How It Works

Icons in Motion

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brings the very best visual analytics to the IP Networking arena. Icons deliver an approach to data comprehension that enables the human eye to quickly scan detailed information to extract status, relationships and trends, all with little or no training.

Anatomy of an Icon

Icons can be created for any condition that is based on current data: similar devices in a network, similar devices at remote locations (grouped or sorted by region), network status at geographically dispersed locations, IP status of a device in motion, time sequenced status of a device of interest, and more.

Visual analytics in the IP Networking space have four components that allow them to cover the globe, communicate status as often as every 30 seconds, and adhere to an efficient and economical SaaS delivery model.

Icon Characteristics

• Customized for each customer to meet it's needs
• Full of detail representing the current status of network components that are important
• Scannable at a rapid rate so action can be taken quickly
• Understandable to (non-technical) users with little or no training, reducing costs
• Information that is readily comprehensible across cultures with pictures; no need for text translation
• Based upon the latest visual research to maximize comprehension and ensure the effectiveness of the information presented

Display Capabilities

• Universal access from a secure portal
• Access tightly controlled by user name and password - content and geography
• Each authorized viewer can filter, sort and suppress Icon display
• Globally accessible (pending customer security protocols)
• Customer can provide Icons of interest to it's IT staff, business units, regional management, and even clients as a value added service
• Supports the primary browser technologies (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome)

Generator Input

• Customer specified business rules (algorithms) to create a customized view of what's most important
• Incorporates only relevant customer data to trigger an optimal response
• State-of-the-Science technology to rapidly render graphical Icons

Data Attributes

• Usable from any source - platform independent
• A comprehensive view from various sources, systems and participants - Icons can be generated from data already available and residing in current collection sources including outsourced vendors
• Data can be held in a variety of formats (databases, spreadsheets, text files, or even a vendor web portal)
• Using only copies of selected status data elements; not disruptive to customer data protocols
• Selected copies secure at all times: encrypted, tunneled, and firewalled to the customer’s specifications
• Copies destroyed at customer specified intervals
• Historical, but fresh - as often as every 30 seconds
• Able to use existing customer data collection repositories
• Integrated with next generation data collection device to discover network attributes automatically

Delivered through SaaS

These innovative Icons are created and delivered under a SaaS model, fostering a rapid return on investment (ROI). The investment in equipment is minimal. Deployment is rapid with an unprecedented ease of integration using State of the Science data management techniques. Icons that are intuitive or easy to comprehend require little or no user training. This decreases an organization's dependence on highly skilled, scarce technical resources. Technical organizations now can accomplish more with less. Best of all, the Icon’s empowering details can lead to improved performance for technical as well as operational staff.