Management Matters, December 2007	Page 4

Featured Q&A

Question:
Why should I join the DMTF?

Answer:
The DMTF offers several membership levels designed to encourage participation from all those interested in distributed management. Some of the organizations that should consider joining the DMTF ranks include end users, government organizations, vendors, systems integrators/value added resellers and individuals.

While each member of the DMTF may benefit differently, the overall advantages of DMTF membership include:

Front-line access to information about DMTF standards
The opportunity to participate in the process of defining these standards
The synergy of working with other vendors who are addressing similar implementation issues.

EVENTS

Last Chance to Register: MDC

The third annual Management Developers Conference (MDC) scheduled for December 3-6 at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, Calif., is fast approaching. If you have not pre-registered already for the event, you may do so by December 1; after that date, please bring your completed registration form to the MDC on-site registration area, where it will be processed on December 3. Before you get onsite, click here to view the full schedule for this event.

MDC is the industry's only developer conference dedicated to standards based system and network management technologies including:

Common Diagnostic Model (CDM)
Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH)
Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH)
Storage Management Initiative (SMI)
Common Information Model (CIM)
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
Web Services for Management (WS-Management)
Web Services Definition for Management (WSDM)
Other standards based management technologies.

The four-day event will also have a Demo and Interop area where attendees can meet and interact with the industry experts who developing and implementing various standards-based management technologies. In this area, the System Management Forum (SMF) has sponsored a space to demonstrate implementations based on DASH, SMASH and related tools.

For more event details, click here. We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming MDC, which also happens to be the last DMTF-sponsored event of the year.

CDM Event at MDC

Don’t forget to also check out the CDM System Health Management Industry Showcase Event that will be held December 3 in conjunction with MDC at the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, Calif. DMTF’s Common Diagnostic Model (CDM) Forum will host the full-day event, which will provide:

An introduction to the CDM Forum
Background information on the CDM Initiative, development and test tools overview
An introduction of OEM and third party CDM applications
Hands-on demonstrations

In the past year, the CDM Forum has made tremendous progress in the launch of the CDM Initiative. The first year of the Initiative focused on unifying the computer industry on a single interoperable, secure and functionally rich interface for diagnostics. One of the major accomplishments of the CDM Initiative in 2007 has been the development of the CDM conformance test suite (CTS).

The CDM Forum leadership companies--AMD, Broadcom, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, PC Doctor and Symantec--would like to share these successes, along with their goals for the future, with you at the upcoming industry showcase at MDC. For more details and registration information, click here.

CIM 10th Anniversary Party and Star Awards

Co-located with MDC, DMTF will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Common Information Model (CIM) by hosting a party on Monday, December 3, from 5:30-8 p.m. in the California Ballroom at the Santa Clara Marriott. Initially developed in 1997 as a conceptual model to describe the components of managed computing and networking environments, CIM has since expanded to new markets and has evolved to become the most widely implemented information model to-date.

DMTF will toast to the CIM technology with a few drinks and honor our 2007 Star Award winners. MDC attendees are invited to attend the celebration. If you are not registered for MDC, but would like to attend the party, please RSVP to DMTF Marketing. For more information on the CIM 10th Anniversary Party and the Star Awards, click here.

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