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2025-07-10: New: Web Hosting for Your Online Presence – Directly Managed by Your IT Service Provider

As your trusted IT service provider, I am now pleased to offer not only traditional IT services but also professional web hosting for your online presence. 🖥️

What can you expect?

With my web hosting service, you will receive:

WordPress websites – customized to your individual needs.
Your own domain & email address – e.g. max.mustermann@your-domain.com.
Worry-free package – I handle the setup, maintenance, and security for you.

For more details, please visit my website under:
➡️ Private Clients => Homepage/Website or
➡️ Businesses => Website.

Technically up to date

Your WordPress site runs in a modern Docker container and is hosted on a virtual private server (VPS). This ensures high flexibility and performance.

🛡️ Security and backups:

  • Nightly automatic backups of your entire website (including Docker container) are performed.
  • Your emails are managed on a separate VPS using the reliable Mailcow software, enabling you to send and receive emails with your own domain and personalized addresses.

Professional management included

As your IT service provider, I take care of the complete administration and monitoring of your web hosting:

🔄 Regular security updates, including for WordPress and installed plugins.
🚨 Monitoring to ensure your website is always online.
🤝 Prompt assistance, should any issues arise.

Interested?

If you would like to host a new website affordably through me or move an existing WordPress installation, feel free to get in touch. 📞✉️
I will be happy to advise you individually and find the perfect solution for your project.

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2025-06-08: Easy Server Monitoring: Why Uptime Kuma and NTFY Matter for Your Business

In today’s highly digital business environment, the availability of your IT systems is a critical success factor. Whether it’s an online store, customer portal, or internal tool – system outages can lead not only to lost revenue, but also to damaged customer trust.

Reliable monitoring of your servers and services is therefore essential. Two tools that have proven particularly effective are Uptime Kuma and NTFY. Combined, they provide a simple and powerful solution to detect disruptions early – and respond immediately. ⚡

❗ Why Is This So Important for Businesses?

Outages happen. Whether due to maintenance, technical failure, or network issues – reaction time is key. If you’re notified the moment a service goes offline, you can step in quickly and minimize downtime. ⏱️

Small and medium-sized businesses in particular benefit from not having to wait for customer complaints. Instead, you stay proactive and in control. This improves service quality, saves valuable time, and protects your reputation. ✅

🔧 What Do Uptime Kuma and NTFY Actually Do?
  • 🧭 Uptime Kuma continuously monitors your web servers, databases, and other services. It instantly detects if something is no longer working.
  • 📲 NTFY sends push notifications to your smartphone or desktop the moment an issue is detected – without the complexity of email servers or SMS gateways.

This keeps your team informed – even outside of working hours. 🌙

🌟 Key Benefits at a Glance
  • 🚨 Early Detection of Outages
    No more surprises: you’ll know the moment something goes wrong.
  • ⚙️ Quick Response Time
    Push notifications help you act fast – when every minute counts.
  • 🧩 Simple Integration
    Both tools can be installed on a virtual server with minimal setup.
  • 💰 Cost-Effective
    Both are open-source – no license fees or subscriptions required.
✅ Conclusion

Together, Uptime Kuma and NTFY offer a lightweight and highly effective way to monitor your IT infrastructure. They boost your ability to respond quickly to issues, enhance your customer service, and give you peace of mind – knowing your systems are being watched. 🛡️

Especially for businesses without large IT departments, this solution is ideal: flexible, low-maintenance, and easy to expand.

💬 If you’d like help setting it up or want a custom monitoring solution tailored to your needs, I’m happy to assist.