As we reflect on another remarkable year, I’m proud to share DMTF’s continued progress in advancing open standards that shape the future of AI and traditional infrastructure management. 2025 has been a year of collaboration, innovation, and engagement — from key updates to our Redfish® standard to growing partnerships across the industry. None of this would be possible without the dedication of our members, working groups, and alliance partners who continue to drive interoperability and efficiency across the ecosystem. Together, we’re building a stronger, smarter foundation for the technologies of tomorrow.

Here's a look back at the highlights, successes, and invaluable contributions that have shaped this year.

Technical Milestones

Redfish

The Redfish Forum made significant progress this year, including:

• We kicked off 2025 with the Redfish Release 2024.4 in January. This release included the NEW StorageMetrics schema, Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) Controls, and 20 schema updates. These enhancements are driven by the growth of Redfish and interoperability feedback received from implementers.
• Redfish version 2025.1 was released in March and included the addition of a specialized $expand query parameter for OriginOfCondition usage and 14 schema updates.
• Continuing its aggressive development of the standard, Redfish version 2025.2 was released in July. This release included eight new schemas, 36 schema updates, and a new message registry to support Industrial IoT equipment. This release was the result of collaboration with several alliance partners, including PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG), Open Compute Project (OCP), and the CXL Consortium, who provided invaluable subject-matter expertise to extend the Redfish data model further.
• In August, DMTF celebrated the 10th anniversary of Redfish. Over the past decade, Redfish has become the trusted foundation for managing everything from single servers to large-scale cloud infrastructures to AI data centers.
• The September release of Redfish 2025.3 included one new schema and 41 schema updates, and several new additions to the Message Registry.
• Timed with the OCP Global Summit in October, the Redfish Forum continued the 10^th anniversary celebration of the standard with a press release showcasing industry support. 
• For accompanying Redfish release webinars, visit the Redfish School playlist on our YouTube channel.  
• Stay tuned for the release of Redfish 2025.4 slated for January 2026!

PMCI Efforts

The PMCI Working Group has been busy this year. The following are the notable technical milestones for 2025:

• In April, DMTF announced the public release of its MCTP Host Interface Specification version 2.0.0 (DSP0256). Version 2.0 enhances version 1.0, extending the definition to enable MCTP communication over a variety of physical interfaces, such as I2C/SMBus, I3C, USB, PCIe VDM, as well as the newly defined MCTP over Memory-Mapped Buffer Interface (MMBI) and upcoming Platform Communication Channel (PCC).
• In May, the working group published two specifications – FRU Data Format Specification version 1.0 (DSP0220) and PLDM for FRU Data Specification version 2.0 (DSP0257). The new specifications updated the overall approach to a common, extensible format for FRU.
• In September, PMCI released a new binding for MCTP packets between endpoints using a PCC interface (DSP0292). The MCTP Platform Communications Channel (PCC) Transport Binding Specification defines a transport binding for facilitating communication between host software and on-chip embedded management controllers (i.e. Satellite Management Controller) via a PCC shared-memory interface.
• In October, PMCI released the new 1.4.0 PLDM State Set (DSP0249) Specification which includes devices applicable to the growing AI infrastructure product set including elements such as switch devices, retimers, liquid cooled manifolds and leak detection sensors.
• In November, PMCI released the details on how PCIe-MI is to be mapped over MCTP with the specific binding requirements as per PCIe® Management Interface (PCIe-MI®) over MCTP Binding Specification (DSP0291).

PMCI plans to be just as busy in 2026 and has several more releases planned for its suite of specifications.

SPDM

The SPDM Working Group has made significant progress this year and 2026 looks to be another banner year for the working group. The notable milestones for SPDM are:

• In June, DMTF and several of its industry partners (CXL Consortium, NVM Express, Inc., PCI-SIG^®,SNIA, and Trusted Computing Group) announced the continued evolution of the SPDM standard, expanding its capabilities to support post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and aligning with the National Security Agency’s Commercial National Security Algorithm (CNSA) 2.0 Suite. As global cybersecurity threats grow in complexity, the need for resilient, future-proofed security standards has never been greater. Click here to read the press release and industry support.
• Also in June, the organization announced the release of the SPDM to Storage Binding Specification 1.0 (DSP0286), which defines the format of SPDM messages over storage protocols. This specification binds SPDM messages (DSP0274) and SPDM Secured Messages (DSP0277) to storage protocols. This binding specification extends the capabilities defined in the SPDM Specification to storage devices. Further, this binding specification enables the use of intermediate devices, such as a host bus adapter, between the Requester and the storage device.
• In July, the SPDM Code Task Force announced its latest open source release of libspdm, version 3.8. It is conformant with DSP0274 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3.
• In December, SPDM released a new Authorization Specification (DSP0289). This specification adds authorization capabilities to the existing suite of SPDM specifications. Authorization allows a device to verify that a requester has permission to access protected functions. The standard aims to address authorization uniformly across SPDM and PMCI standards, as well as among DMTF alliance partners and the wider industry. For the full release details, read the recent news flash below.

