Patent ID: 8601175

Claim:
A method for use in managing on-site access to ecosystem features, the method comprising: sending, from a data storage system, a set of context information about the data storage system, wherein the set of context information comprises configuration and status information about the data storage system; receiving the set of context information at a recipient location on a common intranet with the data storage system, wherein the recipient location is external to the data storage system; based on a set of opportunity alerts and the received context information, determining, at the recipient location, a subset of the opportunity alerts applicable to the data storage system, wherein the set of opportunity alerts includes at least one query of a database, criterion for analysis of query results of the at least one query, and a work item; providing the subset of opportunity alerts from the recipient location to the data storage system, wherein providing the subset of opportunity alerts comprises adding the work item that contains an after point of sale (APOS) command to a queue associated with the data storage system; and providing the subset of opportunity alerts from the data storage system to a management system such that the subset of opportunity alerts can be communicated to a user.