The Guardian has been developed to give the IT industry an application that will reside on the PC or Server and guard against prolonged application and network failures. This is done by monitoring applications and network connections on the Server or PC. There are many ways The Guardian can be configured to respond to failures. The Guardian can take action when a failure exists. It can restart the application, reboot the Server or PC, or initiate a command line programmed by you the user. The Guardian can also be configured to alert in many different ways. Upon a failure The Guardian has the ability to provide, audio, multiple visual, and e-mail alerts.