DMTF's CDM System Health Management Initiative Unveiled at Industry Kick-Off; Demonstrations, Executives Provide Insight into the Technology Industry's Cross-Platform System Diagnostics Standard. Check it out:
SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- The Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF)(R), the industry organization leading the development, adoption and promotion of interoperable management initiatives and standards, today held a kick-off event for its Common Diagnostic Model (CDM) System Health Management Initiative for diagnostics. This initiative will, for the first time, unify the computer industry on a single interoperable, secure, and functionally rich interface to diagnostics programs on multi-vendor computer systems.
At today's kick-off, executives from the industry's top companies and organizations addressed the importance of CDM, including Keith Brown, Director, IBM System x Software Development; Rich Rysiewicz,VP, CompTIA Services; Greg Shoemaker, VP, HP Central Direct Procurement; Kevin Soelberg, VP, Dell Worldwide Services; and Michael Wentz, VP, Enterprise Support, Symantec Corporation.
The CDM System Health Management Initiative is led by the DMTF's CDM Forum, the group dedicated to uniting the computer industry on a single interoperable interface to all system diagnostics. The key elements of the initiative are a Software Development Kit (SDK), compliance testing tools, use cases and profiles, as well as a certification process.
Via CDM technology, Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs) will no longer need to develop unique diagnostic solutions for their various customers, reducing their diagnostic development investment. In addition, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) will benefit by having a single vehicle to deliver adaptive software systems, and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) will benefit by having an improved level of support from their vendors.
"The DMTF's CDM has long been the solution for delivering cross-platform diagnostics to the technology industry," said Winston Bumpus, president, DMTF. "At today's kick-off of the CDM System Health Management Initiative, the industry has a chance to see the significant advancements underway, and find out how they can become involved in this important work."
Support from CDM Forum Leadership Companies
AMD
"AMD is committed to enabling open standards that promote interoperability and ease-of-use for our customers, which is why we are supporting the DMTF's CDM Forum as a Forum Leadership member," said Margaret Lewis, director, Commercial Solutions, AMD. "We are pleased to support the launch of the CDM Initiative and look forward to continuing to work with CDM and other standards organizations to build support for open standards in AMD64 technology."
Dell
"Dell is focused on creating and deploying industry standards which help customers reduce their costs by taking back control of their enterprises," said Kevin Soelberg, vice president of Dell World Wide Services. "The DMTF CDM System Health Initiative will help increase availability and isolate problems more quickly."
HP
"The DMTF's CDM Initiative intends to unify the industry on a common diagnostic interface," said Greg Shoemaker, vice president, Central Direct Procurement, HP. "HP encourages companies to attend today's kick-off event to understand first hand how CDM can benefit them and the industry. HP's key role as a leader in the DMTF CDM Forum demonstrates our commitment to promoting and adopting this industry standard."
IBM
"We see CDM as a critical component of our System x diagnostic strategy, which includes our Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) product," said Keith Brown, director, IBM System x Software Development. "DSA 2.0 fully implements the CDM standard and lays a path for future diagnostic support by our partners. CDM allows our partners to develop incremental value for their hardware products, delivering diagnostics for all their OEM customers with a single design and code base."
Intel
"CDM reduces TCO by providing a framework for answering the age old IT troubleshooting question: Is the problem in hardware, software or the network?" said Gregory Bryant, general manager, Intel Digital Office Platform Group. "Intel is enhancing the availability and reliability of business PCs by helping drive standards, such as CDM, as well as delivering platforms with management and security capabilities that change the game around business computing."
PC-Doctor
"As one of the authors of the original CDM specification, we're delighted to join industry leaders in advancing the success of the CDM standard," said Doug van Aman, chief marketing officer for PC-Doctor, Inc. "We welcome the opportunity to contribute our dozen-plus years of experience in developing world-class diagnostics for manufacturing, support and service environments."
Symantec
"Maintaining the health of computing solutions is essential to success in mission critical business applications," said Mark Bregman, executive vice president, chief technology officer, Symantec. "The CDM management initiative is a key component of Symantec's technology strategy moving forward, and Symantec is committed to the success of the initiative as a leader in the CDM Forum."
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.
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