December 16, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The Distributed Managed Task Force, Inc. (DMTF.org) announced today that Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Intel Corporation have led the formation of the new DMTF Server Management Working Group. According to DMTF, the group will build and evolve the DMTF’s Common Information Model (CIM) specification to deliver a platform-independent, industry standard server hardware management architecture.
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DMTF said the group will hold its first face-to-face meetings this week on December 17-18 and is committed to delivering its first specifications by July 1, 2004.
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“As IT organizations face increasing complexity and costs associated with operating multiple server platforms across diverse departments, sites and geographies, continued work in the area of server management is critical,” said Winston Bumpus, president of DMTF. “The DMTF is the logical place for this critical work to take place, and we look forward to the progress that will emerge in the near future from this new working group.”
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The group also includes AMD, Microsoft, Oracle, OSA Technologies and Sun Microsystems, Inc.
