Monitoring and management of assets, applications, and services using aggregated event and performance data thereof

A computer program product including a computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed on a computer, the computer performs a method comprising the steps of:

• (A) maintaining a repository comprising information identifying a plurality of assets and one or more relationships among the assets;
• (B) identifying one or more assets for supporting an application;
• (C) identifying one or more applications that are included in a service;
• (D) aggregating a set of event and performance data collected by a plurality of tools that perform at least one of monitoring and managing of at least one of (i) the identified assets, (ii) the application, and (iii) the service;
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• (E) providing to a user a portal to access the aggregated event and performance data, thereby allowing the user to determine an impact of an event or a performance issue on the application or the service based on the aggregated event or performance data and the relationships among the assets.