This week we finally rolled out some noteworthy changes, and we thought it's a good time to give you a tour of what's new. The most visible change is the overhauled user interface. We simplified workflows, tried to gather more information of interest where possible and useful, and generally cleaned up lots of smaller things. The result is a cleaner interface, making it easier to navigate through and work with Scalarium.

When you log in, the first thing you'll notice is the new dashboard, now showing all the important information in one place, clouds, applications, events and the latest deployments. You can also see how many instances are running in any one cloud without having to go to the details page.

We also reworked the details pages for clouds and applications, moving less frequently used actions into sub menus.

You'll also notice that we sprinkled in some friendly reminders here and there, in case there's something you may have forgotten. After all, getting you application up and running as fast as possible is what the cloud is all about.

When an instance failed during its initial setup, it wasn't easy to figure out what exactly went wrong. Now we immediately bring the error to your attention, including a link to the logs for easier investigation of what caused the problem.

As mentioned in an earlier post, you can now start clouds in any of the available EC2 regions, therefore being able to easily deploy your apps across the globe using Scalarium.

Last week we sent out a big pile of beta invites. If you didn't get yours or haven't signed up for the beta yet, feel free to get in touch or sign up on our beta site.

We'll also be at a couple of conferences in June, namely RailsWayCon, Berlin Buzzwords and IT-Profits in Berlin and MongoUK in London. We'll always have invite codes with us, so come talk to us.