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Amazon Domain Name Services (DNS) Routing Issue Resolved

Vadim Mazo — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:30:46 +0000

Update: CA, USA location routing issue has been resolved. The issue was related to problems at Telia core routers that peer with HE.net backbone.

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System Status Update: Routing Problems to Amazon Domain Name Services (DNS) Detected

Vadim Mazo — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:14:23 +0000

Dotcom-Monitor is currently researching the issue regarding routing problems to some Amazon Domain Name Services.

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HostingCon 2013 Discount Code & Giveaways! – Visit Us at Booth 0741

Dan Oksnevad — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:38:57 +0000

Dotcom-Monitor is headed to HostingCon 2013! Stop by Booth 0741 and ask us to run a free Instant Web Performance Check of your page performance or DNS resolution. We'll not only show you how website uptime, speed and functionality directly impact customer satisfaction, but you can also try your luck at winning an RC Chopper. What's better than that?

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IRCE 2013 – RUN! GO! GET TO THE CHOPPA!

Dan Oksnevad — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:14:28 +0000

What does Arnold's character in Predator and the IRCE 2013 have in common? Why Choppers, of course! Dotcom-Monitor is giving away RC Helicopters at IRCE 2013! Stop by booth #1109 for your chance to win. We'll also show you how website uptime, speed and functionality directly impact customer satisfaction and how our web monitoring services will uncover performance bottlenecks that are killing your website conversion.

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Dotcom-Monitor returns to IRCE | IRCE 2013 Discount Code & Giveaways!

Dan Oksnevad — Wed, 29 May 2013 19:54:16 +0000

Dotcom-Monitor is proud to be exhibiting at IRCE again this year (see us at Booth 1109). We are extending an IRCE 2013 registration discount to our customers, giving away RC helicopters at our booth, and showcasing some revolutionary monitoring technology!

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Dotcom-Monitor Updates Shanghai Monitoring Location Due to China Telecom Routing Issues

Vadim Mazo — Tue, 28 May 2013 15:08:28 +0000

Shanghai, China – May 28, 2013 – Dotcom-Monitor has made an emergency update to its Shanghai, China location, due to telecom routing issues. Current Dotcom-Monitor clients who filter monitoring IP addresses should note the change, effective immediately. The new Shanghai, China Network Location IP Address is 112.65.229.186

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Proactive Cyber Security Monitoring – How to Prevent Phishing Attacks

Dan Oksnevad — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:43 +0000

Phishing attacks are growing steadily at 64% worldwide per year. As the concern over cyber threats grows, an untraditional use of website monitoring has become part of the cyber security portfolio. Learn how certain Dotcom-Monitor clients are provocatively addressing phishing attacks with website monitoring.

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Adding External Website Monitoring to the Cyber Security Portfolio

Dan Oksnevad — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:20:36 +0000

In addition to the internal system security and protections a bank uses, external website monitoring aids in quickly recognizing and dealing with potential security threats. In many cases external monitoring provides the earliest warning and helps to pinpoint what is going wrong during a cyber attack.

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DDoS Attacks on Banks | Cyber Attacks on US Banks Continues

Dan Oksnevad — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:23 +0000

If you bank with anyone larger than a local credit union, it's likely your bank's website has been attacked within the past few months as recent denial-of-service cyber attacks have increased in both frequency and severity. An April 2013 NBC News report found that in the six weeks prior, 15 of the nation's largest banks were offline for a total of 249 hours due to denial of service cyber attacks.

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Charles Schwab Website Down | Schwab.com Downtime Issue

Brad Canham — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:53:08 +0000

April 23, 2013, 4:59 PM CST - Charles Schwab Website Down. At this time, Dotcom-Monitor is tracking a Schwab downtime issue. As of 4:49 PM CST the errors include very long load times from most worldwide monitoring locations, including: Minnesota, New York, London, California, Hong Kong, Montreal, Frankfurt, Colorado, Sydney, Texas, Amsterdam, Tel-Aviv, Amazon East Cloud, Shanghai, Buenos Aries, Amazon Cloud-Japan, and South Africa.

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IPv6 Requires a New Approach to Website Monitoring

Dan Oksnevad — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:15:51 +0000

Dotcom-Monitor has established a Native IPv6 Monitoring Bureau dedicated to effective end-to-end IPv6 website performance monitoring. Dotcom-Monitor tests for performance and accessibility and can also simulate real user activities such as validating text and images as well as portal logins and shopping cart functionality.

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Silverlight Monitoring with Rich Internet Application Monitoring

Brad Canham — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:26:36 +0000

A challenge for monitoring Silverlight is creating browser-driven monitoring scripts that mimic end user actions that won't break due to the dynamic nature of Silverlight. In fact, many advanced monitoring solutions that use browsers won't succeed in running a monitoring script through a rich interactive Silverlight application. In order to monitor Silverlight (or any RIA) an additional level of technical sophistication - beyond only a browser-driven monitoring script - is often needed.

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Puppet Labs 2013 State of DevOps Survey Report is out!

Dan Oksnevad — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:09:02 +0000

Puppet Labs surveyed over 4000 IT Operations and Development professionals and found that DevOps adoption is accelerating across organizations of all sizes. Organizations that have implemented DevOps practices are up to five times more likely to be high-performing than those that have not, and the more mature the DevOps implementation, the better their performance. The infographic below shows the key findings of the Puppet Labs 2013 State of DevOps Survey:

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Online Banking Outage: Wells Fargo down

Brad Canham — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:08:54 +0000

Dotcom-Monitor is tracking a Wells Fargo down website based on a consistent failure to connect host issues that began at approximately April 4, 12 PM CST. Dotcom-Monitor has been tracking a history of banking website outages for several months and has provided analysis of banking outages for the financial industry for issues involving recent PNC bank outages, U.S. Bancorp outages, and a previous Wells Fargo outages.

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Tracking DNS: The Network Solutions DNS errors

Vadim Mazo — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:02:32 +0000

April 2, 2013 – Network Solutions DNS, a major provider of domain name server (DNS) services, experienced an issue over the Mar 30-31, 2013 weekend resulting in many websites, including websites owned by Dotcom-Monitor clients, having website DNS time out errors. Intermittent Network Solution DNS issues were noted late afternoon and evening hours on March 29. Dotcom-Monitor then began tracking consistent DNS time out errors involving Network Solutions DNS servers early on Saturday morning, March 30, 2013. The Network Solutions DNS servers involved were NS22.WORLDNIC.COM (206.188.198.11) and NS21.WORLDNIC.COM (205.178.190.11).

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