Vembu Blog » 2.3 http://blog.vembu.com Backup & Beyond Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:48:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Pick a UI, any UI! http://blog.vembu.com/pick-a-ui-any-ui/ http://blog.vembu.com/pick-a-ui-any-ui/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:52:38 +0000 lux http://blogs.vembu.com/2008/03/21/pick-a-ui-any-ui/ We’ve got a small team here that’s feverishly working on ramping up our reporting module ASAP. While we already have email reporting, alerts, events, etc, and a server dashboard that tells you about current backups, licensing, storage utilization, etc- we’re working on one key bit: a single screen that lets you look out for the ‘reds’ and take appropriate action!

I just had a look at the initial designs for this ‘work in progress screen’, and we’re about to decide on one of two. We’ve never been fans of long meetings and most of our decisions are fairly ‘obvious’ or … Read the rest

]]> We’ve got a small team here that’s feverishly working on ramping up our reporting module ASAP. While we already have email reporting, alerts, events, etc, and a server dashboard that tells you about current backups, licensing, storage utilization, etc- we’re working on one key bit: a single screen that lets you look out for the ‘reds’ and take appropriate action!

I just had a look at the initial designs for this ‘work in progress screen’, and we’re about to decide on one of two. We’ve never been fans of long meetings and most of our decisions are fairly ‘obvious’ or are driven by our customers. So we thought we’d get the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ on this one too…

Which of these designs works better for you ( I won’t get into the details of each); just give us your ‘blink‘ reaction.

Important: These are in no way, finished screens – they’re more like ‘initial drafts’ ; however, they (hopefully) convey the broad ‘idea’…

Option 1: the table option

Option 2: the calendar option

option1-table

Screenshot a (for option 2) – in Week view

Option 2 - week view

Screenshot b (again, for option 2) – in Day view

Option 2 - day view

Let me also toss in my 0.02 – I’m with Option 2!

Let us know your view ASAP in the comments below.

The above post was written by Lakshmanan (Lux) Narayan of Vembu Technologies. Vembu Technologies is a backup software vendor whose product, StoreGrid, powers the online backup services of a large number of service providers across the globe. Besides remote backup, StoreGrid is also used for on premise backups of workstations and servers at various companies & universities.

]]> http://blog.vembu.com/pick-a-ui-any-ui/feed/ 7 Licensing in StoreGrid’s SP Edition – An Overview http://blog.vembu.com/licensing-in-storegrids-sp-edition-an-overview/ http://blog.vembu.com/licensing-in-storegrids-sp-edition-an-overview/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:02:39 +0000 lux http://blogs.vembu.com/2008/03/10/licensing-in-storegrids-sp-edition-an-overview/ When we launched v2.2 (feels like ages ago), the big news was ‘Server Based Licensing’. A lot of partners had asked for this facility as applying license keys in each individual client installation was (obviously) painful. Our partner community also wanted the flexibility to add/remove clients without losing ‘fractions of licenses’.

A new licensing model was born; while new partners need to invest 10 minutes of their time into understanding it, older partners tell us they’re quite comfortable once they’ve got the hang of it. Admittedly, for a new partner, all the talk of SPEUs, mSPEUs (monthly SPEUs to … Read the rest

]]> When we launched v2.2 (feels like ages ago), the big news was ‘Server Based Licensing’. A lot of partners had asked for this facility as applying license keys in each individual client installation was (obviously) painful. Our partner community also wanted the flexibility to add/remove clients without losing ‘fractions of licenses’.

A new licensing model was born; while new partners need to invest 10 minutes of their time into understanding it, older partners tell us they’re quite comfortable once they’ve got the hang of it. Admittedly, for a new partner, all the talk of SPEUs, mSPEUs (monthly SPEUs to the uninitiated) can be confusing – till you invest 10 minutes…

We’ve revamped the licensing overview slideshow and you can download the powerpoint show file here. We’ve just created a non animated version of this on slideshare. net

I’ve embedded a copy of the ppt below. Unless you’ve got Superman’s vision, some of the text will be impossible to read in the slideshow below. The best option then is to see the presentation directly on slideshare.net (where you can click on the ‘full (screen)’ button in the bottom right of the slideshow box – to see the ppt clearly) or simply download the pps.

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What other demos/videos do you think we should make? Please give your inputs in the comments…

The above post was written by Lakshmanan (Lux) Narayan of Vembu Technologies. Vembu Technologies is a backup software vendor whose product, StoreGrid, powers the online backup services of a large number of service providers across the globe. Besides remote backup, StoreGrid is also used for on premise backups of workstations and servers at various companies & universities.

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