Dejal Systems, LLC yesterday announced Simon version 2.5, the essential server monitoring tool for Mac OS X. It checks websites and many other kinds of services for changes or failures, with lots of notification and reporting options. Version 2.5 adds SMS and Web notifiers, drive status services, and several other enhancements and fixes.

New Features:

• New SMS notifier plug-in, to send text messages via Clickatell or e-mail.
• New Web notifier plug-in (like the Web service) to post to a web-based script.
• Added S.M.A.R.T. Status, Drive Status, and Pulse services.
• Added a Post to Simon Wall notifier.
• Several enhancements to the reports features.
• Added a Convert Domain/IP command to change a domain name into the corresponding IP address, or vice versa.
• Plus many more improvements and fixes; see the release notes for details.

Simon comes in three versions: Basic $29.95 (USD), Standard $59.95, Enterprise $195.00.

Check out Simon 2.5 over at Dejal.

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