Emeryville, CA 12.04 - 06.06 - MonoSphere's "Horizon" was a new product that was developed to address storage resource management (SRM) in a unique way. Horizon focuses on the strategic aspect of capacity planning and optimization. Rather than simply presenting the data about storage usage, and forcing the user to analyze it, Horizon provides advanced analysis, identifies problem areas, and recommends potential improvements. The user is able to model both their company's technology and business plans within Horizon to allow for forecasting of storage needs. The key to Horizon's success was going to the ability to proactively create tasks for the user to address items before they become problems.

There was no brand for MonoSphere, so Busse had a lot of freedom in the design. The focus of the project was primarily centered around User Interface. Usability and functionality were maximized by multiple reviews and revisions, enhanced with three separate design directions that were honed to one.

About MonoSphere
MonosSphere's Storage Horizon® software is used by Global 3000 companies to automate their storage capacity planning processes by providing an unprecedented unified view of current and projected storage capacity usage. These processes are aimed at reducing storage infrastructure spending by as much as 50 percent. In today's data intensive enterprise, despite shrinking unit costs, yearly storage spending is rising faster than overall IT budgets due to exponential growth of storage consumption by applications, compliance requirements, and data protection strategies. Storage Horizon helps IT organizations directly target this expensive, low-utilization problem, achieve greater value from their existing storage assets, and significantly reduce CapEx spending. Customers include financial services, technology, life sciences, and telecommunications enterprises. For more information, please visit http://www.monosphere.com.

About Busse Design USA
Busse Design USA Inc., founded in 1997, and Busse Design Ulm GmbH, founded in 1959, together form a full-service design agency. Busse Design USA provides a wide range of services for their clients —including user interface design, product design and development, branding and packaging design, and a wide range of usability testing services. Working from a human factors perspective, Busse Design USA combines compelling design with strong process methodologies that result in superior user experiences for both its clients and their customers and partners. Headquartered in a restored 1913 building in Emeryville, CA — home to one of the largest populations of artists studios in the San Francisco Bay Area — Busse Design USA employs accomplished designers, Human Computer Interaction specialists, information architects, as well as brand and marketing experts. More information about Busse Design USA can be found at http://www.bussedesign.com.