occur in the environment of the device and detected by the agent the agent may transmit this data upon any changes to the environment such as installation de installation configuration changes performance or operational changes issues etc the agent may transmit this data upon startup of the agent the agent may transmit this data upon startup of the device the agent may transmit this data upon request by a user the agent may transmit this data upon request by the centralized service the agent may transmit this data upon a predetermined schedule the agent may transmit this data according to any policies of the user agent centralized service or otherwise at step 915 an agent may receive a communication from the centralized service providing one or more recommendations or calls for action based on the environment of the device a component of the agent may receive a recommendation a plurality of components of the agent may each receive a recommendation an agent may receive a plurality of communications from the centralized service providing one or more recommendations or calls for action based on the environment of the device the agent may receive such a communication responsive to a transmission about data of the environment of the device the agent may receive such a communication responsive to a transmission about a change or event in the.