Integrated Management of Networked Systems: Concepts, Architectures, and Their Operational Application

"This is a comprehensive book covering architecture, implementation, and operational use of all the current approaches to management-OSI/TMN, SNMP, CORBA, DMTF, and Web-based. It not only covers most of the modern approaches to management but also includes interoperation between these approaches and the use of stand-alone tools such as protocol analyzers. It will be very useful as a reference book for students, researchers, and industry practitioners."

-Professor Morris Sloman, Department of Computing, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine

"A comprehensive reference on the management of networked systems, this book is a must-have for any network or management system architect and anybody else in need of a deep understanding of network management technologies, tools, and practices. Professor Hegering and his team present a complete analysis of integrated network management architectures, tools, system development, and operational use."

-Branislav Meandzija, General Instrument Corporation

"Highly respected experts Hegering, Abeck, and Neumair offer the most comprehensive presentation of systems and network management that I've seen to date. This book provides an excellent foundation of traditional and emergent technologies that every student and industry practitioner should read."

-Lisa Phifer, Vice President, Core Competence, Inc.

Features

• Teaches the enduring principles at work in a holistic, integrated approach to systems management.
• Covers SNMPv3, CORBA Version 2, DMI 2.0, and CIM 2.0, as well as Java- and Web-based management architectures.
• Presents the perspective of an IT service provider responsible for maintaining Quality of Service levels.
• Describes the functionality of management tools used in the real world-and expert advice on choosing one right for your organization.

Dr. Heinz-Gerd Hegering is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Munich, Director of the Institute for Informatik, and Head of the Board of Directors of the Leibniz-Rechenzentrum of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. His fields of active research are Communication Systems and Management of IT infrastructures.

Dr. Sebastian Abeck is a professor at the University of Karlsruhe where he gives lectures on Networking and Distributed Systems. Together with his team "Cooperation & Management" he works on provider-accepted IT management solutions. This work is tightly connected with demands from industrial partners. A second research interest concerns Web-based teaching and learning systems.

In 1998 Dr. Bernhard Neumair joined DeTeSystem GmbH, a subsidiary of German Telekom as a group manager for communications solutions. He is responsible for design and realization of solutions in the areas Internet and Intranet, Security and E-Commerce.