Integration of service, network and system management: current and forthcoming trends
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A major problem that industry is being faced with is
related to the miscellaneous of management
requirements and to the explosion of management
information. Network and systems management often
make use of different tools and technologies. The
introduction of Quality of Service in the Internet will
bring increased needs for efficient service
management approaches in the network. The
integration of these different kinds of management
approaches into a common framework is critical for
the future development of the Internet and intranets.
This paper exploits the usage of software agents
acting as mediators between different management
protocols and data and assuring transparent
integration of those dissimilar solutions.