Minimized installation of point of presence software agents by use of pre-installed browser

One or more data storage devices storing computer-readable data, the stored computer-readable data being configured to cause a specified one or more data processing units to carry out a machine-implemented method, the method comprising:

• automatically causing a continuous running in a to-be-monitored and network-connected first server having a pre-installed first operating system, of a pre-installed first browser that is configured for cooperative interaction with the installed first operating system, the pre-installed first browser being configured to enable browser-executed code to access hardware resources and/or other software resources of the first server;
• automatically causing the continuously running first browser to request from a remote and pre-specified SaaS provider that is coupled to the network, of a download of at least one web page containing browser-executable code that is executable by the first browser and can access hardware resources within a domain of the first operating system, the browser-executable code being configured to automatically repeatedly monitor one or more operational attributes of the to-be-monitored first server and to automatically repeatedly report by way of the network to the remote pre-specified SaaS provider on the results of the monitoring of the first server;
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• automatically causing a verifying that the requested at least one web page has successfully downloaded into the first server, and if yes activating the browser-executable code of the at least one web page so as to thereby initiate the corresponding automatically repeated monitoring of the one or more operational attributes of the first server and the corresponding automatically repeated reporting to the remote pre-specified SaaS provider on the results of the monitoring.