Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided of communicating between an application and a server including, on a client side, establishing a connection pool to the server. In an embodiment, a communication request from a client-side entity is served by a connection that was established in the connection pool prior to the issuance of the request. Subsequent communication requests may reuse the connection that serviced the first request.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided of communicating between an application and a server including, on a client side, establishing a connection pool to the server. In an embodiment, a communication request from a client-side entity is served by a connection that was established in the connection pool prior to the issuance of the request. Subsequent communication requests may reuse the connection that serviced the first request.

Abstract: A network monitoring system for a network interconnecting a plurality of computer systems, wherein the network monitoring system is comprised of one or more Intelligent Remote Agents, a Data Server, and a Proxy Controller. The Intelligent Remote Agents receive commands instructing them to collect performance data on the Agent's associated computer system, wherein the commands comprise predicates for filtering the performance data and a sampling interval or event occurrence. The Data Server generates requests for performance data and stores the collected performance data returned in response to the requests. The Proxy Controller translates the requests generated by the Data Server into the commands for the Intelligent Remote Agents. The Proxy Controller also transmits the commands to the Intelligent Remote Agents, accumulates the collected performance data returned from the Intelligent Remote Agents, and forwards the collected performance data to the Data Server for storage therein.