New Blog Post: Top 10 Monitoring Best Practices - Getting the most out of your Website Monitoring
Bottom-line: Don't rely on a website monitoring service focused on reducing its own IT costs. Ask questions. Find a monitoring service that reduces your IT costs. A good monitoring goes the extra mile to ensure quality. In order to provide that quality, monitoring companies have to start with what is best for the user of the monitoring services. Ultimately you're relying on your monitoring company to provide your organization the ability to constantly improve by avoiding downtime, improving user experiences, and reducing your IT costs.
From cached vs non-cached DNS methods, to monitoring frequency, to how uptime is calculated - learn what to look for in selecting your website monitoring company. Read more here >>http://www.dotcom-monitor.com/blog/index.php/web-app-functionality/website-monitoring-service-best-practices/