Qlusters Supports OASIS to Advance Data Center Markup Language; Qlusters' CTO and Co-Founder Moshe Bar to Chair OASIS DCML Server Technical Committee.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Qlusters Inc., the leader in intelligent Linux datacenter management, today announced the company's continued support for DCML (Data Center Markup Language) and the appointment of Moshe Bar, Qlusters' CTO and Co-Founder, to chair the OASIS DCML Server Technical Committee. This committee will extend the DCML Framework specification to facilitate the representation and management of information about logical or physical compute resources in the datacenter. In doing so, the DCML Server Technical Committee will contribute to the larger OASIS DCML mission to advance the development of standards for the automated and intelligent management of the datacenter.

DCML provides the only open specification for the datacenter designed to achieve a systematic, vendor-neutral way to describe the environment and policies governing its management -- a fundamental requirement for utility computing. The DCML Server Technical Committee will define a framework to represent and manage information about servers -- both virtual and physical. This will facilitate dynamic configuration and reconfiguration of servers, enabling increased automation via machine processing of descriptive and policy information. In recognition of the critical role DCML standardization plays in enabling utility computing, OASIS took over the DCML standards in August of this year in order to help advance its specification, technical agenda, membership, and operations.

"The OASIS DCML Technical Committee will advance the formalization of DCML standards and will help improve the overall datacenter environment," said Moshe Bar, CTO and co-founder of Qlusters. "The DCML Server Technical Committee will focus on developing specifications related to automation and improved processing of descriptive policy information. This committee will also help establish a more robust foundation to help the industry move towards initiatives such as utility, grid and on-demand computing."

"Qlusters is dedicated to working with the industry to develop standards that encourage and support open computing environments," said Dave Martin, CEO and Chairman of Qlusters. "OASIS' work in advancing the DCML specifications will further support developing the most efficient and cooperative datacenter infrastructure which is key to building an integrated computing network."

OASIS is a not-for-profit, international consortium that aims to drive the development, convergence and adoption of eBusiness standards. Members of the OASIS DCML Technical Committees include representatives from BEA Systems, BMC Software, Computer Associates, Electronic Data Systems, Inkra Networks, Opsware, Tibco and Qlusters. To find out more about OASIS and the DCML Technical committees, visit http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php.

About Qlusters

Founded in 2001, Qlusters provides software to intelligently manage the Linux datacenter. With Qlusters, IT operates as a utility, achieving lower operational costs, providing faster response to change and attaining predictable quality of service. Global 500 corporations use Qlusters software to leverage their Linux standardization investments, virtualize their IT environments and automate operations. Qlusters partners with leading vendors including HP, IBM, Intel, Rackable Systems and Red Hat. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Qlusters has subsidiaries in London and Israel. For more information, please visit www.qlusters.com.