Network Management Program.
Today’s information systems rely heavily on the Internet, intranets, extranets, local area networks, and other telecommunications networks to interconnect end user workstations, network servers, and other computer systems. This requires a variety of system software for network management, including network operating systems, network performance monitors, telecommunications monitors, and so on. These programs are used by network servers and other computers in network to manage network performance.
Today’s information systems rely heavily on the Internet, intranets, extranets, local area networks, and other telecommunications networks to interconnect end user workstations, network servers, and other computer systems. This requires a variety of system software for network management, including network operating systems, network performance monitors, telecommunications monitors, and so on. These programs are used by network servers and other computers in network to manage network performance.
Network management programs perform such functions as automatically checking client PCs and video terminals for input/output activity, as signing priorities to data communications requests from clients and terminals, and detecting and correcting transmission errors and other network problems. In addition, some network management programs function as middleware to help diverse networks communicate with each other.
Examples of network management programs include Novell NetWare, the most widely used network operating system for complex interconnected local area networks. Microsoft’s Windows NT Server and IBM’s OS/2 Warp Server are two other popular network operating systems.
Examples of network management programs include Novell NetWare, the most widely used network operating system for complex interconnected local area networks. Microsoft’s Windows NT Server and IBM’s OS/2 Warp Server are two other popular network operating systems.
IBM’s telecommunication monitor CICS (Customer Identification and Control System) is an example of a widely used telecommunications monitor for mainframe-based wide area networks. IBM’s NetView and Hewlett-Packard’s Open View are examples of network management programs for managing several mainframe-based or midrange-based computer networks.
