DMTF Standards Featured at SNIA Storage Developer Conference; Organization's CIM, WBEM and SMASH Technologies Deliver Key Cross-Platform Functionality to the Storage Industry.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF(R)), the industry organization leading the development, adoption and promotion of interoperable management initiatives and standards, today announced details of its involvement in the Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA's) 2006 Storage Developer Conference, being held September 18-21 in San Jose, Calif. As an Association Sponsor of the event, the DMTF will exhibit and present details of its Common Information Model (CIM) and Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standards, as well as the Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) initiative, for the benefit of the storage development community.

The DMTF's CIM and WBEM are the basis of the SNIA's Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S), which allows end users to implement standardized interfaces that help make storage easier to manage in multi-vendor, distributed environments. To educate attendees on this critical foundation for storage architecture, DMTF Board member Jim Davis will be delivering a presentation titled "The Backbone of SMI-S: CIM/WBEM" on September 18 at 10:00 a.m.

In addition, the DMTF's vice president of technology, Jeff Hilland, will present a session on "The Role of the DMTF's SMASH in a Storage Environment," on Thursday, September 21 at 9:30 a.m. The SMASH Server Management Command Line Protocol specification enables simple and intuitive management of heterogeneous servers -- which play a critical role in today's storage solutions. Storage Developer Conference attendees will learn how SMASH can deliver renewed simplicity when managing storage as part of a distributed environment.

"Through our cooperative efforts over the past seven years, the DMTF and its Alliance Partner the SNIA have delivered potent solutions to help alleviate the challenges associated with managing today's complex, multi-vendor storage solutions," said Winston Bumpus, president, DMTF. "The DMTF is pleased to sponsor the one-of-a-kind Storage Developer Conference, and share our latest developments with the storage development community."

About the DMTF

With more than 3,500 active participants representing 39 countries and nearly 200 organizations, the Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF) is the industry organization leading the development, adoption and promotion of interoperable management initiatives and standards. DMTF management technologies include the Common Diagnostic Model (CDM) initiative, the Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) initiative, Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) -- including protocols such as CIM-XML and Web Services for Management (WS-Management) -- which are all based on the Common Information Model (CIM). Information about the DMTF technologies and activities can be found at www.dmtf.org.