Computer network asset management

An apparatus comprising:

• multiple servers, at least one of the multiple servers being geographically remote from at least another of the multiple servers;
• an asset inventory comprising multiple distributed applications;
• each of the multiple servers being owned by at least one of the multiple distributed applications;
• each of the multiple servers having associated server contact information and application contact information, the contact information identifying whom to contact when an alert event occurs;
• at least one network interconnecting some of the multiple servers to others of the multiple servers;
• and
• a central connection manager comprising a contact rules engine, the contact rules engine being configured to allow contact rule creation and to provide contact rule management such that created contact rules will apply to each of the multiple distributed applications and servers owned by each of the multiple distributed applications and when a change is made to a contact rule that affects one or more of server contact information and application contact information for one of the multiple distributed applications the change will be implemented throughout the at least one network for the one of the multiple distributed applications and all servers owned by the one of the multiple distributed applications.