Systems and methods for management of nodes across disparate networks

A method for communicating management information between a centralized management system residing on a first network and network nodes residing on disparate protected networks, the method comprising:

• identifying, by router devices residing on as plurality of disparate protected networks, one or more network nodes on the disparate protected networks for which management permission is granted to a centralized management system, wherein the centralized management system is operable to provide management operations with respect to the one or more network nodes, the management operations comprising at least one management operation selected from the group consisting of scheduling use of a network node, updating software of a network node, and configuring as network node;
• determining, by a manager support device residing on a same network as the centralized management system, a localized address for each of the identified network nodes so that the identified, network nodes appear to the centralized management system as though they reside on the same network as the centralized management system and are accessible to the centralized management system via their respective localized addresses assigned by the manager support device;
• receiving, by the manager support device, communication from the centralized management system that is directed to a localized address of one of the identified network nodes;
• identifying one of the router devices that resides on the disparate protected network on which the network node to which the received communication is directed resides;
• and
• transmitting the communication to the identified router device.

A system comprising:

• an endpoint manager device residing on a first protected network to which a centralized management system is also communicatively coupled, wherein the centralized management system is operable to provide management operations with respect to a plurality of communication endpoint devices, the management operations comprising at least one management operation selected from the group consisting of scheduling use of a communication endpoint device, updating software of a communication endpoint device, and configuring a communication endpoint device;
• wherein the endpoint manager device is configured to receive identification of one or more communication endpoint devices residing on one or more disparate protected networks for which management permission is granted to the centralized management system;
• and
• wherein said endpoint manager device is configured to assigns each of said one or more communication endpoint devices a localized address on the first protected network such that the one or more communication endpoint devices appear to the centralized management system as residing on the first protected network and are accessible to the centralized management system via their respective localized addresses assigned by the endpoint manager device.