Server Foundation - Data center automation

Symantec      2008

What?

Integrate three different enterprise software’s with different interfaces, mental models and interaction paradigms to form a truly integrated solution.

Existing software solutions

Veritas Configuration Manager
VCM automatically discovers servers and software, dynamically maps their relationships, and tracks configuration changes to ensure configuration integrity.
Veritas Provisioning Manager
VPM automates server provisioning by discovering hardware, installing OS, deploying and configuring applications, and modifying network settings across servers.
Veritas Patch Manager
VCM automatically discovers servers and software, dynamically maps their relationships, and tracks configuration changes to ensure configuration integrity.

Challenge

The challenge was to get the get three different engineering and product teams to agree on the information architecture.
Approach: Design for integrated use cases, not ui integration

Use case to information architecture

Connecting the dots

Wireframes

Low-fidelity mocks for collaboration and design validation

Detailed designs

Hi-fidelity click prototypes for user testing and development
Projects
User intent module
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