Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing a data server with interface socket connections for managing data for clients interfacing with a network, having program code for creating a data store, where the data store comprises data items generated from network systems in the network; program code for establishing a connection instance between each of the interface socket connections and each of a number of clients desiring access to the data store, where each connection instance corresponds to a different one of the clients; and program code for creating a connection instance object for each connection instance, where each connection instance object has attributes determined by its corresponding client, and each connection instance object provides its corresponding client with access to the data store.