  Message from the President: DMTF Grows UpBy Winston Bumpus, DMTF President In January 2008, the DMTF Server Management Command Line Protocol (SM CLP) specification (DSP0214) was officially adopted as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard. This noteworthy achievement is the result of a year-long effort by many DMTF members. On behalf of the board of directors, I’d like to thank everyone who contributed to this effort. The now-ANSI standard is currently available for purchase as ANSI InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) 438-2008. The acceptance of the SM CLP specification as an ANSI standard is an important milestone because it paves the way for the standard to become an International Standards Organization (ISO) standard. This is just the first of many standards DMTF plans to take on this journey. On another high point, DMTF went through a major reorganization in February to enhance the workflow within the organization. During the February 13 joint Board meeting with the Technical Committee, the DMTF Board approved the newly revised DMTF Committee, Working Group, and Forum process document ( DSP4002). This new process document and the associated organization changes have dramatically restructured DMTF to allow us to scale to meet our growing activities. Another major milestone occurred on February 14. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the requirements currently being investigated for Energy Star servers for 30-day review. This is a key achievement as the power management technology being investigated in this draft is our very own DMTF Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH - DSP0217) and its associated specifications. This, if adopted as a component of EPA’s Energy Star Program for servers, would be a public acknowledgment of how all our hard work not only benefits our companies and our customers, but may actually provide an important positive impact for our environment and our children’s future. In my history with the DMTF over these past 15 years, I have seen the organization grow in breadth and depth. These latest activities and changes are a sign that this organization and our work is maturing. These are exciting times and milestones. I believe our work now is more important and more relevant then ever. Thank you for joining us! Please contact me with any questions or comments at president@dmtf.org.
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