| Now that we are in the 21st century, most companies | | | | Configuration Management is to identify effects on |
| need to have some form of connectivity or another in | | | | network's operation after tracking the software plus |
| order to have their business running well. In another | | | | the hardware on the network.Accounting |
| word, network management can be the life line of | | | | ManagementThis is to watch and determine the usage |
| these companies. Can you imagine Yahoo, Google, | | | | of information or resources for billing purposes. A |
| and Ebay going down for a few minutes? Millions of | | | | typical company such as a mobile company or internet |
| dollars could be lost during those few minutes. As such, | | | | service provider would need these features in their |
| the importance of network management in this type of | | | | business operations to bill their customer.Performance |
| companies cannot be underestimated.In order to | | | | ManagementMonitoring, assessing, and adjusting the |
| understand network management better, we have to | | | | available bandwidth and network resource usage are |
| look at the ISO (International Organization for | | | | tasks that are performed by network personnel as |
| Standardization) which looks at security management, | | | | part of performance management system. This is to |
| fault management, configuration management, | | | | make the network run more efficiently.In order to have |
| accounting management and performance | | | | a good network management system, the 6 pillars of |
| management.Security ManagementSecurity | | | | network management need to be implemented by the |
| Management looks at alerting the personnel when | | | | network personnel in their companies.Justin Koh is a |
| resources are accessed. An example would be | | | | freelance writer whose articles have appear in most |
| emailing or calling the network personnel that a | | | | major ezines. You can find more of these at: have |
| resource is down and needed his attention or sending | | | | permission to publish this article electronically or in print, |
| messages when certain files is accessed.Fault | | | | free of charge, as long as the bylines are included. A |
| ManagementFault Management is to log, find, and alert | | | | courtesy copy of your publication would be |
| the network personnel of problems that will effect the | | | | appreciated. |
| systems operations.Configuration Management | | | | |