The Network Operation Center of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) is responsible for the system and network management of the main servers and the moderately-sized but rather complex network of the University. This paper presents some general thoughts on the state of network administration tools, based on the experience. It also describes two systems that the paper developed in the facility, in order to help one manage two specific areas of the responsibility.
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