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DMTF’s OVF Becomes National Standard

DMTF’s Open Virtualization Format (OVF) has been adopted by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), paving the way for adoption as an international standard by the International Standards Organization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC).

OVF is intended to simplify interoperability, security and machine lifecycle management in virtual environments.

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Management Standards & Technology

DMTF provides standard management tools supported by numerous hardware, software and services vendors.

Standards-based management allows you to select the best products for today without worrying about propietary hassles in the future.

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Cloud Management

DMTF's Cloud Management Working Group is developing a set of standards to improve cloud management interoperability between service providers and their consumers and developers.

Conformance Programs

DMTF conformance programs allow vendors to test products for conformance to DMTF specifications. Both DASH and CDM conformance programs are currently available. Conformant products are listed in the DMTF Certification Registry.

DMTF News & Updates

DMTF’s Open Virtualization Format Achieves ANSI Adoption
Aug
31

PORTLAND, Ore. – August 31, 2010 – Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF), the organization bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on systems management standards development, validation, promotion and adoption, today announced that its Open Virtualization Format (OVF) standard version 1.1 has been adopted as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) standard. This achievement marks a major milestone in DMTF’s efforts to enable interoperable, platform-independent cloud and virtual management solutions.

DMTF Launches Conformance Programs for DASH and CDM
Aug
25

PORTLAND, ORE. -August 25, 2010 -Distributed Management Task Force, the organization bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on systems mangement standards development, validation, promotion and adoption, today announced the availability of conformance programs for its Common Diagnostic Model (CDM) 1.0 and Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) 1.0 standards. A total of 14 products from DMTF member companies Dell, HP and Intel have tested and validated thier products for conformance to these standards.

Join DMTF at VMworld 2010 in San Francisco, Calif.
Aug
24

Come see DMTF (booth #1639) at this year’s VMworld 2010 in San Francisco, Calif. in the Moscone Center. VMworld 2010 is the only event that offers a full schedule of learning opportunities that will show you how to reduce IT complexity, and enable IT as a service through virtualization and cloud computing.

CIM Schema: Version 2.26.0
Aug
13

The CIM V2.26.0 Release Notes describe the changes that have been incorporated into this release, as well as instructions for installing the Schema.  We recommend that you review this document first.

DMTF Releases New Open Cloud Standards Incubator Documents; Announces Workgroup Formation

Jul
27

PORTLAND, Ore. – July 26, 2010 – Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF), the organization bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on systems management standards development, validation, promotion and adoption, today announced the availability of two new documents produced by its Open Cloud Standards Incubator. The documents – “Use Cases and Interactions for Managing Clouds,” and “Architecture for Managing Clouds” – will form the foundation for DMTF’s ongoing cloud standards work. In addition, DMTF has also launched the Cloud Management Workgroup (CMWG), to develop cloud management standards based on the recommendations outlined in the Incubator documents.