Abstract: Provided are a method, system and article of manufacture for network management. Information is discovered on at least one client of a plurality of clients managed by a server. The discovered information is compared to rules related to the management of the plurality of clients, wherein the rules are for examining prior operational history and current operation of the at least one client. Based on the comparison, an update is recognized to be applied to the at least one client, wherein the update includes an executable that can be automatically installed on the at least one client. The update is pushed to the at least one client, wherein the discovering, comparing, recognizing and pushing are controlled by the server.