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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.