I find the phrasing on Pingdom's site to be fascinating.<p>On SolarWinds' site, it's an acquisition, plain as can be.<p>On Pingdom's site, they're pretending they're 'joining forces.'<p>Pingdom just got bought by a public company. It sounds like they're in for a reality check.
I thought it was odd that this statement seems to avoid using words like 'acquire', 'buy' or anything else the would mean Pingom has been purchased by SolarWinds. It wasn't until I clicked on the FAQ link that I was sure that an acquisition has just happened :s
Maybe now they'll find the time, money, give-a-shit or whatever to address this maddening omission [1] (Can't omit check sources by geography).<p>If nothing else, this move will give me a recognizable name to refer to when trying to convince certain folks to dump some of the truly awful monitoring services out there. Not long ago I encountered a place that was paying one of the old giants $1100/yr <i>per target</i> for simple pings and email only alerts.<p>1: <a href="http://pingdom.uservoice.com/forums/113203-my-pingdom/suggestions/2223355-ability-to-choose-which-probe-servers-to-use" rel="nofollow">http://pingdom.uservoice.com/forums/113203-my-pingdom/sugges...</a>
I really feel that in a world with tools like Newrelic that pingdom is starting to lose its value. I know there are significant differences between the two, but in terms of what I personally rely on each day to keep a tab on things, I can say that for me Pingdom is far less critical than it once was.<p>I hope this deal sees them innovate beyond a UI refresh (Which is just about all thats changed in the last 10 years)
Pingdom customers who are worried and would like to look at alternatives, we at Site24x7 have a special offer for you. Get a one year subscription for the Site24x7 Business Pack for FREE. Get in touch with support@site24x7.com.
More details in our blog - <a href="http://bit.ly/1jAeWfs" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/1jAeWfs</a>
Pingdom is a good product and I've used it with moderate success.<p>However, sometimes I can't help but chuckle at the marketing and productization genius of someone who monetized the classic `ping`! Anyway, congratulations to the pingdom team on the acquisition and hope to see a more comprehensive API from them soon.
as a nice alternative there is also Monitis, all-in-one monitoring platform, so it is quite suitable for any operational needs. by the way, they have recently integrated with pagerduty and zapier. www.monitis.com