network of relationships inventory

The rapidly growing needs to share resources and information make network management increasingly important in today’s computer world. However, the literature about network management research tends to focus on the technicality of network management.

For example, Chen and Ji (2005) researched a system to monitor and ensure signals sent to multiple computers reach all destinations. Some researchers have offered frameworks intended to encompass the evolution of networks to be able to change network behavior to meet user needs (Millor & Fernández 2005; Boutaba & Polyrakis, 2002). Other researchers have devoted their efforts to network of relationships inventory, which is defined as rules that all computers involved in an exchange of information have to follow (D’Arienzo, Prescapè, & Ventre, 2004; Verma, 2002; Wu, Hwang, & Liu, 2005). Another area that receives research attention is networking standards. Standards are necessary to ensure that hardware and software products from various vendors can work together and be compatible (Pilz & Swoboda, 2004; Chae-Sub & Knight, 2005; Zahariadis & Pramataris, 2002).