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Summary
Summary
End downtime-once and for all!
Without a doubt, downtime prevention is every network manager's biggest problem. And, using commercial browsers to check up on the network simply doesn't guarantee the necessary security. Now there's a new generation of secure, browser-free, Web-based network management products devised to prevent downtime in every kind of network, no matter what hardware, software, or operating system it uses-all via the web! Written by an award-winning networking writer, this practical guide explains how this new technology works and how to incorporate it into existing network management strategies. Complete with a detailed product evaluation guide and real-world case studies, this book will also cover the security issues involved in managing all network sites from anywhere in the world.
Author Notes
Curt Harler is a networking expert. He is the former editor-in-chief of Communications News and a frequent contributor to such industry-leading network publications as InterActive Week, Business Communications Review, Communications International, and American's Network. In honor of his years of reporting on networking and communications issues, he received the 1996 International Communications Association Industry Achievement award.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Chapter 1 Web-Based Management: The View from 10,000 Feet | p. 1 |
| What Web-Based Management Is | p. 1 |
| Web-Based System Flavors | p. 4 |
| Today's Management Requirements | p. 5 |
| Advantages of Web-Based Systems | p. 7 |
| Cost Savings | p. 8 |
| Why MIS Must Consider Web-Based Management | p. 9 |
| Happy Employees | p. 10 |
| Decisions and Flexibility | p. 11 |
| Internet-Based Network Monitoring Is Growing | p. 11 |
| Characteristics of Good Systems | p. 12 |
| Network Lifestyle Fit | p. 17 |
| Microsoft Match | p. 18 |
| Quality of Service Demands | p. 18 |
| The Internet Factor | p. 18 |
| Efficiency and Detection | p. 20 |
| The Human Element | p. 20 |
| Preventing Worker Downtime | p. 21 |
| Telecommuting Trend | p. 21 |
| Chapter 2 Objections to Web-Based Network Management | p. 23 |
| Connectivity Issues | p. 25 |
| Security Remains a Concern | p. 27 |
| How Fast Can You Go? | p. 29 |
| Looking at the Costs | p. 30 |
| Chapter 3 How to Keep Systems Secure | p. 33 |
| Disaster Recovery | p. 37 |
| Managing the Local Area Network | p. 38 |
| Managing the Wide Area Network | p. 39 |
| A Quick Overview of Java | p. 40 |
| Chapter 4 Who's Doing What with Web-Based Systems | p. 51 |
| Checking Versions | p. 52 |
| Contacting Vendors | p. 53 |
| Contrarian Thinking | p. 56 |
| 3Com, Incorporated | p. 57 |
| ARESCOM, Incorporated | p. 61 |
| Asante Technologies, Incorporated | p. 65 |
| ATandT Solutions | p. 69 |
| Bay Networks, Incorporated | p. 73 |
| Boole and Babbage, Incorporated | p. 77 |
| Cabletron Systems | p. 81 |
| Candle Corporation | p. 85 |
| Computer Associates International, Incorporated | p. 89 |
| Concord Communications, Incorporated | p. 93 |
| Edge Technologies, Incorporated | p. 97 |
| Extreme Networks | p. 101 |
| FastLane Technologies, Incorporated | p. 105 |
| Fujitsu Network Communications, Incorporated | p. 109 |
| Hewlett-Packard Company--Top Tools | p. 113 |
| Hewlett-Packard Company--BenchLink XL | p. 117 |
| IBM Corporation | p. 121 |
| Inrange Technologies Corporation | p. 125 |
| Jyra Research, Incorporated | p. 129 |
| Micromuse, Incorporated | p. 133 |
| NetOps Corporation | p. 137 |
| NetScout Systems, Incorporated--ManagerPlus | p. 141 |
| NetScout Systems, Incorporated--AppScout | p. 145 |
| NetScout Systems, Incorporated--WebCast | p. 149 |
| Network Associates, Incorporated | p. 153 |
| Novadigm, Incorporated | p. 157 |
| Novazen, Incorporated | p. 161 |
| Phasecom, Incorporated | p. 165 |
| Pinnacle Software Corporation | p. 169 |
| Sterling Software, Incorporated | p. 173 |
| Telco Research Corporation | p. 177 |
| Tivoli Systems, Incorporated | p. 181 |
| Wipro Corporation | p. 185 |
| Xedia Corporation | p. 189 |
| Chapter 5 How Real Users Take Advantage of Web-Based Management | p. 193 |
| Two Utilities Use the Web | p. 194 |
| Web Developer Discusses Advantages | p. 197 |
| Browser Basics | p. 198 |
| Client-Side Web Programming | p. 198 |
| Server-Side Web Programming | p. 198 |
| Distributed Web Programming | p. 199 |
| The New York Times Addresses Security | p. 199 |
| Trump Moves to Smart Buildings | p. 200 |
| Racing to the Future | p. 201 |
| The Next Wave | p. 202 |
| Chapter 6 Where SNMP and RMON Fit with Web-Based Management | p. 203 |
| SNMP MIBs | p. 205 |
| How One Vendor Handles HTTP | p. 207 |
| RMON at the Core | p. 210 |
| A Ph.D.'s Comparison of Options | p. 214 |
| The Future of Web-Based Systems | p. 217 |
| Neural Agents | p. 219 |
| From Trial to Implementation | p. 220 |
| Appendix: Vendor and Product Web Sites | p. 227 |
| Bibliography | p. 229 |
| Acronyms Used in the Book | p. 235 |
| Index | p. 239 |
