Presenting information from heterogeneous and distributed data sources with real time updates

A method of presenting information from a plurality of heterogeneous and distributed data sources, the method comprising:

• via a processor executing a global monitor model, receiving from each of a plurality of low level monitor models an outbound event comprising information associated with a respective data source;
• via the processor, collecting the information received in each of the outbound events to a global monitoring context in which the information is automatically aggregated, wherein the global monitoring context is a data structure that captures events to maintain a shadow image of information collected from the plurality of heterogeneous and distributed data sources;
• via a global cube associated with the global monitoring context, presenting the information in a report;
• receiving at least one new outbound event comprising updated information associated with at least one of the data sources;
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• responsive to receiving the new outbound event, in real time, automatically updating the information presented the report to reflect the updated information.