CNMA - A european initiative for OSI network management

Computer networks are in widespread use in industrial, technical and administrative environments for many different applications nowadays. Users already rely heavily on networks and networks are expected to become even more important in the future. Therefore it is quite natural that network management has become an important matter in networking. This article describes the concepts, developments and achievements of the European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technology (ESPRIT) project, Communications Network for Manufacturing Applications (CNMA) in the field of OSI network management.