Overview
The work that is described in this book was driven by necessity - to meet a real need for managing globally distributed complex networks. And it's that pragmatic approach to achieving results and managing real-world complex networks from end-to-end that is sometimes missing from the current formal standards bodies and vendors providing disparate projects and services. It is extremely important for the end-users to move away from "vertical thinking" and focus and expand on "systems thinking" a move that will address not only vertical network management needs,but also horizontal business management needs.Pragmatic approach to the design, development and implementation of global distributed networks based on cost justification and business enterprise requirements. Overviews network standards based on the OSI reference model. Discusses information network concepts and delves into enabling strategies and key issues of network, intranet and Internet management in a business environment. Covers real-time systems, discusses the Common Management Information Repository (CMIR), and examines services, asset, fault, configuration and operations management. Concludes with informative discussions on the design of global service centers and outsourcing of networked systems.