LinuxForce, a technology services provider specialising in the development, implementation, management and support of Linux-based systems, has released a complete array of monitoring services and software to provide round-the-clock protection for businesses. The collection of software, consulting and other monitoring services is called 'LinuxForce Monitoring'.

LinuxForce Monitoring is built on Debian GNUILinux and has been principally conceived around the best-of-breed monitoring solutions in the FOSS world: Nagios version 2 (Nagios2).

C J Fearnley, president and CEO, LinuxForce, said, "We are proud to introduce this third generation re-engineering of our monitoring system because it so dramatically simplifies Nagios configuration. LinuxForce Monitoring allows a broader range of businesses and IT professionals to build more incisive FOSS-based monitoring solutions to cost-effectively protect their organisations."

LinuxForce Monitoring features 50- to 100-fold simplification in the configuration of Nagios2; over 150 plug-ins to monitor a plethora of services (from websites, to PostgreSQL, MySQL, Asterisk, and MythTV); improved configuration for most Nagios2 objects, and automatic management of Nagios2 leaf nodes and aggregators. All of LinuxForce's Remote Responder clients have been upgraded to the third generation of LinuxForce Monitoring.