A system for monitoring business performance indicators in a networked
environment. The system comprises a data source having a predefined
format, an agent communicatively coupled to the data source, wherein the
agent is configured according to the data source format and wherein the
agent is operative to gather data from the data source and translate the
data into a first modified format thereby creating modified data. The
systems also comprises a reaper communicatively coupled to the agent and
configured to retrieve the modified data from the agent, a data
repository communicatively coupled to the reaper and configured to store
the modified data, an alert detector communicatively coupled to the data
repository and configured to compare the modified data with a first
configuration parameter, and a dashboard controller communicatively
coupled to the data repository and configured to display the modified
data in a format defined by a second configuration parameter.