Patent ID: 8024450

Claim:
A system for administration of a computer network, the system comprising: a plurality of administration agents deployed on the computers in the network, wherein an administration agent being configured to: collect configuration information from a computer on which it is deployed; transmit the collected configuration information to a remote administration server for computing performance ratings of the computers based on the configuration information and selecting a local administration proxy for the network based on the performance rating; and perform on the computer one or more administrative tasks specified by the remote administration server through a connection with the remote administration server; the local administration proxy for the network, wherein the local administration proxy includes a computer with the highest performance rating in the computer network selected by the remote administration server based on the configuration information collected by the administration agents, wherein the local administration proxy being configured to: receive from the remote administration server a control signal addressed to a computer in the network for performing one or more administrative tasks on said computer; and in response to the control signal, establish the connection between the remote administration server and the administration agent deployed on said computer for the performing administrative tasks on said computer.