In computing, Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) comprises a set of systems-management technologies developed to unify the management of distributed computing environments.
[1] WBEM is based on Internet standards and Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) open standards: Although the name labels WBEM as "web-based", it is not necessarily dependent on any particular user interface (see below).
Other systems-management approaches include remote shells, proprietary solutions and IETF standardized network-management architectures like the SNMP and Netconf.
WBEM provides the technology underlying different management initiatives in information technology: To understand the WBEM architecture, consider the components which lie between the operator trying to manage a device (configure it, turn it off and on, collect alarms, etc.)
and the actual hardware and software of the device: The implementation of the management system requires three components: