METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED AND COLLABORATIVE MONITORING

摘要

A system is provided for monitoring the performance of a service within a business process environment is provided, the system including, locally to said service and preferably for each service: an information collector collecting information about the performance of said service in real-time; a database storing information about the performance of said service over time; and a control unit processing the information collected by said information collector and determining information to be stored in said database. A method of distributed monitoring of the performance of services within a business process environment is also provided. Further aspects provide a system and method for assisting in the design of a business process which determines whether services intended to be included in that process meet a performance criterion and a system and method for monitoring the performance of a plurality of services in a business process environment which determines whether a service which is intended to be used in a business process meets a performance criterion.