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Distributed Management Task Force

The goal of this section is to introduce the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), the DMTF organizational structure and the DMTF processes. This section also introduces the membership levels and the advantages and value of membership. Finally, it describes how member and non-member companies can get involved, provide feedback, and ask for help.

DMTF Introduction

With more than 3,500 active participants, the Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF) is a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral, collaborative body that is leading the development, adoption, and unification of management standards and initiatives for desktop, enterprise, and Internet environments. DMTF standards provide common management infrastructure components for instrumentation, control, and communication in a platform-independent and technology-neutral way. DMTF standards include the Common Information Model (CIM), communication/control protocols such as Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), and the Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) Initiative. Working with key technology vendors and affiliated standards groups, the DMTF is enabling a more integrated, cost-effective approach to management through interoperable management solutions.