Съдържание:
  • What is SLM?
  • The evolution toward SLM
  • The crux of SLM
  • Why be interested in SLM?
  • Case study: GlaxoWellcome
  • SLM conceptual graph
  • Case study: Cabletron Systems and ATandT
  • A short guide to standards for integrated management
  • Comparison with quality of service management
  • SLM methodology
  • Essential SLM methodology
  • An excursion into SE methodologies
  • Variations on SLM methodology
  • Case study: Decisys
  • SLM architecture
  • What is architecture?
  • Basic SLM architecture
  • Useful ideas from artificial intelligence, robotics, and data warehousing
  • SLM architecture revisited
  • Evaluating SLM proposals with respect to architecture
  • Case study: Deutsche Telekom
  • Special topics in SLM
  • The event correlation problem
  • The semantic disparity problem
  • The component-to-service mapping problem
  • The agent selection problem
  • The integration problem
  • The scaling problem
  • The representation problem
  • The complexity problem
  • Case study: KLM Airlines
  • SLM and electronic commerce
  • What is electronic commerce?
  • Burdens on suppliers of electronic commerce
  • SLM and electronic commerce
  • Case study: Windward Consulting Group
  • SLM, modern business, and quality of life
  • Information systems and modern business
  • The SLM connection
  • Business trends and challenges
  • Why be interested in SLM?