DMTF Last modified: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Short for Distributed Management Task Force, DMTF is an industry organization for the development, adoption and promotion of interoperable management standards and integration technology for enterprise and Internet environments. DMTF technologies include the following: Common Information Model (CIM) Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Desktop and mobile Architecture for System (DASH) Initiative Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) Initiative System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Alert Standard Format (ASF) Common Diagnostic Model (CDM) Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) The DMTF was founded in Founded in 1992.
CIM Standards Background information on CIM from the DMTF. Distributed Management Task Force Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF) is the industry organization leading the development of management standards and the promotion of interoperability for enterprise and Internet environments. DMTF standards provide common management infrastructure components for instrumentation, control and communication in a platform-independent and technology neutral way. Open Virtualization Format Specification (PDF) The Open Virtualization Format (OVF) Specification describes an open, secure, portable, efficient and 107 extensible format for the packaging and distribution of software to be run in virtual machines. ServerWatch - Guide to Internet Servers and Platforms Includes ratings, industry news, extensive reviews, and downloadable server software. Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" Section Use this Webopedia knowledge section for an in-depth overview of specific technologies and occurrences in the areas of Computer Science, The Internet, and Computer Hardware and Software. Webopedia's Quick Reference Section Use this Webopedia reference section for information on common Internet and computer facts and occurrences. Xen Delivers on Open Source Enlightenment Xen describes Project Kensho as providing a powerful, multi-hypervisor toolkit designed to leverage the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Open Virtualization Format (OVF) to enable ISVs and enterprises to more easily create hypervisor-independent, portable enterprise application workloads.

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