Management Matters, October 2008

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Events - continued

2008 CDM Forum Showcase

In conjunction with the 2008 Management Developers Conference (MDC), the Common Diagnostic Model (CDM Forum) is hosting its 2008 MDC Showcase at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, Calif. from Nov. 17 - 20, 2008.

The showcase will allow companies to work with key original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and third party application vendors to integrate modules into their CDM based solutions. Companies will be recognized by the industry for CDM progress and support of CDM adoption. Companies that are already among the leaders of CDM will have an opportunity to help pave the way for broad industry adoption.

The event will include demonstrations and exhibits that fall into the following 5 categories:

  • Client applications that take advantage of CDM modules
  • Industry developed CDM modules
  • Tools that accelerate or facilitate CDM module development
  • Tools that verifies implementation conformance to the CDM standard
  • Industry organization's initiatives and activities that promote CDM adoption

Questions? Please contact the CDM Forum chair.

2008 DASH and SMASH Showcase

In conjunction with the 2008 Management Developers Conference (MDC), the System Management Forum (SMF) hosting its 2008 SMF Showcase at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, Calif. from Nov. 17 - 20, 2008. The System Management Forum (SMF) Showcase will show products and tools based on the DASH Initiative and the SMASH Initiative at MDC. The SMF invites the MDC participants to visit the showcase and get up-to-date on the progress of these important technologies.

The DASH Initiative is a suite of specifications that takes full advantage of the DMTF's Web Services for Management (WS-Management) specification - delivering standards-based Web services management for desktop and mobile client systems. Through the DASH Initiative, the DMTF will provide the next generation of standards for secure out-of-band and remote management of desktop and mobile systems.

The SMASH Initiative - which includes the widely-implemented Server Management Command Line Protocol specification - is a suite of specifications that deliver architectural semantics, industry standard protocols and profiles to unify the management of the data center. Through the development of conformance testing programs, the SMF will extend these capabilities by helping deliver additional compatibility in cross-platform servers.

The SMF has begun recruiting companies to participate at the Showcase. Please send inquiries to the SMF forum Chair.

REGULARS

2008 Survey Results: Do customers request support of any of the following DMTF standards in their company’s products?

In this series, DMTF continues to report findings from its annual member survey conducted in January 2008. One hundred and one members responded at length to our survey.

We asked members to determine if their customers requested support of any of the following DMTF standards in their products.

Answer Options

Response Percent

Response Count

DASH

52.3%

34

SMASH

61.5%

40

CDM

32.3%

21

Other (please specify)

9.2%

6

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