Last year’s ecommerce holiday shopping sales were at an all-time high. According to Adobe, Cyber Monday topped Black Friday with $7.87 billion in sales. While many companies have holiday advertising and marketing strategies in place, is your website optimized to give buyers the best possible shopping experience? We’ve created this handy guide to help you get ready for the mass of online shoppers looking for a deal. The last thing you want is to have a website meltdown on the big day.

Dashboards do their job best when they are a centralized space for the data you need. Not all data, but specifically those key performance indicators that drive the decision making at the top. Uptime.com created a customizable dashboard system that brings that level of personalization to you and your organization.

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) in the US. IT departments are tasked with protecting more than ever. Today’s IT department is responsible for creating, maintaining and managing a myriad of systems. Not only do you need to secure internal connections, but you also need to ensure availability for cloud-based applications and your company website. Many of the suggestions below may be already in place.

Part of choosing a new website monitoring system should always include trying it out to make sure it’s the best solution for you. That’s why we’ve put together this handy guide. We want you to understand what Uptime.com can do for you and how to test it before becoming a paying customer. Your Uptime.com free trial lasts for 21 days, and we’re here to show you how to make the most of it.

No one likes a slow website. Every IT pro needs to constantly check website speed to keep up with the demands of today’s uber-connected world. Fast websites aren’t just about laptops or desktops anymore. Website users connect from a variety of devices like cell phones and smart TVs. This post will discuss website speed testing, including how often you should test your speed, why one speed test probably won’t cut it, and some tips and tricks related to website speed and performance.

Data breaches don’t wait for a convenient time to strike. They sometimes take months to uncover. They are complicated beasts, but once you’ve uncovered them some complex rules kick in that determine when you need to report the breach. Reporting a breach can be a daunting prospect. You’ll need to make a public statement in most cases, you may need to report the breach, and there may be legal requirements.

This past month was a hot one for outages. The Facebook family of apps continues to struggle with multiple outages, the London Stock Exchange had to open late one day this past month, and banks across the world experienced issues. Here’s your August outage report, including insights from our own monitoring at the Uptime.com HQ.

What makes synthetic monitoring a crucial tool to measure the customer experience? When I buy something online, it takes about one to three minutes. That time depends on the complexity of forms I encounter, whether I have an account with the retailer, and how easy the site is to navigate. Of course, there are lots of other variables I don’t notice that also affect my buying experience.

Digital experience relies heavily on the performance of your website, its servers, and your applications. The user experience is most impacted by load time or responsiveness. The fastest applications usually win the day, but there’s more to website performance monitoring than simply measuring speed. Website performance monitoring looks holistically at your site or application.

Slack went down and Twitter activity went up, but what did your team do with its downtime? Did you sit and ping your workspace over and over, waiting for the inevitable return? Did you give up and have a coffee? Did you use it to stay productive and get things done? Ok, I’m not your boss and sorry I asked that last question. Maybe if you were not productive it’s because an outage makes it hard to focus.