Patent ID: 7590726

Claim:
A system that facilitates networked system management, comprising: at least one processor that executes the following computer executable components stored on at least one computer readable medium: a component that obtains aggregated system state data for at least one system component based in part on one or more aggregation rules parameters that control at least one of how, what or when gathered information is aggregated; an analysis component that processes at least a portion of the aggregated system state data to determine at least one characteristic of at least one system state, the at least one characteristic employed to determine utilization of the networked system as a whole, of an individual system user and of a group of system users, the individual system user's utilization can be automatically limited based on a business rule; a control component that initiates a control response based in part on a system report provided by access to the aggregated system state; and a user interface that provides state related information based upon the state characteristic to a user; the user interface receives at least one user control parameter that facilitates improved utilization of the networked system, system alert reporting and aggregation control.