Protecting availability in complex computer environments

As online business dependencies continue to rise and at the same time tend to rely on more and more complex environments, the risk of computer service interruption, i.e. disruption rather than disaster,having a major effect on business rises dramatically. To combat this risk, products are emerging to automate the management of such demanding environments. This automation includes the use of management alerts,cross‐platform administration and centralized performance monitoring. Describes one such management system. Briefly gives an account of the system′s components, domains and technologies.