alis_ was looking for a way to visualize the services running on their custom alis_ OS. To reveal if the OS was running well, which tasks were failing. But also to show the dependencies of services having created new services and so on. And to have a clear differentiation between their domains. Finally, the final visual was going to be used both for management and marketing purposes and thus had to be really effective, still look good, and on brand. After a longer design phase to investigate ...