1. Overview of JP1/Integrated Management

The integrated management products are a suite of programs for managing an entire corporate information system. With the growing size and complexity of the systems underpinning an enterprise's business operations, management of the system operation is a vital issue. The integrated management products optimize system operations management by offering integrated management tailored to objectives and integration of operational tasks.

This chapter provides an overview of the integrated management products and the JP1/IM series of products that can be linked with JP1/IM - Manager. The chapter also describes the features and organization of JP1/IM - Manager, which provides the integrated management functionality central to the integrated management products.