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Inside stories from building EU-hosted uptime monitoring at scale: the engineering calls, the billing decisions, and the lessons we wish we'd had earlier.

Overview of the seven European Uptimeify probe locations after the July 2026 switch, with Zurich and Prague retired and Frankfurt and Paris new
Company

Platform Update July 2026: 27 changes, two of them ask something of you

New probe locations, a full data export, TCP port monitoring and a second SMS carrier: every change from July in one post.

Florian Zaskoku7 min read
Uptimeify team celebrating acceptance into the OVHcloud Startup Program
Company

Uptimeify Joins the OVHcloud Startup Program: Scaling Our European Infrastructure

Uptimeify has been accepted into the OVHcloud Startup Program. That accelerates the buildout of our European monitoring infrastructure.

Florian Zaskoku3 min read
Multi-client dashboard with staggered check intervals and alert thresholds per client type
Monitoring

Monitoring Strategy for a Client Portfolio: what, how often, and from where

The decision framework for your client portfolio: which monitor types per client, which intervals, which alert thresholds.

Florian Zaskoku11 min read
Three monitoring nodes check the same website and confirm an outage by consensus
Monitoring

Check Interval, Timeout and Multi-Node: How Reliable Monitoring Actually Works

Check interval, timeout profiles and consensus across several EU locations: the three dials that turn a bare ping into monitoring you can trust.

Florian Zaskoku9 min read
Monitoring dashboard showing uptime percentage, MTTR and MTBF side by side
Monitoring

Uptime, MTTR, MTBF and the Nines: Monitoring Terms in Plain English

The monitoring terms that matter, each explained with what it means for your client contract.

Florian Zaskoku8 min read
Monitoring dashboard showing availability status and check types across several client sites
Monitoring

What Is Website Monitoring? The 2026 Guide for Agencies and Service Providers

What website monitoring is, which check types exist, and why it is business-critical for agencies and MSPs. The 2026 pillar guide.

Florian Zaskoku11 min read
Monitor view showing a failed content check after a manipulated client homepage
Security & Compliance

Detect Defacement: Monitor Website Manipulation Before Your Clients Do

Why a hijacked client site stays unnoticed for days, and how to cut your response time down to minutes.

Florian Zaskoku9 min read
Monitor view running a content check for a keyword in a client page HTML body
Monitoring

Keyword and Content Monitoring: Catch Defacement and Missing Content Early

A 200 OK that shows the wrong page? Here is how keyword and content monitoring catches defacement, dead buttons, and broken prices before your client does.

Florian Zaskoku8 min read
Maintenance window configuration with a scheduled time range and paused alerting across several client monitors
Incidents

Maintenance Windows Done Right: Planned Downtime Without the Alert Avalanche

How a maintenance window pauses alerting during planned work and shows the downtime cleanly as maintenance instead of an outage in your status history.

Florian Zaskoku8 min read