Abstract: Methods and systems for a networked storage environment are provided. For example, a method includes interfacing by a management device with a plurality of management layers that communicate with a plurality of application plugins executed by a plurality of computing devices, where each application plugin is associated with an application for providing storage services for stored objects managed by a storage system for the plurality of applications; for managing the plurality of computing devices, presenting selectable options for adding an application plugin for a computing device, configuring the application plugin, migrating the application plugin from one location to another and placing the computing device in a maintenance mode; and providing a summary for a plurality of storage service operations and a data protection summary.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a networked storage environment are provided. For example, a method includes interfacing by a management device with a plurality of management layers that communicate with a plurality of application plugins executed by a plurality of computing devices, where each application plugin is associated with an application for providing storage services for stored objects managed by a storage system for the plurality of applications; for managing the plurality of computing devices, presenting selectable options for adding an application plugin for a computing device, configuring the application plugin, migrating the application plugin from one location to another and placing the computing device in a maintenance mode; and providing a summary for a plurality of storage service operations and a data protection summary.

Abstract: A novel method and system enabling a computer to identify the beginning and end of a logical group of digitally scanned pages, most commonly a multipage document, through the use of cover pages or sheets containing machine-readable information about where the document should be routed over a computer network, how to set scanning parameters in the scanner, and additional operations to perform, greatly increasing the efficiency and simplicity of creating, routing and processing scanned image documents without operator or user intervention and thereby enabling increased use of scanners in offices and the like.