The GPN 3.5 includes highly configurable alerts to be sent on a per-node basis, via e-mail or pager, to any number of addresses, with customized subject heads dependent on the type of alert. Options for alert types include page response time, number or percentage of object failures per page and content match failures. Additionally, users can specify threshold limits based on monitoring nodes.
Kudos to Gomez for providing a more complex Web site monitoring product than do Keynote Systems and Compuware. Interestingly, the GPN service also offers more functionality for its price. Monitoring of a single URL from 35 domestic and 15 international PoPs (points of presence) costs $250 per month. A single transaction runs $750 per month, but there are no restrictions on the complexity of the transaction script.
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A three-node dial-up monitoring service is also available, with single URL monitoring costing a mere $250 per month. A clean interface requiring Java and JavaScript for graphing and charting delivers a smart, pleasing presentation of performance stats.
In the Labs
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
