The industry's only developer conference dedicated to standards based systems and network management technologies is just under two months away. The Sixth Annual Management Developers Conference (MDC) will be held at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, California, November 15-18, 2010.

MDC is the premier educational event for DMTF members. This conference is an excellent opportunity for DMTF members to be trained on developing standards by industry and technical experts. Review the full conference schedule and begin building your agenda to take advantage of this opportunity. Some highlights of this conference will include presentations on CIM, CDM, Cloud Computing, DASH & SMASH, VMAN and more DMTF-based initiatives and standards.

Some of the other great opportunities at MDC 2010 include MDC University day, an intense one-day training session for engineers and program/product managers; both Introductory and Advanced sessions are available.

Also, attendees can check out the standards based management technologies Demo/Showcase Area, where they will be able to interact with the developers and specification authors.

Don't miss this opportunity to accelerate your learning curve and get the inside track on developing and deploying standards-based enterprise management solutions.

Register before September 30 to receive the early bird rate. All DMTF members receive a 15% discount for this event when they use coupon code MDCDMTF . If your company has four or more people planning on attending, then consider the newly revised Sponsor packages. The value of the sponsor packages exceeds the cost of most individually purchased registrations.

We look forward to seeing you!