Distributed Management Task Force

Distributed Management
Task Force (DMTF)
Abbreviation DMTF
Formation 1992
Type Standards Development Organization
Purpose

Developing management standards and promoting

interoperability for enterprise and Internet environments
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
Broadcom Limited, CA Technologies, Dell, Emerson Network Power, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hitachi, Ltd., HP Inc., Intel Corporation, Lenovo, Microsoft Corporation, NetApp, Software AG, TIM and VMware
Website www.dmtf.org

Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) standards enable effective management of IT environments. The organization is composed of companies that collaborate on the development, validation and promotion of infrastructure management standards. DMTF management standards are critical to enabling interoperability among multi-vendor systems, tools and solutions within the enterprise.

Overview

The DMTF is an industry standards organization working to simplify the manageability of network-accessible technologies through open and collaborative efforts by leading technology companies. DMTF creates and drives the international adoption of interoperable management standards, supporting implementations that enable the management of diverse traditional and emerging technologies including cloud, virtualization, network and infrastructure.

DMTF spans the globe with member companies and organizations representing varied industry sectors. The DMTF board of directors is led by 14 industry-leading technology companies including: Broadcom Limited, CA Technologies, Dell, Emerson Network Power, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hitachi, Ltd., HP Inc., Intel Corporation, Lenovo, Microsoft Corporation, NetApp, Software AG, TIM and VMware.

Supporting implementations that enable the management of diverse traditional and emerging technologies – including cloud, virtualization, network and infrastructure – the DMTF works to simplify the manageability of network-accessible technologies through open and collaborative efforts by leading technology companies.[1]

Standards

DMTF standards include:

Within the VMAN initiative, there are several specifications and profiles:

CIM related standards are also developed outside of the DMTF. Some examples are:

CIM and WBEM are supported by a large number of products and open source projects. A small list is provided here:

Incubators and work groups

References

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