While this topic may not be a real art form – false positives are no doubt a huge pain to deal with. That’s why we strive to not have any – but alas sometimes things happen. Ok – so the Watchman client (pre 3.2) used to give false positives when checking drives I/O (that’s input/output […]
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As Watchman Monitoring continues to grow and gain more subscribers, we have heard wonderful stories about how it has not only made them money (which is a good thing) but made them be a more proactive consultant (which is a GREAT thing). In the day where everyone and their mothers are “consultants”, what separates a
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It’s been a long, careful road to bring Auto-Updating to the Watchman Client, and I’m happy to say it’s done. Security was at the heart of the matter, with stability a close second. We’ve achieved both. In a nutshell: The client downloads a list of authorized installer sha512 signatures. The client then checks to see
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I wanted to thank you all for such a warm response to Watchman Monitoring. I’m incredibly excited that the product has grown to the point of release. Rest assured that we’re going to keep on working to make the product the best it can be! -Allen Hancock
It’s great to have my product so well received. Read More »
Hey everyone, Justin – CMO of Watchman Monitoring coming ‘atcha! I’m super excited to be on the team of Watchman Monitoring, and even more excited about the big launch happening tomorrow – Feb 1, 2011. If anyone is interested in signing up for Watchman Monitoring and has some questions about it feel free to contact
A chance meeting at the MacTech Conference has brought Tee-Boy and Watchman Monitoring together to collaborate on a small but important piece of the Watchman software: the System Preferences Pane. Easy to access yet unobtrusive, the pane will provide a convenient interface to modifying Watchman’s settings. We’re happy to be working with Allen to bring
Been too long since the last post, but we’ve been busy here. The client has evolved from 1.5.2 to 1.5.8, resolving an issue with RAID reporting, bolstering our reporting on Carbon Copy Cloner errors, providing better support for the upcoming PreferencePane, added a test for latest POST status, and other little tweaks. So far, actions
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Watchman Monitor has proven itself to be reliable! This great new tool is now ready to see the light of day. After visiting the sign up form, we’ll schedule a 30 minute phone call, and you will be ready to implement Watchman Monitoring for your clients.
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We are excited to have our development schedule laid out. The client is currently at version 1.5.4, with 4 new plugins and more reported demographic data, and a cleaner email layout. Development of the version 2 server will commence on November 15th, and has a 6 week development time. Let’s just assume development will take
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New build released today, version 1.5.1 with an optimized log scanner, and fancy new installer window. Installed Watchman Client on my mom’s computer, and promptly received an issue notification. Mom’s computer hadn’t been backed up in 271 days. I asked her about the Time Machine notifications, and she’s just been ignoring them. At this point,
