DTMF Initiatives

The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting systems management and interoperability. It is the source of many initiatives within the software management industry. Here, we will mention briefly the CIM initiative. For more information, the user can visit the DMTF Web site at: http://www.dtmf.org.

DTMF proposed a Conceptual Information Model (CIM) for describing management in an implementation-independent way, so that management information can be exchanged between different management systems and applications. Management systems include Microsoft's SMS, Compaq's Insite Manager, HP's OpenView, Tivoli's Management Software, and so on. Also important is the Management Information ...

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