Glossary

Definitions, in
plain language.

Key terms used across the VEMIO platform and managed services.

VEMIO

Network monitoring and service

Platform

VEMIO is built and operated by Vinay Enterprises. It brings device health, topology, helpdesk, supported configuration backups, change approval, reports and BCS into one platform. Run VEMIO with your own team, or choose a service managed by the Vinay Enterprises NOC.

Business Continuity Score (BCS)

0 to 100 view of resilience

Methodology

Business Continuity Score is a 0 to 100 view of network resilience across Visibility Coverage, Redundancy Readiness, Firmware Currency, Configuration Integrity, Alerting Maturity and Response Discipline. Updated daily, with history to show the trend. Weights can be tuned per client.

Managed Network Service

Managed by the Vinay Enterprises NOC

Service

Choose VEMIO managed by the Vinay Enterprises NOC, or run the platform with your own team.

RFC (Request for Change)

A proposed network change

Governance

A request that records a proposed change. VEMIO includes an RFC and CAB change-approval workflow.

CAB (Change Advisory Board)

Review and approval of changes

Governance

A group that reviews proposed changes. VEMIO includes CAB change approval alongside its change log and audit evidence.

RCA (Root Cause Analysis)

Review of an incident's cause

Operations

A review of what caused an incident and what needs to change. VEMIO includes RCA reports.

SLA (Service Level Agreement)

Agreed support expectations

Service

An agreement about service expectations. VEMIO provides SLA tracking, pauses the clock while waiting on the client, and includes SLA analytics and reports.

Tenant Isolation

Separate client data

Operations

Each client's data is completely isolated from every other client. MSP users can view their managed clients together.

Visibility Coverage

Devices actually reporting

Operations

Share of monitored devices that are actually reporting. One of the six BCS dimensions.

Redundancy Readiness

Critical devices with redundancy

Operations

Share of critical devices that have a redundant path or unit. One of the six BCS dimensions.

Firmware Currency

Devices on current firmware

Operations

Share of devices on current firmware. One of the six BCS dimensions.

Configuration Integrity

Backups and unsaved changes

Operations

Critical devices with recent configuration backups and no unsaved changes. One of the six BCS dimensions.

Alerting Maturity

Monitoring before a user report

Operations

Share of tickets raised by monitoring before a user reported the problem. One of the six BCS dimensions.

Response Discipline

Tickets resolved within SLA

Operations

Share of tickets resolved within SLA. One of the six BCS dimensions.