Tools such as Java applets will enable managers to gather information more dynamically and will ease the task of integrating data generated by different applications. The first shots in the revolution have already been fired. But bigger guns are now being loaded. Standards are now being developed that would completely revamp all aspects of systems and network management. WBEM is not just another ad hoc standards organization.
Vendors then have to incorporate the specifications into their products.
Aware of users' acceptance of the Web and of their interest in Web standards, tool vendors are altering their product-development plans. A Web-based system should be less expensive and offer companies more flexibility. Other tool vendors that have already added Web interfaces to their products include BMC Software, Frontier, Legato Systems, NetTech, and UB Networks. Even platform suppliers are embracing Web standards. Constructing a framework took up a lot of our time and energy.