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 **Icinga Web 2** is the next generation open source monitoring web interface, framework
 and command-line interface developed by the [Icinga Project](https://www.icinga.org/), supporting Icinga 2,
-Icinga Core and any other monitoring backend compatible with the Livestatus Protocol.
+Icinga Core and any other monitoring backend compatible with the IDO database.
 
 ![Icinga Web 2](https://www.icinga.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-02-at-00.12.26.png "Icinga Web 2")