Lewis, Lundy.

Service level management for enterprise networks / Lundy Lewis. - Boston : Artech House, �1999. - 1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages) : illustrations. - Artech House telecommunications library . - Artech House telecommunications library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is SLM? -- The evolution toward SLM -- The crux of SLM -- Why be interested in SLM? -- Case study: GlaxoWellcome -- SLM conceptual graph -- Case study: Cabletron Systems and ATandT -- A short guide to standards for integrated management -- Comparison with quality of service management -- SLM methodology -- Essential SLM methodology -- An excursion into SE methodologies -- Variations on SLM methodology -- Case study: Decisys -- SLM architecture -- What is architecture? -- Basic SLM architecture -- Useful ideas from artificial intelligence, robotics, and data warehousing -- SLM architecture revisited -- Evaluating SLM proposals with respect to architecture -- Case study: Deutsche Telekom -- Special topics in SLM -- The event correlation problem -- The semantic disparity problem -- The component-to-service mapping problem -- The agent selection problem -- The integration problem -- The scaling problem -- The representation problem -- The complexity problem -- Case study: KLM Airlines -- SLM and electronic commerce -- What is electronic commerce? -- Burdens on suppliers of electronic commerce -- SLM and electronic commerce -- Case study: Windward Consulting Group -- SLM, modern business, and quality of life -- Information systems and modern business -- The SLM connection -- Business trends and challenges -- Why be interested in SLM?

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Business enterprises--Computer networks.
Information technology--Management.
Entreprises--R�eseaux d'ordinateurs.
Technologie de l'information--Gestion.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Organizational Behavior.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Management.
Business enterprises--Computer networks.
Information technology--Management.
Management.
Kwaliteitszorg.
Dienstverlening.
Management.
Business & Economics.
Management Theory.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

HD30.37 / .L48 1999eb

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