Paessler has released a new capability for its PRTG Network Monitor that allows users to monitor the health of entire business processes, providing them with a complete overview of the availability and performance of critical operations.
With the Business Process Sensor, users can monitor the availability and performance of, for example, an entire website by combining sensors that monitor load balancers, web servers and databases into one defined process. Within the specific process, users have complete flexibility to define when they need to be alerted, and the severity of the alert, based on the functionality of each process. Users can choose only to be notified when an entire process is at risk, as opposed to receiving an individual notification for each component.
PRTG Network Monitor already offers more than 200 out-of-the-box sensor types, that can monitor everything from routers and switches to virtual machines. Through these sensors, IT departments can gain a comprehensive overview of the performance and availability of their entire IT infrastructure by monitoring individual aspects of a device or service.
With the addition of the Business Process Sensor, it is now possible to manage the health of entire business processes, with the ability to view a complex system rather than each individual aspect. Processes such as websites, email, and other key business functions can be defined and monitored with this new capability.
Paessler customer Sven van der Waal van Dijk, CEO at CoDesk, said: “We are very happy with the Business Process Sensor as it gives us an easy way to monitor and show the performance and uptime of our services as it is perceived by the customers.”
Rupert Collier, Senior Channel Manager, UK & Ireland, at Paessler AG added: “PRTG Network Monitor is built to be flexible and fit the many varying needs of today’s IT administrators. With the Business Process Sensor, we’re giving users the power to gain a simple overview of key business processes and a new way to monitor their infrastructure. Downtime means lost productivity and potentially lost revenue. Critical business processes, like websites or email, need to stay available at all times. This new sensor makes it even simpler for IT departments to keep their infrastructure up and running.”
