Hey all! I have been pretty busy recently with my new job at the Alamo Colleges, and with a mountain of other projects that I don’t even want to think about right now. Anyway, after a long-ish hiatus due to those work demands, here’s a quick post about something neat I ran across the other day.
Now, at least when I think of cloud computing, I imagine a big server bank and the low, soft hum of thousands of little fans. But to others, I suppose, cloud computing involves quite a bit of data management and complex management programs.
Real-Status is rolling out a cool visualization product, HyperGlance, that gives a 3d, scalable image of computers in the cloud in order to create a nice model of your network.
What I particularly like is that it makes lots of complex information accessible through basic imaging (or, as their site bills it, they, “help non-IT staff comprehend their infrastructure and how they use it”).
Anyway, check it out if you are in the industry or just interested in new data viz software. I should return soon with some more posts on software I have been using recently, including the webapp visualize.me, which I think is going to be pretty revolutionary.
-jacob
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Benjamin Aaron Degenhart
07/04/2011
very cool!! i wonder if it could be used already or tweaked as a 3D mind-map software
still missing something like that… do you know one?
jacobalonso
07/14/2011
I have played around with a few; off the top of my head nelements (http://nelements.org/), I think maybe mindjet can do that too. I honestly think if you want more control over your end product your best bet would be to use some java tools/plugins for the most flexibility…sorry maybe there is a real deficiency in user friendly mindmapping tools. They’re sort of stuck in the Inspiration days.
cameronoceanz
07/13/2011
Wow! I am glad i read this!