Goodbye SNMP? Hello, WS-Management

Posted by michael on Friday October 8, 2004 @09:51AM from the at-least-it-isn't-an-acronym dept.

Laoping writes "News.com has a story about a new Web services management specification designed to simplify network administration across a wide range of devices. A bunch of a big tech companies developed it together (Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Dell and Sun). Microsoft will build support for WS-Management into an update to Windows Server, which is due late next year, and in the version of its Microsoft Operations Manager management software due in 2006. The .PDF release, that makes it clear that it is meant to be a Simple Network Management Protocol killer. Now I am all for a replacement for SNMP, but is this the way go?"

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Anyone read this as... by CaptainPinko · 2004-10-08 10:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Goodbye SMTP? I remember people havingtrouble keeping those straight in my highschool Net+ prep course. We've really got too many accronyms in this industry.

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