Management Matters, May 2008	Page 6

Registration Now Open for NGDC 2008

Registration is now open for the Next Generation Data Center Conference & Expo in San Francisco, August 4 – 7! Sign up today and discover real-world, ready-to-deploy solutions to transform every element of your infrastructure—and leverage the latest innovations for advanced storage, networking, consolidation, virtualization, and green power to build a robust platform for long-term business growth and efficiency.

At NGDC this year, you’ll get the opportunity to:

Get practical, real-world guidance and inspiration from more than 75 technical sessions and visionary keynotes by the industry’s top practitioners
Brainstorm, network and share experiences at exciting special events with peers from throughout the IT community
Discover products, services and complete solutions for every part of your data infrastructure from more than 200 key exhibitors

Also be sure to check out DMTF President Winston Bumpus’ presentation entitled “Simplifying Virtualization Management: From Deployment to Operational Management.” Winston’s session will focus on how DMTF management standards for server and client management have been crucial in reducing complexity and cost via management interoperability. Winston will also discuss how DMTF has focused on developing standards for managing the lifecycle of a virtualized environment.

Click here to take advantage of Early Bird Savings and your DMTF membership discount.

MDC Call for Presentations Now Available

The fourth annual Management Developers Conference (MDC), held November 17-20 in Santa Clara, Calif. has issued a call for presentations. MDC encourages participation by individuals and organizations with standards, research or practical experience for standards-based management, including government and commercial users, universities, research laboratories and early adopters.

As an MDC presenter, you'll benefit from the prestige and visibility associated with participating in this year’s highly anticipated conference program. Individuals interested in presenting need to submit an abstract by Tuesday, July 1, 2008, for consideration.

Specific areas of interest for MDC 2008 include standards, research and practical experience for standards-based management for the following:

Management Initiatives (CDM, DASH, SMASH, SMI and Virtualization)
Developer tools and infrastructure
Developer API
Client Application Development
Provider Development
Emerging Technologies
Real-world solutions & experiences

For details on how to submit an abstract, please click here.

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2008 Member Survey Results: Interoperability Features

In this series, DMTF continues to report findings from its annual member survey conducted in January 2008. About 106 members responded at length to our survey. We asked members to select the most important profile interoperability feature for his or her company in 2008.

Interoperability Features
CDM interoperability	5.7%
DASH interoperability	17.0%
SMASH interoperability	21.7%
I don't know	41.5%
None	9.4%
Other	4.7%