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Paessler Extends its PRTG Network Monitoring Capability for Android and iOS Devices
February 2014 by Marc Jacob
Paessler AG announced the availability of PRTG for Android and PRTG for iOS, both equipped with new features. The company is also announcing the launch of a new PRTG Mobile Probe for Android providing IT managers visibility into critical performance factors linked to their company’s mobile network.
For Windows Phone users, a Windows Phone app for PRTG Network Monitor is currently in test phase. A beta version of the app is available for download at the Windows Phone Store.
PRTG for iOS
For Apple users, Paessler has completely rewritten the PRTG for iOS app, giving IT administrators greater access to network monitoring data. The app offers graphs and overview maps, provides insight into PRTG logs, and allows the user to acknowledge alarms.
Under iOS 7, the app periodically checks the PRTG server in the background and displays new alarms immediately, rather than indirectly via email or SMS. A click on the alarm shows the affected sensor along with details such as when the alarm started, associated messages, correlated graph views, and other affected devices.
PRTG for iOS is now available for free download in the Apple iTunes Store at https://itunes.apple.com/app/iprtg/id326306472.
PRTG for Android
The PRTG Android app now supports the new PRTG ticketing system so that administrators not only receive alerts about alarms, warnings, unusual values, they also receive new tickets directly to their mobile device.
A new “dashboard” view for tablets and Android TV shows the global sensor status in a special close-up so that the state of the IT infrastructure can be displayed on a monitor or in the IT support office. To make it even easier to register in the app, users can simply scan a QR code only once on the corresponding user account page in the PRTG Web interface. After doing so, the user is registered with the app and has mobile access without complicated typing of IP addresses, passwords or user names.
PRTG for Android is available for free download on the Google Play Store at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paessler.prtgandroid.
PRTG Mobile Probe for Android
The new PRTG Mobile Probe for Android provides administrators insight into network performance from a mobile point of view. The probe, which can be installed on an Android device, performs monitoring processes and sends the results to the central installation—the PRTG core server.
The PRTG Mobile Probe for Android can be downloaded at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paessler.androidprobe.
Windows Phone App in Beta
Paessler’s Windows Phone app, now available for beta testing, integrates the mobile Web interface of PRTG and provides easy access to the PRTG core server. Based on the new Windows tile design, the app has its own “Live Tile.” This tile shows the global status of all sensors directly on the home screen of the Windows Phone. With the app, the administrator is able to view monitoring data and tickets, confirm alarms, and pause or resume monitoring.
The PRTG Windows Phone app is available as a free download in the Windows Phone Store at http://www.windowsphone.com/de-de/store/app/prtg/a6c95a2d-34b9-4d4e-be0a-98d9977a1e88.
