site or server is monitored by our system, can range from once every minute to once every hour. rst example we will set up basic uptime and performance monitoring for a website. If you don’t have a Pingdom account, you can get one here.

Who owns pingdom?

SolarWinds
Pingdom/Parent organizations

Are there any good alternatives to Pingdom app?

The best alternative is Better Uptime, which is free. Other great apps like Pingdom are Freshping (Free), Screpy (Paid), UptimeRobot (Freemium) and AppBeat (Paid). Is this a good alternative?

How can I test my website with Pingdom?

Pingdom offers cost-effective and reliable uptime and performance monitoring for your website. We use more than 70 global polling locations to test and verify our customers’ websites 24/7, all year long. With Pingdom you can monitor your websites’ uptime, performance, and interactions for a better end-user-experience. Your customers will thank you.

Why is Pingdom a good tool for small business?

Internet slowdown is the biggest hurdle in many small firms and medium-size industries. Due to slow internet, many business activities and transactions are affected daily. Pingdom is one of the most powerful tools you can download to get an amazing web experience. It checks the performance of your webpages and sites.

Are there any good alternatives to SharePoint software?

12 Alternatives To SharePoint. 1., 2., 3. Glasscubes, Huddle, and Samepage: All three of these solutions market themselves as a top SharePoint alternative. They have different strengths from project management or team collaboration, to file sharing and document management.