We take user requests seriously. Last week, we were asked to add the ability to customize the subject line of failure emails, and we posted the update today.

Along with this update, we've also posted many other updates recently including:
- a "quick setup" tool for easy monitoring of simple web pages
- ability to customize "from" addresses for email alerts
- ability to add "instruction memos" to email alerts
- advanced monitoring filters
- search monitoring field with "lookahead"
- ability to filter failures according to whether the failure happened during a maintenance period

We are constantly working on new features based on user requests. More features announcements coming shortly!

Dan Belhassen

We are pleased to announce the launch of our phone notification system. Phone notifications, which are available for our Hyper plan clients, are supported for nearly every country world wide.

In order to ensure that the phone alert was received by an authorized person, a PIN code is used to confirm receipt.

Phone notifications only use one standard SMS notification credit.

More great features to come!

Dan Belhassen

We're pleased to have updated our signup process to support Paypal accounts.

This much anticipated feature will allow more people to take advantage of one of our low priced plans, which support many advanced features.

Enjoy!

Dan Belhassen

We are pleased to have our beta API now available.

This version will allow you to access a list of your monitors (and statuses) through SOAP.

If you are interested in participating in this beta, please let me know and I will send you the URL and WSDL to get started.

Enjoy!

Dan Belhassen

Thank you to all of our new clients who have joined in July 2009. Thanks to you, we actually doubled our client base in one month!

Many new people, whether they are hosting companies, designers or website owners are discovering the great features and amazing prices which binarycanary.com offers for website and device monitoring.

Glad to have you all on board, and don't forget to let us know of any special feature requests you have!

Dan Belhassen

Dan Belhassen, founder of BinaryCanary.com understands the implications of recent attacks on US and South Korean websites.

Last week's website attacks in the US and South Korea underscore the need for businesses to pay closer attention to the ongoing health and functionality of their websites. Among the US websites targeted in the recent attacks were The White House, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market and the Washington Post. South Korean targets included the Defense Ministry the President's residence and the National Assembly. BBC News reports that the attacks began on July 4th, American Independence Day.

"These attacks underscore the need for organizations to protect their online presence," says Belhassen. "Those attacks in the US and South Korea appear to have been politically motivated, but whether the problem is a virus or a system error, people need to know that their websites are operational."

Belhassen says that even if a website is up and running 99.9% of the time, that still leaves eight hours of downtime each year. "An organization's website is its global face and it dramatically affects your credibility and profitability if your website is down, not functional or hacked. Binary Canary alerts you when a problem is sensed - giving your staff immediate notification that they need to address the issue - hopefully before the public notices."

The attacks are reported to have slowed down and in some cases shut government websites down for several hours.

Links to news stories related to the attacks:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8139821.stm
http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/nation/south/nat_ap_dc_federal_web_sites_knocked_out_by_cyber_attack_20090708653_2617479

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Dan

We will be performing a system upgrade on May 15, 2009 starting at 10pm CDT. The upgrade will last approx. 2 hours, during which time the user interface may not be available.

Please note that our monitoring system will remain active and functional during this maintenance period.

We're constantly adding new features and services based on our feedback. We're pleased to have released last week an update which contained, among other things, the ability to link to a public stats page for any of your monitors.

To use, simply click on the "public stats" link on the monitor set up page. Please keep sending us your suggestions for new features!

- Dan

Uptime is critical - your website speaks volumes about your credibility, and that's why "high frequency" website monitoring is not only important, but critical. We're pleased to be now providing a public version of our BinaryCanary.com website monitoring tool with groundbreaking features and unheard of pricing. Why? Because you shouldn't have to worry about how your website (or other service) is functioning. We'll track it for you. We alert you first.