Winston Bumpus Named DMTF Fellow
The DMTF Board of Directors has named Winston Bumpus a DMTF Fellow, the organization’s highest honor. Bumpus retired from VMware Inc. last month after a distinguished 47-year career in the technology industry, including two decades of service to the DMTF in a variety of leadership roles, including president and chair of the Board.
Make an Impact on Standards Adoption in China and Japan
Did you know joining the DMTF’s Regional Chapter in China and/or our Regional Task Force in Japan is free to local employees of DMTF member companies? Participating is a unique opportunity to impact and guide the DMTF’s global standardization work in these regions.
DMTF to Represent Redfish at the OCP U.S. Summit
Continuing its commitment to industry outreach and education, DMTF will attend the Open Compute Project (OCP) U.S. Summit, March 8-9, as an exhibitor representing the Redfish® standard.
DMTF Welcomes New VP of Regional Chapters
Michael Du of Lenovo has been appointed to serve as the new DMTF Vice President of Regional Chapters. Du will play an important role in the organization as the DMTF continues its commitment to global standardization efforts, providing resources and information for users and developers worldwide.
DMTF Releases DASH Conformance Test Suite 2.0
Continuing its dedication to management interoperability, DMTF has just released version 2.0 of the Conformance Test Suite (CTS) for its Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) standard.
DMTF Releases Redfish Host Interface Specification
DMTF’s innovative Redfish standard continues its fast progression, thanks to the dedicated efforts of the Scalable Platforms Management Forum (SPMF). To date, Redfish has focused on defining a TCP/IP-based out-of-band interface between a client and a management controller.
Save the Date for APTS 2017
DMTF will host its Alliance Partner Technical Symposium (APTS) from July 24-28 in Portland, Oregon. Hosted in partnership with longstanding alliance partner, Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA), the symposium includes meetings focused on technical topics and addresses the technical works of interest of DMTF’s alliance partners. Click here to register today!
2017 Membership Renewal Reminder
The work of the DMTF is funded through membership dues that are among the most cost effective in the industry, and current member companies will receive renewal invoices in late February for the upcoming membership year (which runs April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018). Your company’s billing contact will receive the invoice.
DMTF Releases CIM 2.48
The DMTF’s Common Information Model (CIM) standard is widely used to provide a common definition of management information for systems, networks, applications and services. The latest update, version 2.48, is now available and continues the DMTF’s commitment to releasing a new version of the CIM Schema every four months.
DMTF Releases Updated Specifications from PMCI Working Group
The DMTF’s Platform Management Components Intercommunication (PMCI) Working Group defines standards to address “inside the box” communication and functional interfaces between the components of the platform management subsystem.
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