Network Management In the modern world, and still more, so far as can be guessed, in the world of the near future, important achievement is and will be almost impossible to an individual if he cannot dominate some vast organisation Bertrand Russell The information held within computer systems is the life blood of a modern organisation. Without fast, reliable access to this information most organisations would not be able to function for very long. Some companies, such as those providing telephone banking or credit vetting and the utilities such as gas and electricity, are so dependent on this information that they would. | Total Area Networking ATM IP Frame Relay and SMDS Explained. Second Edition John Atkins and Mark Norris Copyright 1995 1999 John Wiley Sons Ltd Print ISBN 0-471-98464-7 Online ISBN 0-470-84153-2 8 Network Management In the modern world and still more so far as can be guessed in the world of the near future important achievement is and will be almost impossible to an individual if he cannot dominate some vast organisation Bertrand Russell The information held within computer systems is the life blood of a modern organisation. Without fast reliable access to this information most organisations would not be able to function for very long. Some companies such as those providing telephone banking or credit vetting and the utilities such as gas and electricity are so dependent on this information that they would stop functioning almost immediately if they lost their communication system or even access to their database. Continual and reliable access to distributed information is now needed. Organisations seek to do business when and where customers require it. They are also looking to maximise the return on costly capital equipment. These drivers are extending the times that the network must be available so that 9-to-5 operation is no longer universally applicable especially when networks that cross the globe have no real concept of what 9-to-5 is Within individual buildings local area networks LANs have been increasingly deployed to provide common access to data to be shared across work groups. These networks are already indispensable to the people they support. As part of a distributed information network they will become even more central to the operation of many businesses. As companies rationalise their previously diverse operations there is a need to control the linking of separate computer systems. This means that useful networks require management support that enables them to provide and maintain common services from a disparate set of components. This capability
