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70 Facts and Stats on AWS in 2024

Amazon Web Services is one of the most popular services that StatusGator users subscribe to so they can be among the first to learn if AWS or any of its components or regions experience downtime. Previously, we already explored the least reliable AWS Region, and we continue to explore the most popular cloud computing platform. Here are facts on Amazon Web Services as of 2024 split into categories.

K-12 Status Pages - How to Reduce Ticket Burden for K-12 Schools

In 2024, the average K-12 school or educational institution relies on many cloud providers, hosted services, and websites. Quite often, the services these K-12 schools rely on exceed over 40 different platforms – from communication tools like Zoom to learning management systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard. With this many services, the ticket burden on K-12 system admins and IT teams can be overwhelming.

5 Cloud Outages Tracker Tools To Monitor Vendors in 2024

Whether you’re a business owner, a tech enthusiast, or simply a user who relies on cloud services for daily tasks, the cloud outage tracker can be a useful tool. It informs you of downtime, degraded performance, and maintenance of services that modern businesses rely on. Here’s the list of cloud outage tracker tools that can help you prepare for and mitigate the effects of inevitable disruptions in the cloud.

StatusGator Alternatives in 2024

In this realm of cloud and SaaS service uptime, StatusGator offers unparalleled monitoring of nearly 3,000 services. This article delves into the alternatives to StatusGator in 2024, but first, let’s understand what sets StatusGator apart. Unlike typical status page aggregators, StatusGator offers advanced status aggregation with unique capabilities. StatusGator collects the status of almost 3,000 services from official, published, status pages to gain as much information as possible.

20 Best Cloud Monitoring Tools

When it comes to the best cloud monitoring tools, there are various services you can rely on or choose to support your IT infrastructure. After all, cloud monitoring is critical to ensure the performance, uptime, and overall health of cloud services. Numerous teams in modern IT, SaaS, and app development companies, including DevOps, SREs, and security analysts depend on cloud monitoring solutions.

10 Best StatusHub Alternatives For Incident Communication and Monitoring in 2023

Before we dive into the best StatusHub alternatives, let’s quickly recap the tool’s capabilities. In short, StatusHub is an IT incident communication tool. As indicated by its name, StatusHub is focused on creating and managing status pages. Users get to leverage their connected hub of status pages to communicate system statuses, incidents, and maintenance updates to different audiences, customers, and stakeholders.

10 Top Help Desk and IT Asset Management Software for K-12

In 2023, K-12 schools are becoming more dependent on technology than ever before to enhance students’ learning experiences. The use of devices in teaching has seen a significant rise. For example, 42% of teachers used technology daily in 2016, but in 2019 this number rose to 67%. Given this surge in tech usage, IT administrators in K-12 schools face the challenge of managing these assets and providing support.

Most Popular Status Page Providers Used by Top SaaS Vendors

For SaaS companies and cloud vendors, a status page isn’t just a tool — it’s a testament to their commitment to users. But with numerous status page providers in the market, which ones are the top SaaS companies gravitating towards? It comes as no surprise that the most popular status page provider in 2023 is Statuspage.io offered by Atlassian. We expected it at StatusGator when we began our analysis. However, our curiosity didn’t stop there.

Best One To One Plus Alternatives for K-12 in 2023

One to One Plus is a cloud-based, all-in-one software solution, tailored specifically to K-12 institutions. They provide a comprehensive suite of integrated IT asset management (ITAM), help desk software, and inventory management. As they describe on their website, they are “designed for K-12, built by K-12,” and appear to have been started by tech directors working in K12.

Post-Mortem: Microsoft Teams Monitoring Issue September 2023

At StatusGator, we understand the critical importance of providing reliable monitoring services to our valued customers. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by the recent issue affecting the monitoring of Microsoft Teams, which occurred from September 27, 2023, at 04:56 UTC to September 28, 2023, at 11:11 UTC. We deeply appreciate your patience and understanding as we addressed this incident and share our findings and actions taken to prevent future occurrences.