Continuing the spirit of global co-operation established at our three previous landmark conferences, the Fourth International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (ISINM) provides an international forum for the diverse members of the network management community. Vendors and users, researchers and developers, standards planners and implementors, LAN, WAN and MAN specialists, systems and network experts, all must find ways to share and integrate network management knowledge. The Fourth Symposium, ISINM '95, pursues the successful record of the first three, to build this community of knowledge. It continues the pledge to serve the diverse spectrum of interests of the network management community, bringing together the leaders of the field to cover its most central developments and the state of the art. It continues the commitment to high quality technical programs of great distinction, and to stimulate productive multilogues within the network management community. The technical papers presented in this volume were selected from among 109 submissions through a most rigorous review process.Each paper was reviewed by 4 referees and carefully evaluated by the programme committee, to ensure the highest quality. Continuing the tradition of diverse international participation, authors represent some 17 countries including Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the U.S.A., as well as papers involving international collaborations. Vast sections of the telecommunications, computer communications and computer industries are represented, as well as leading users, academic and industrial research labs. The contents of the proceedings includes the 50 selected submissions, keynote papers and abstracts from the plenary sessions presented by leading visionaries of integrated systems management, short descriptions of 5 panels involving some of the best technical experts in the field, and the abstracts of papers presented as posters. The table of contents is organised following the conference framework (tracks/sessions). Three main topics (tracks), including sub-topics (sessions), have been identified as follows:
