Web standard is final
Two years after first launching its Web Services for Management standard, the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) has ratified it as final, reports internetnews.com.
The DMTF, with over 4 000 participants from 44 countries and nearly 200 organisations, leads the development, adoption and promotion of interoperable management standards and initiatives. Board members include representatives from IBM, Intel, AMD, Novell, Microsoft, HP, Broadcom and EMC.
Its new standard, known colloquially as WS-Management or WS-MAN, uses Web services to remotely manage IT systems - a typically done today by specifications like the venerable Simple Network Management Protocol.
Microsoft explains Hyper-V
During Microsoft Management Summit 2008, Bob Muglia, senior VP of the server and tools business at Microsoft, outlined the company's dynamic data centre strategy, says InfoWorld.
Part of Microsoft's strategy is to expand its virtualisation capabilities and deliver automated management of heterogeneous IT environments.
Microsoft is going to manage the physical assets as well as the virtual assets from its own hypervisor solution, Hyper-V, its hosted server virtualisation platform, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, as well as virtualisation platforms from its competitors, starting with VMware ESX.
India teaches IT management
CII and the Indian Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in association with Tanaka Business School have launched an executive programme in India, says Machinist.in.
The programme, aimed at Indian executives, technologists and scientists, is being held in Mumbai this week.
The course on "Innovation and Technology Management" is designed to help managers develop an innovative culture in their companies using technology as the key resource.
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