As businesses grow and operational resources decentralize, IT departments are faced with increasing challenges of technology interoperability.
Today’s enterprise typically supports a diverse IT infrastructure comprised of hardware, firmware, and software from multiple vendors.
The only way to ensure out-of-the-box interoperability is for the technology to be based on a management standard that all vendors understand and test uniformly.
To adhere to the DASH (for desktop and notebook client management) and SMASH (for cross-platform server management) standards, vendors can use conformance tests and tools from the DMTF Interoperability Committee during the design and development of their products.
The DMTF Interoperability Committee seeks to reduce the cost of integrating, managing and securing computing solutions constructed from multi-vendor components.
The work includes activities such as plugfests (testing events for vendors to evaluate the interoperability of their products), test tool development, and conformance certification programs.
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