1. In a computer network having a management application that manages network devices, a system comprising, a database having information therein that relates network devices to information providers; a set of information providers including at least one information provider connected to a managed network device; and an object manager configured to receive a request from the management application requesting management information that corresponds to dynamic data of the managed network device, and in response to the request, the object manager further configured to: 1) query the database and receive data therefrom indicative of which information provider or providers correspond to the managed device; 2) communicate with each corresponding provider for the managed device to request the dynamic data therefrom, at least one of the corresponding providers connected to the managed network device to obtain dynamic data therefrom; 3) receive from at least one corresponding provider the dynamic data obtained from the selected device; and 4) return the management information including the dynamic data in response to the request from the management application.