Summary:
The definitive guide to taking control of your software applications.

IT departments have lots of tools and standards for managing networks, but few resources for managing the applications that run on those networks. This book is the first to define a vital emerging field. It systematically reviews standards developed by the DMTF, IETF, POSIX and key vendors, and explains how they will help measure and monitor application performance.

Table of Contents:
Understanding Application Management.

Functional Perspectives.

Commercial Approaches to Application Management.

Simple Network Management Protocol Approach.

Software Management Using Desktop Management Task Force Standards.

The POSIX 1387.2 Software Administration Standard.

The Tivoli Application Management Specification.

The DMTF Common Information Model and Application Modeling.

The Application Response Measurement.

What Now?

Appendix.

Glossary of Terms.

References.

Index.