The Security Response Task Force (SRTF)

• The SRTF is hard at work within the organization's Technical Committee (TC). The Task Force, under the direction of the TC, is responsible for coordinating and managing reported security issues or vulnerabilities related to DMTF standards or DMTF open-source sample implementations.

To stay updated on any security announcements about DMTF standards, make sure at least one representative from your company is signed up on GitHub and following the announcements here.

SMBIOS

SMBIOS is one of the most widely used IT standards in the world, simplifying the management of more than two billion client and server systems since its release in 1995.

• In September, the SMBIOS Working Group released Version 3.9 of the SMBIOS Reference Specification.

CIM Forum

• The CIM Forum, in addition to adding more products to the ever-increasing DASH certification registry and spent a great deal of effort this year examining what DASH 2.0 could look like in the future.  We are very much looking forward to explaining to our members what that may entail in the upcoming year.

Alliances

Our Alliance Partner program continues to benefit the industry as a whole.

• In March, DMTF held its annual event, the 2025 Alliance Partner Technical Symposium (APTS). The sixteenth annual APTS was held on Monday, March 31, through Thursday, April 1, 2025. It was a hybrid event, with the option to attend in person in Denver, Colorado, or virtually. The event featured collaborative working group meetings and keynote speakers.
• DMTF and the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) agreed to a new work register, which outlines areas of technical collaboration between the two organizations. The goals of the alliance are to enable a holistic management experience, promote UEC and DMTF standards to member companies, and foster UEC participation in DMTF's Alliance Partner program and various working groups.

Education and Events

DMTF continued its dedication to industry outreach and education with updated educational materials, YouTube videos, and attendance at several industry events.

• The organization's "Redfish School" YouTube series continues to be popular with viewers. In May, we published a new tutorial video focused on the Conformance Testing with Redfish. Stay tuned for more videos in 2026!
• Have you attended a Redfish release webinar? Ongoing support for implementers of the Redfish standard, the webinar series is timed to each release of the standard. Attendees join a live Zoom webinar where the Forum chairs present the contents of the latest release, followed by a Q&A session. Each webinar is added to our Redfish School playlist on our YouTube channel.
• DMTF specifications can be found in millions of products, but most people have no idea which products support our standards. DMTF has created a webpage where companies can showcase which standards they have adopted or implemented.
• DMTF executives, technology representatives, and standards were highlighted in several events:
  • SNIA SDC
  • 2025 OCP Global Summit
  • Manageability Workshop presented by DMTF at the 2025 OCP Global Summit
  • OCP EMEA Summit
  • OCP AI/ML Systems Management Workshop
  • SC25
• DMTF hosted a Manageability Workshop at this year's OCP Global Summit. The workshop featured the latest updates on infrastructure management from DMTF member companies, many of which are also active in OCP projects around hardware management, Redfish, and open-source development. Attendees learned about the latest information as well as unpublished developments that affect the OCP manageability community from DMTF experts and the industry. There were updates on Redfish Aggregation, Message Registry and tools, SPDM Authorization, libspdm, and PLDM. Click here to view the presentation slides or visit our YouTube channel OCP playlist of each presentation.
• Did you know DMTF's Education area offers visitors direct navigation and access to new materials? It also highlights the latest educational information and featured resources and provides visitors with a broad collection of information and the most recent materials. Be sure to check it out as it changes regularly.

Final Thoughts

As we look ahead to 2026, DMTF remains committed to fostering collaboration, accelerating innovation, and supporting the evolving needs of the global IT community, especially as we face the challenges of the growth driven by AI. The year ahead promises exciting advancements, and I’m confident that, together, we will continue to deliver the standards and tools that enable true interoperability and progress across the industry. Thank you to all our members, partners, and contributors for your continued dedication and leadership — your work is what makes DMTF’s success possible.