Centralized Management in a Distributed World

RAYMOND C. WLLWMS System view Enterprise Management Technologies FZW502-1 IBM Networking Sofi'wore Po Box 12195,3039 CornwaUis Road Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709 USA 1-91 9-543-9904 r a y W " e L ibmcom DECEMBER 12,1993 Abstract THE NEW PARADIGM The world of computing has been turned inside out in the last three years. Many factors have contributed to this revolution or shift in paradigms. These include the slow down in the economy and the slow recovery, increasing explosive growth in the power of workstations, both Intel and RISCl based systems and the desire for local autonomy or accountability. New Operating Systems such as OS/2 (and to some extent DOS/WINDOWS 3.1) and UNIX2 have given the enduser some of tlhe capabilities formerly resewed for the Central Information System or "Glasshouse". This has led to a shift in computing paradigms from centralized host centric computing to network or cliendserver based computing. This explosion of Distributed Computing is here to stay for the foreseeable future. This paper will examine some of the consequences of this shift in computing and it's effect on System and Network (Enterprise) Management. Issues to be addressed include "What is Management?", ''What is Open?" and what are some of the costs and consequences of this shift.