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2019 Year-in-Review - From the Desk of DMTF President Jeff Hilland

Every December, we take the opportunity to pause and reflect on the last twelve months. As another highly productive year comes to a close, I’m proud to highlight the significant accomplishments the organization achieved in 2019. We appreciate the hard work of our members who have helped the organization reach the following milestones. 
 
Technical Milestones:
CIM
DMTF continued to provide a steady cadence of updates to the Common Information Model (CIM):

DMTF to present Redfish at OFIWG Meeting

Jeff Hilland, DMTF president, will present the latest Redfish® developments at an upcoming Open Fabrics Alliance Working Group meeting. The core mission of the Open Fabrics Alliance (OFA) is to accelerate the development and adoption of advanced fabrics. Recognizing that fabric management is a core element of any fabric architecture, the two groups will also explore the possibility of future engagement focused on fabric management. 

New Redfish Release 2019.3 Adds SNMP and SMTP Support

DMTF’s Redfish^®, Release 2019.3, is now available for public download. Designed to deliver simple and secure management for hybrid IT and the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), the latest release of the Redfish standard includes 14 schema updates and additional developer resources.

Come See DMTF and Redfish at SC19

DMTF will be at SC19, November 18-21, as an exhibitor. If you’ll be at the event, come visit with DMTF’s Redfish Forum, the developers of Redfish, in booth #2247 at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. 

Executives and Forum representatives will be on hand to speak with attendees about the standard and how Redfish delivers simple and secure management for converged, hybrid IT and the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC).

DMTF and MIPI Alliance to Collaborate on Security

DMTF and MIPI Alliance have agreed to collaborate on DMTF’s Security Protocol and Data Model (SPDM) standards. MIPI will evaluate and provide feedback on SPDM standards and use cases applicable to devices, which potentially could support MIPI security specifications. 

DMTF Announces 2019 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. 

DMTF to Present Redfish Workshop at The Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Europe 2019

At The Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Europe (OSSEU), October 28-30, 2019, in Lyon, France, Jeff Autor, DMTF’s Redfish® Forum Co-Chair, will facilitate a workshop on Redfish. If you’ll be attending the event, join us on Thursday, October 31, from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., for this deep dive session along with live demos that put you in direct contact with Redfish technical experts.

Are you attending LISA19? Be sure to stop by and see us!

Please join us for LISA19 on October 28–30, 2019, at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront in Portland, OR. Organized by the USENIX Association, LISA is the premier conference for operations professionals to share real-world knowledge about designing, building, securing, and maintaining the critical systems of our interconnected world. 

DMTF Releases SMBIOS 3.3

DMTF has released Version 3.3 of the System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Reference Specification, the premier standard for delivering management information via system firmware. Since its first release in 1995, the widely implemented SMBIOS standard has simplified the management of more than two billion client and server systems. 

New Redfish Release 2019.2 Adds Standardized Software Updates

DMTF’s Redfish®, Release 2019.2, is now available for public download. Designed to deliver simple and secure management for hybrid IT and the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), the latest release of the Redfish standard includes 17 schema updates, revisions to the Redfish specification, and additional developer resources.