The CiscoWorks LMS 2.6 release is an important milestone in providing network-management tools for simplifying the configuration, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting of Cisco® devices in today’s enterprises. It introduces a centralized system for sharing device information across all applications, improves manageability, and allows the management system to adjust to changes more dynamically. CiscoWorks LMS 2.6 also offers a new lightweight desktop interface with improved navigation through application and system setup dashboards and a new improved device selector that facilitates rapid navigation between tools that can be modified to individual workflow needs. CiscoWorks LMS 2.6 utilizes security information maintained in a Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) or solution engine appliance to simplify the management of user privileges. Cisco Secure ACS integration provides flexibility in defining user roles and supports secured user views of specific devices, groups of devices, or by geographic or logical network segments. Significant improvements in performance, such as multithreading background tasks, have reduced the time needed to deliver updates to the network and to generate reports. Efficient task processing and its shared database of managed devices allow CiscoWorks LMS 2.6 to be deployed into larger networks.