通过网络查询Windows服务

I have written a windows service in C# that gathers performance, disk and memory information and writes it to the EventLog. It is enabled as a network service. What I would like to do is be able to gather this information from a remote location. This service will run at various client machines and I would like to retrieve this information periodically (once a day) and store them in a database table. I am confused as to how one can query a windows service over a network. In other words, what exactly makes the service a "Network Service"?I have written a windows service in C# that gat