Hi,

I ran into an Internet services monitoring service which can keep tabs
on your email, web site and so on and let you know when you're having
problems that could be caused by your own system, the hosting company
or external elements such as a DOS attack.

I'm happy with e-mail alerts, SMS alerts will be a plus.  The service
should be commercial and should not be sharing their information.  We
would be interested in covering the cost of the service through the
fees and not through sharing our statistics with other parties.

Thank you.

-DustyDune

Howdy dustydune!

Your best bet is InternetSeer.
http://www.internetseer.com/

They have multiple service levels and monitoring frequency, which
can be checked out from this services page.
http://www.internetseer.com/services/advanced.xtp

"Advanced Monitoring Services powered by Atwatch
- Monitored Items  HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3 and More
- Monitored Frequency  60,20,5 minute intervals
- Alerts with trace-routes  Email, Cell, Pagers, Fax, SMS
- Contacts  Unlimited
- False Alert Protection
- Multiple Geographic Monitors
- Link and Image Checking
- Performance Monitoring
- Transaction Monitoring
- Port Monitoring
- Performance Reports"

Their Enterprise @watch (Atwatch) service includes a "Hacker Check."
http://www.atwatch.com/pricing/index.html

"User Experience Features
- Performance Statistics
- Image Statistics
- Hacker Check
- Image Check (URL)
- Immediate or Verified Alerts"

More details can be found at this web page:
http://www.atwatch.com/pricing/enterprise.html

"Our top-tier performance packages start at $54.95 per month."

InternetSeer also has a "Premier" package which ranges from
49.95 to $129.95 a month per URL, and provides a complete
process of monitoring everything.
http://secure.internetseer.com/webwatch/

"On a Web Site error, our Engineers:
- Manually recheck your Web site.
- Run additional diagnostic tests
- Isolate mission-critical Web site problems.
- Analyze error codes detected.
- Notify you or your hosting provider of the problem.
- Provide recommendations and immediate solutions.
- Fully document the issue.
- Send you a follow-up report."

More information on their Premier service is at:
http://secure.internetseer.com/webwatch/services.asp

"We detect the following errors
- Keyword not found (possibly corrupted html, or the result of hacking)
- Web site or Page timed out
- Web Server unreachable
- Database server is down
- Mail Server is down
- Network unavailable problems
- Server misbehaving
- Web server Software is broken
- Network data line is down
- Secure web site is down or not setup correctly
- Invalid SSL certificate
...
Around the clock live notification service
- Our web engineers manually recheck and confirm problem
- Our web engineers manually run diagnostic tests
- Our web engineers manually calling you or your hosting provide
- Handle connectivity issues
- Unlimited alert notifications
- Problem documentation
- On-line Web Control Panel & Management Tools
- Multiple URLs managed in a single account
- Monitor pages with SSL
- Monitor email Servers
- String text lookup to make sure that your web site and database
servers are functioning correctly
- Password-protected web site monitoring
- Multiple means of notification (Pagers, Cell Phones, Live phone
call, SMS, and email)
- On-line availability stats & web site performance stats"

If you need any clarification, feel free to ask.


Search Strategy: Personal experience as a former ISP owner/operator.

Looking Forward, denco-ga

Thank you, great service.. Found what I wanted.

-Dusty

Thanks for the 5 star rating, Dusty.

Looking Forward, denco-ga

Keynote Systems also provides the same kind of service with their WebWatch.

Please look at www.keynote.com to see if their services meet your needs.