DMTF Releases Redfish 2017.3

DMTF’s aggressive development of Redfish® continues, with Version 2017.3 now available. The goal of Redfish is to publish a standard API to meet customer demands for simple and secure management in modern Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) environments, and the latest release includes updates to both the Specification and the Schemas.

DMTF Releases CIM 2.50

The latest release of the Common Information Model (CIM) Schema, version 2.50 is now available. This news marks an impressive DMTF milestone - fifty updates to the Common Information Model (CIM) since the launch of 2.0.

This widely-used standard provides a common definition of management information for systems, networks, applications and services. The fifty releases are evidence of DMTF’s ongoing commitment to keeping CIM up-to-date to address the latest industry needs.

DMTF and Broadband Forum Form Alliance

DMTF and Broadband Forum (BBF) have formed an alliance to help ensure the two organizations’ standards are coordinated and aligned in order to enable broadband operators and users to deploy cloud services and applications.

New Redfish® Open Source Software on GitHub

Continuing its open approach to the development of the Redfish® standard, DMTF has released new open source tools for testing, validation and other areas on its  public GitHub repository.

A Year-in-Review with DMTF President Jeff Hilland

Each year, I have the privilege of reviewing the many accomplishments of the DMTF for the past twelve months. I’m happy to share the top milestones for 2017 – another tremendous year for the organization!

DMTF to Present Redfish Tutorial at IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing

At the upcoming IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2017), in Austin, Texas, DMTF President Jeff Hilland will present a tutorial on DMTF’s Redfish®. If you’ll be at the event, join us on Wednesday, December 6, from 10:30 a.m. to Noon, for this deep dive session on the goals, architecture, protocol, data model and surrounding adoption efforts for Redfish.

It’s Not Too Early to Think About DMTF Membership!

Mark it off the to-do-list! DMTF membership renewals are due early in the New Year, but you can renew today! Click here to join or to renew your membership. 

Congratulations to DMTF’s 2017 Super Star Award Recipients

DMTF is pleased to recognize Jon Hass (Dell Inc.) and John Leung (Intel Corporation) as this year’s DMTF Super Star Award recipients – DMTF’s equivalent of a lifetime achievement award.

DMTF Announces 2017 Star Award Recipients

Each year, the DMTF Star Awards Program recognizes members who have demonstrated great value to the organization through the dedication of their time and efforts to advance DMTF standards and initiatives. The 2017 Star Awards recipients include Jeff Autor (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud (Lenovo), Michael Raineri (Dell Inc.), Bill Scherer (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), and Bob Stevens (Dell Inc.).

Understand Redfish Composability with New Video Tutorial

A new installment of the DMTF’s popular “Redfish® School” YouTube series is now available, with the latest video addressing composability in Redfish. A standard API designed to meet customer demands for simple and secure management in modern Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) environments, support for composable infrastructures was added in Redfish version 2017.1.