1. A method for providing the status of a local network by a network management system integrating work-flow monitoring and reporting of a host computer of said local network, said local network comprising interconnected information technology devices, said method comprising the steps of: providing said network management system comprising a network management system server from said local network, said server comprising a processor, memory, and a network connection, providing to said host computer of said local network an inventory acquisition application, said inventory acquisition application installed on said host computer, said inventory acquisition application pre-configured with algorithms and parameters for automatic asset and configuration discovery of preexisting platform management systems and protocols on information technology devices associated with said local network from said host computer; initiating an inventory of all information technology devices associated with said local network of information technology devices from said host computer; said steps of initiating an inventory of information technology devices, determining the operational status of a plurality of inventoried information technology devices, and determining the status of software programs performed automatically by said monitoring software program using said algorithms and parameters for discovery of information technology devices associated with said local network by discovering said preexisting platform management systems and protocols on said information technology devices without the use of a client side agent associated to said local network monitoring software; wherein said determining the operational status of each of said inventoried information technology devices comprises sequentially probing each of said plurality of inventoried information technology devices until each of said plurality of inventoried technology devices is responsive, wherein sequentially probing comprises: probing in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI); probing in Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP); probing in SSH; probing in Jet Direct; probing in VoIP SIP; and probing in HTTP, collecting windows data for each of said plurality of inventoried information technology devices responding to said probe in Windows Management Instrumentation; collecting SNMP data for each of said plurality of inventoried information technology devices responding to said probe in Simple Network Management Protocol; collecting unix data each for said plurality of inventoried information technology devices responding to said probe in SSH; collecting printer data for each of said plurality of inventoried information technology devices responding to said probe in Jet Direct; collecting VoIP data for each of said plurality of inventoried information technology devices responding to said probe in VoIP SIP; collecting HTTP data for each of said plurality of inventoried information technology devices responding to said probe in HTTP; aggregating collected windows data, SNMP data, unix data, printer data, VoIP data, and HTTP data to collected data; wherein said network management system determines from said collected data the operational status and status of software programs of each of said inventoried information technology devices; providing by said network management system a maintenance platform for performing remote maintenance of said local network.