| System |
Creator |
Open source |
FCAPS functions |
Management technologies |
| F |
C |
A |
P |
S |
| Admin Arsenal |
Brisworks |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Proprietary, WMI, XML |
| Altiris Management Suite |
Altiris |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Apple Remote Desktop |
Apple |
No |
? |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
Proprietary, SSH |
| StarCat |
Moscii Systems |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
? |
No |
CIM, SMI-S,IPMI,iAMT, SNMP, SSH |
| Bcfg2 |
Narayan Desai et al |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
XML-RPC |
| Cfengine |
Mark Burgess et al |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Proprietary |
| Hyperic HQ |
Hyperic |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
JMX, SNMP, XML over HTTP, WMI, XML-RPC, SSH |
| IBM Director |
IBM |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
CIM, IPMI, SMI-S, SNMP, SSH |
| ISconf |
Steve Traugott et al |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| KACE |
KACE |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
SNMP, WMI, and PXE |
| Keywatch |
Keymind Computing AS |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
OSGi, XML-RPC |
| LANDesk Management Suite |
LANDesk |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| LCFG |
Paul Anderson et al |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
XML over HTTP |
| Nagios |
Ethan Galstad |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
SNMP |
| NetDirector |
Emu Software |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
XML-RPC |
| NexusMETER / NexusNETVIEW |
Nexus Telecom |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
See http://www.nexustelecom.com |
| SharePath |
Correlsense |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
See http://www.correlsense.com |
| OpenNMS |
OpenNMS Group |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
SNMP |
| OpenView products |
Hewlett-Packard |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Netrac |
TTI Telecom |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
? |
| Oracle Enterprise Manager |
Oracle Corporation |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| PATROL |
BMC Software |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| PIKT |
Robert Osterlund et al |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Proprietary |
| Puppet |
Reductive Labs |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
? |
| Quattor |
Rafael Angel García Leiva et al |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
XML (?) over HTTP, SOAP |
| Radmind |
Wesley D. Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge FCAPS is the ISO Telecommunications Management Network model and framework for Network management. Don't change "Extensible" Altiris Inc is a subsidiary of Symantec specializing in service-oriented management software which allows organizations to manage IT assets Apple Remote Desktop ( ARD) is a Macintosh application produced by Apple Inc Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics Secure Shell or SSH is a Network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a Secure channel between two networked devices The Common Information Model ( CIM) is an Open standard that defines how managed elements in an IT environment are represented as a common set of objects SMI-S, or the Storage Management Initiative - Specification, is a storage standard developed and maintained by the Storage Networking Industry Association The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI Specification defines a set of common interfaces to a computer system which System administrators can The Standard Alphabet of Mahal Transliteration (SAMT is a Transliteration method that allows transliteration of Indic scripts. Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP) forms part of the Internet protocol suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF Secure Shell or SSH is a Network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a Secure channel between two networked devices XML-RPC is a Remote procedure call protocol which uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism Cfengine is a policy-based Configuration management system written by Mark Burgess at Oslo University College. Hyperic provides a popular Open source IT Operations Computer system and Network monitoring Application software. Hyperic provides a popular Open source IT Operations Computer system and Network monitoring Application software. Java Management Extensions ( JMX) is a Java technology that supplies tools for managing and monitoring applications system objects devices (e Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP) forms part of the Internet protocol suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF Don't change "Extensible" Hypertext Transfer Protocol ( HTTP) is a Communications protocol for the transfer of information on the Internet. Windows Management Instrumentation ( WMI) is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an Operating system interface through which XML-RPC is a Remote procedure call protocol which uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism Secure Shell or SSH is a Network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a Secure channel between two networked devices IBM Director is an Element management system (EMS (sometimes referred to as a "workgroup management system" first introduced by IBM in 1993 as NetFinity International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology The Common Information Model ( CIM) is an Open standard that defines how managed elements in an IT