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Dashboard Update – Expirations v1, with AppleCare tracking

IT professionals have a number of expirations to track in their lives. From warranty expiration dates, to domain registration renewals to the expiration of key software packages. There are a number of solutions to help track these, and we are expanding our API access to allow those to read the Expirations in our system. What […]

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Mac Client 6.1.4 – Gruntwork and Malware updates, and the last of the DMGs

Today’s update to the Mac Client represents just a few changes. We’ve added a few more Malware definitions, catching some new nasties which were reported by our Subscribers in our Notes page. The fine folks at Mac-MSP have provided some updates, making Watchman Monitoring and Gruntwork an better than ever. With the rise in popularity

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Hold on a second; reboot alerts on selected computers.

The Watchman Monitoring agent’s issue detection is suitable for all computers, from laptops to desktops, and we offer specialized checks for servers as well. One of the advanced options got tripped up yesterday during June 2015’s Leap Second, causing a rash of reboot notifications, despite otherwise healthy uptimes. In our research, we realized that leap seconds are

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Mac Client 6.1.3 – Malware cleanup, streamlined report output

  Features Adds additional malware IDs. Automatically send Bluesky usernames if defined Additional warnings when LightSpeed Pro suffers internal errors Changes Always reports time machine days between errors Less aggressive reporting when CrashPlan crash reports are found Reworked uptime reporting Always sends an informational status when last completed Time Machine backup must be assumed. Bugfixes

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On Wednesday, July 15th, breakfast is on us at MacIT Conference

Watchman Monitoring is sponsoring MacIT Conference in 2015. We expect you’ll get more than just food. You’ll also hear from two subscribers who have turned Watchman Monitoring into a profit center for their businesses. We’ll review how one Managed Service Provider uses the Contact Menu to keep their brand in front of their end users, lowering their cost with automated

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Windows Beta 44b – Custom Named msi files

Just a simple update regarding our new Windows Beta release Features – Support custom package names – An offline cache of the status is now created to provide better stability when internet drops – Firewall plugin now supports multiple firewalls – Includes new flash plugin -currently this checks for the latest version from the client Bug Fixes –

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