Join Us For a Live Webinar Featuring DMTF’s Network Services Management Working Group

Register now to join us live, Thursday, October 3, at 8:00 a.m. PT, for an in-depth no-cost BrightTALK webinar titled “DMTF Network Services Management Use Cases, Requirements and Management.”

Software AG Joins DMTF Board of Directors

DMTF continues global expansion with the addition of European software company to its Board of Directors

PORTLAND, Ore. – September 24, 2013– Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF), the organization bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on the development, validation and promotion of infrastructure management standards, today announced that Software AG has been elected to the DMTF Board of Directors.

DASH Interoperability Event November 11-13, 2013

The DMTF Systems Management Forum (SMF) will be hosting a DASH interoperability event November 11-13, 2013. The SMF invites all DMTF member companies to join many of the SMF member companies and bring their management console software and tools or client systems that support the DASH Specification for interoperability testing.

Last Chance to Register for VMworld and Plan to Stop by and See Us!

With the conference quickly approaching, it is time to register now for VMworld 2013 in San Francisco, August 25-29. Be sure to stop by DMTF booth #224 to learn about the latest developments, validation and promotion of infrastructure management standards.  

Tutorial on Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface (CIMI) – Webinar Available

Register now to join us live, Thursday, August 8, at 1:00 p.m. PDT / 4:00 p.m. EDT, for an in-depth no-cost BrightTALK webinar on the DMTF’s Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface (CIMI). If you’re unable to join live, a replay will be available for on demand viewing following the session airing.

Cloud Service Brokers: What You Need to Know

In this article on InfoQ, Winston Bumpus, DMTF Chair of the Board, provides his perspective on cloud service brokers and the role standards play in cloud management:
http://www.infoq.com/articles/cloud-service-brokers

Join Us At VMworld 2013

Registration is now open for VMworld 2013 in San Francisco, August 25-29. Please be sure to stop by DMTF booth #224 to learn about the latest developments, validation and promotion of infrastructure management standards.  VMworld attendees can take advantage of more than 350 in-depth sessions, 26 hands-on labs, 275 sponsors and exhibitors, and networking opportunities with industry experts and other IT professionals. Register now and transform your conventional IT remedies into seamless, agile solutions that dramatically simplify your operations.

DMTF and SNIA Successfully Demonstrate Interoperable Standards-Based Cloud Management

On July 24, 2013, at the Distributed Management Task Force’s (DMTF’s) co-located Alliance Partner Technical Symposium and Management Developers Conference events, DMTF and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) successfully demonstrated interoperable cloud management utilizing three existing cloud standards simultaneously. For the first time, the DMTF’s Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface (CIMI) and Open Virtual Format (OVF), an ISO standard, and SNIA’s Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI), also an ISO standard, were shown in multi-vendor implementations. This was part of a series of Cloud Plugfests, the next of which will take place during Cloud Interoperability Week, being held September 16-20, 2013, in Madrid, Spain, and simultaneously in the U.S. in Santa Clara, Calif.

DMTF launches BrightTALK channel on website

The DMTF has launched their BrightTALK channel within the Learning Center at dmtf.org/education/webinars. You can find all of DMTF's free webinars here and view them without leaving the site.

NetApp Joins DMTF OSDDC Incubator

NetApp, who holds positions on DMTF’s Governing Board, Marketing Committee and Technical Committee, announced that they have joined DMTF's newly-created Open Software Defined Data Center (OSDDC) Incubator group. Read more at https://communities.netapp.com/docs/DOC-28640