environment are represented as a common set of objects The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI Specification defines a set of common interfaces to a computer system which System administrators can SMI-S, or the Storage Management Initiative - Specification, is a storage standard developed and maintained by the Storage Networking Industry Association Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP) forms part of the Internet protocol suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF Secure Shell or SSH is a Network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a Secure channel between two networked devices ISconf is a tool to execute commands and replicate files on all nodes of a computer park Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP) forms part of the Internet protocol suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF The OSGi Alliance (formerly known as the Open Services Gateway initiative now an obsolete name is an open Standards organization founded in March 1999 XML-RPC is a Remote procedure call protocol which uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism LANDesk Software Inc is a corporation that provides Systems management, Security management, and Process management solutions to organizations LCFG stands for "Local ConFiGuration system" Developed at the University of Edinburgh beginning around 1993 it is "a system for automatically installing and Don't change "Extensible" Hypertext Transfer Protocol ( HTTP) is a Communications protocol for the transfer of information on the Internet. Nagios (ˈnɑːɡioʊs is a popular Open source Computer system and Network monitoring Application software. Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP) forms part of the Internet protocol suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF NetDirector is an Open source and extensible framework for managing service configurations XML-RPC is a Remote procedure call protocol which uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism Nexus Telecom is a Swiss company based in Zurich, Switzerland, providing Network management solutions for Telecommunications companies Nexus Telecom is a Swiss company based in Zurich, Switzerland, providing Network management solutions for Telecommunications companies OpenNMS is an enterprise-grade Network monitoring platform developed under the Open source software model Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP) forms part of the Internet protocol suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF HP OpenView was a Hewlett Packard product range consisting of network and Systems management products TTI Telecom ( founded in 1992 is a developer and provider of next generation Operations Support Systems (OSS to large communications service providers The Computer application Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM or EM aims to manage Software produced by Oracle Corporation as well as by some non-Oracle Oracle Corporation ( specializes in developing and marketing Enterprise software products — particularly Database management systems In 2007 Oracle ranked BMC Software Inc, is an American enterprise management software provider focusing on IT infrastructure applications PIKT is cross-categorical multi-purpose software for global-view site-at-a-time system and network administration Quattor is a large scale fabric management system for managing medium to very large (>1000 node clusters Don't change "Extensible" Hypertext Transfer Protocol ( HTTP) is a Communications protocol for the transfer of information on the Internet. SOAP (see below for name and origins is a protocol for exchanging XML -based messages over Computer networks normally using Radmind is a suite of Unix command-line tools and an Application server designed to remotely administer the File systems of multiple client Craig et al |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Realite |
SMILabs |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
[1] |
| Systems Management Server |
Microsoft |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
WMI, SNMP |
| TeamQuest Performance Software |
TeamQuest Corporation |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
? |
| Tivoli Framework |
IBM |
No |
? |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
Proprietary (CORBA), SMNP, WMI, CIM |
| Unicenter products |
CA, Inc. |
No |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Zenoss Core |
Zenoss, Inc. System Center Configuration Manager, formerly Systems Management Server (SMS is a Systems management software product by Microsoft for managing large Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP) forms part of the Internet protocol suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF TeamQuest Corporation, based in Clear Lake Iowa, United States is a computer software company specializing in Systems management and Performance and TeamQuest Corporation, based in Clear Lake Iowa, United States is a computer software company specializing in Systems management and Performance and IBM Tivoli Management Framework (TMF is a Systems management platform from IBM (previously Tivoli Systems Inc International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology CA Inc &mdash formerly Computer Associates Inc &mdash is a multinational Computer software corporation headquartered in Islandia New York. Zenoss (Zenoss Core is an Open source Application, Server and Network management platform based on the Zope application server |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
SNMP, WMI, XML-RPC, SSH |
| ZENworks products |
Novell |
No |
? |
Yes |
? |
? |
Yes |
? |