US Patent 7194530 System for managing a network

In an integrated management system for providing a network system having a plurality of computers with a security function and managing a plurality of target products, implementation of the management system itself is facilitated by providing the management system with setting information templates prepared for respective target products, a management program for managing setting information files of target products actually used in a target network, an edit program for editing setting information files, and an install program for installing setting information files created by using the management program and the edit program in respective target devices.