At it’s heart, Watchman Monitoring is all about making sure our Subscribers’ Clients are fully backed up. We have a principle not to affect the client computers: to have as little a footprint as possible. With our most recent update, there is one action the Watchman Client can be configured to perform: trigger a Time […]
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Time Machine Fancyness
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 / NewsWe are Auto-matic
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 / NewsToday we released the latest version of the Watchman Client via our secure auto-updating mechanism. It’s great to know that we can so easily send out new features and address any issues in Watchman Monitoring clients version 3 and up. Subscribers can download the version 3.3 installer from their servers, and the next time their […]
The art of False Positives
Thursday, April 14th, 2011 / NewsWhile 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 […]
The new era of Consulting
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 / NewsAs 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 […]
Auto updating is here!
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 / NewsIt’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 […]