You know those questions that are easy to answer altruistically because the scenario on which the question is based seems entirely unlikely? For example, if you won a big pile of money in the lottery, would you donate a bunch to charity? Keep that thought in mind and read on.
up.time’s flexible architecture is one aspect of the product that I think a lot of our clients really like. This capability facilitates the addition of plug-in monitors, custom modifications and other product enhancements. Some of our clients leverage this functionality to significantly enhance the overall value up.time delivers to their business, others find the standard out of the box up.time product provides everything they need. According to our recent survey, the former group represents almost 33% of our client base and from those clients I hear the occasional lament that custom developments are not widely shared by the uptime community.
Well, hold steady, we’re going to build something this summer. Within the next 30 days we will be launching the Grid, a public site where uptime users can retrieve, rate, comment on and share plug-ins and other uptime modifications. The Grid will also provide a forum for uptime clients to request plug-ins and share thoughts on requests.
We’re building the Grid for our clients and we will monitor and maintain the site but our hope and expectation is that it will provide a forum for uptime users to come together, share new product capabilities and maximize their up.time experience through an active and collaborative user community.
Now, about that original question: 86% of our clients that have developed plug-ins said they would be willing to at least consider sharing their modifications on an uptime community site. Now that this scenario will soon be realistic and practical rather than strictly theoretical, I hope you will follow through, contribute to the Grid and help enhance the up.time experience for yourself and your fellow users.
Stay positive and stay tuned for further details.


