Methods and apparatuses for receiving data associated with one or more system metrics, contextually analyzing that data in view of prior received data of other computer systems of different subscriber enterprises, determining, based at least in part on the results of the contextual analysis, if an alert needs to be sent, and sending or causing to be sent an alert, are described herein. In various embodiments, the methods and apparatuses are further for managing computer systems of subscriber enterprises, including providing updated operating images. Other embodiments may also be disclosed.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Continuation in Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/965,443, filed on Dec. 27, 2007, entitled MONITORING SERVICE WITH INTER-ENTERPRISE CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS, the specification and drawings of which are incorporated herein in full by reference. Application No. '443 is itself a Continuation in Part of and claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 11/322,758, filed on Dec. 30, 2005, entitled SUBSCRIBER BASED MONITORING SERVICE WITH CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS, the specification and drawings of which are incorporated herein in full by reference. Application No. '758 claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/688,426, filed on Jun. 8, 2005, entitled ACTIVE STATISTICAL RULES-BASED MONITORING, the specification and drawings of which are incorporated herein in full by reference. This application is further a Continuation in Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/282,169, filed on Nov. 17, 2005, entitled IMAGE-BASED SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, the specification and drawings of which are incorporated herein in full by reference. Application '169 claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/688,507, filed on Jun. 7, 2005, entitled IMAGE BASED SYSTEM PATCH MANAGEMENT FOR HIGHLY AVAILABLE SYSTEMS, the specification and drawings of which are incorporated herein in full by reference.
