Distributed Management Task Force, Inc.

Developing management standards & promoting
interoperability for enterprise & Internet environments


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About the DMTF

DMTF enables more effective management of millions of IT systems worldwide by bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on the development, validation and promotion of systems management standards. The group spans the industry with 160 member companies and organizations, and more than 4,000 active participants crossing 43 countries. The DMTF board of directors is led by 16 innovative, industry-leading technology companies. They include Advanced Micro Devices (AMD); Broadcom Corporation; CA, Inc.; Dell; EMC; Fujitsu; HP; Hitachi, Ltd.; IBM; Intel Corporation; Microsoft Corporation; Novell; Oracle; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Symantec Corporation and VMware, Inc. With this deep and broad reach, DMTF creates standards that enable interoperable IT management. DMTF management standards are critical to enabling management interoperability among multi-vendor systems, tools and solutions within the enterprise. Information about DMTF technologies and activities can be found at http://www.dmtf.org.

Read more about DMTF in the Overview Brochure (pdf, 866k)

To learn more about DMTF, see our overview FAQ.

For more in-depth information about DMTF's standards, visit the standards page.

To find out about DMTF's latest news, visit the News Room.

For more information on DMTF membership and how to join, check out our Join Us page.