ARIS MashZone 2.0
Today we are publishing the second version of MashZone. It introduces a bunch of new features which are described here in the community. MashZone makes it easy to combine data from entirely different sources. Results are presented within appealing mashups.
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Enterprise Edition introduced
With the release of the second version much has changed in MashZone. There are many new features (read below) but - in addition - an entirely new Edition has been added: Enterprise Edition. Our official website explains the details; there is a feature matrix to find the edition fitting your needs best. But let me highlight the most important updates here. MashZone Enterprise…
- …helps you distributing dashboards within the entire company. Assuming that there are many people interested in consuming KPIs, goal accomplishments, trends, etc. and fewer authoring such reports. Enterprise license model takes this into account. You may license content consuming and content authoring users independently.
- …connects to your central user database, e.g. Active Directory. This enables you to reuse organizational structures (roles, group memberships) to implement separation of concerns, access rights and so on. And you never need another password to remember, just reuse the one you enter every morning after starting your computer.
- …enables you to distribute mashups to anonymous audiences. Do you want to show your SLA-fulfillment to your business partner (or vise verse)? Do you want to show key stats of your business to all your employees? If a mashup author decides to share nobody needs a password to view mashups. In fact our gallery demonstrates this already. Nothing required on your side. No password, no files, no installed software, except a Flash enabled browser.
- …is all about your content. Therefore you can turn off the ARIS MashZone branding to focus on your figures. The image below depicts the difference. The same mashup twice: On the left hand embedded into a portal on the right hand side the conventional way.
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More features...
Recently there had been some articles published by Yvonne, Christian and me about the upcoming version of MashZone. And there will be further posts soon. In this entry I summarize them, so the list will grow and I invite you to use this URL as reference (this post will be edited to reflect updates).
As of today we revealed these features.
- Maps in MashZone become customizable: User-Defined Vector Maps
- MashApps can be embedded into websites or portals such as iGoogle: Links to MashApps
- Read from any relational database: MashZone supports JDBC
- Maps again: Yes, MashZone 2.0 integrates with Google Maps™.
- ARIS Business Server connectivity: Reuse your existing Excel reports in MashZone (with video)
So stay tuned for further updates on MashZone 2.0! If you are curious you may already download the most recent version of MashZone from our website mashzone.com.
Hi,
One question:
I had a single user license for MZ 1.0. Now I installed the new 2.0 and my old license key is not valid. I cannot import my created mashups in the new version, but at the same time I don't have the old version anymore as well. Thus I am unable to run my MashZone reports :(
How can I update my license key?
Aivars,
you need a MashZone 2 license to run it.
- If you are within maintenance - which is a Professional edition option - you may request a new license for free.
- Free keys obtained here in the community continue to work in MashZone 2
During update the setup created a backup of your old installation. It resides in your MashZone installation directory. To restore them shut down MashZone 2 and copy the files from backup to their original location.
Regards
Stephan
New licensees as well as updates are available in our Online store. It starts at 95€.
Do you mean that the one who have bought the personal license for MZ 1.0 has to buy another personal license (the same price) for MZ 2.0 if he wants to update?
In your Online store I found neither price for an update nor version dependent prices.
The fact that customers who have paid for the MZ 1.0 (the first service release) can not update for free sounds really unpleasant.
In this case the license for the MZ 1.0 becomes excessive.
Does it worth buying MZ 2.0 personal licenses if there probably would be no possibility to upgrade to next version? Maybe it's better to wait?
Konstantin,
you are right, we do not offer an update package for the Personal Edition. You are free to continue to use version 1.
If you like to receive all updates we publish I suggest to head for Professional Edition instead. You will find an maintenance option in our online shop. During subscription it enables you to use any update we publish.
Regards
Hi Kyle,
just create a post here in the ARIS MashZone group. The group is always monitored by the product management team of ARIS MashZone and they will pick up your requests.
Hi Don,
unfortunately version one keys cannot be applied to version two (the free key is the only exception).
To fall back: During update the installer created a backup of your previous installation. Please find it in your installation directory.
Regards
Stephan
Hello Don,
My company would like to buy the full version of ARIS Mashzone. Last months I created a presentation with ARIS and my bosses ask me to order it. They were fans, all of them. They think thats the best support decision program what they've ever saw.
I would like some questions:
How much does the full program costs and the licence keys?
How many times avalilable a licence key?
Could we share my ARIS presentations with my colleagues in company netwirk If we buy 1 full program?
Iam sorry for my obvious questions, but my bosses want to official statement or e-mail from you.
Iam waiting for your answer respectly!
Thank you for your help!
Best regards!
Tamás Kovács
