•Industry won’t do it (“it’s not my problem”):
–Has its interest and hands full elsewhere
–It’s hard, does not sell products, little Return on Investment
–Historically poor record, competitive concerns
•Management features are late in product development cycle
•Early success with SNMP and Netflow
•Commercial Network Management Platforms’s (e.g. OpenView, Tivoli) limited success
(network oriented, not user), not cost effective
•ISPs only measure own nets, not E2E, SLA guarantees are not cross-provider
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