DMTF Announces CA, Oracle and VMware As New Board Members

The Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF(R)), the industry organization leading the development, adoption and promotion of interoperable management standards and initiatives, today announced the addition of three new companies to its board of directors. Oracle, VMware and CA step up to the board level - joining industry heavyweights AMD, Broadcom, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi, Ltd., IBM, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Novell, Sun Microsystems, and Symantec Corporation - to help drive the overall direction, strategy and activity of DMTF.

These three new board members join DMTF to collaborate with other industry-leading companies on systems management-specification development, validation, promotion and industry-wide adoption. Together the board of directors will collaborate to set cross-industry priorities, promote interoperability for enterprise and Internet environments, foster alliance partnerships, and lead the organization's committee work.

"The DMTF specifications and its key principles of interoperability and portability are an important enabler to the evolution of the virtualization market," said Winston Bumpus, director of standards architecture for VMware. "As a new DMTF board member, VMware looks forward to bringing an important perspective to the future direction of the organization."

"The standards being developed by DMTF will help organizations minimize operational costs and optimize their systems investments by unifying and streamlining management of their IT resources," said James Saliba, vice president, intellectual property at CA. "With DMTF board membership, CA can now more effectively influence these standards to address the real-world needs of the heterogeneous enterprise."
"Open management standards are the key to achieving integrated management across the levels of the solution stack," said Tony DiCenzo, Director Standards, Systems and Applications Management Products Group, Oracle. "Oracle is pleased to join the DMTF board of directors to support the development and promotion of industry standards that support the enterprise management ecosystem."

James Saliba from CA, Tony DiCenzo from Oracle, and Winston Bumpus from VMware join DMTF as board representatives. Other individuals representing the board member companies include:

-- Valerie Kane, AMD

-- Uri Elzur, Broadcom

-- Jon Hass, Dell

-- Wayne Adams, EMC

-- Hiro Kishimoto, Fujitsu

-- Jishnu Mukerji, HP

-- Nobutoshi Sagawa, Hitachi, Ltd.

-- Mike Baskey, IBM

-- Kevin Cline, Intel Corporation

-- Josh Cohen, Microsoft Corporation

-- Larry Russon, Novell

-- Mark Carlson, Sun Microsystems

-- Gary Phillips, Symantec Corporation

"We are thrilled to welcome Oracle, CA and VMware to the DMTF board of directors. As new board members, they will bring additional energy and leadership into the organization," said Mike Baskey, DMTF chairman. "The past achievements and current goals of these companies make them ideal board members for DMTF to help increase our innovation and maintain our leadership in collaborative development of global standards for IT management."

About DMTF

With more than 4,000 active participants representing 44 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 standards and initiatives. DMTF management technologies are critical to enabling management interoperability among multi-vendor systems, tools, and solutions within the enterprise. By deploying solutions that support DMTF standards, IT managers can choose to deploy a mix of systems and solutions that best meet their users' needs, while reducing management complexity and total cost of ownership. Information about the DMTF technologies and activities can be found at www.dmtf.org.

Source: Business Wire

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Oracle E-Business Suite implements Reva for RFID data

Reva Systems, the leading RFID Network Infrastructure provider, announced that it is working with Oracle to enable Oracle E-Business Suite customers to capture and utilize high quality RFID data.

“The powerful combination of Oracle at the enterprise level and Reva at the edge enables world class companies to harness the value of RFID for process improvement and sustainable competitive advantage across industries, geographies and multiple Oracle Applications,” said Jon Chorley, Oracle’s vice president of SCM product strategy.

“Reva makes implementing RFID simple by supporting a structured interface to Oracle Applications. Reva’s technology transforms RFID data into superior asset visibility and supply chain information allowing Oracle users to rely on RFID for everyday operations.”

“The real time visibility and process improvements that RFID can deliver will generate value for a wide spectrum of enterprises,” said Buck Devashish, Reva vice president of business development.

“Reva complements Oracle’s vision for deploying RFID. By implementing Reva at the edge, Oracle users can quickly and easily incorporate accurate, useful RFID data into the Oracle E-Business Suite at the enterprise level.” Reva Systems to Deliver Integration of RFID Data for the Oracle EBusiness Suite

Reva TAPs are purpose built RFID Network Infrastructure appliances that provide RFID device control and data processing.

TAPs install at a facility level to optimally manage the operations of RFID readers and other equipment from many leading providers, collect the raw tag data, process the data for accuracy and then pass only relevant RFID information to the Oracle E-Business Suite.

Reva also provides a set of enterprise RFID management tools which Oracle users can rely on to remotely operate RFID infrastructure and devices across global sites. Reva Systems is a Certified Advantage Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork.

Source: www.fibre2fashion.com

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Qtrax deploys Oracle's infrastructure software

Qtrax, a free, legal peer-to-peer music service with an ad-supported delivery model, has implemented Oracle's infrastructure software to provide better IT architecture necessary to deliver its global service.

Qtrax's implementation includes Oracle Database, Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Enterprise Manager and components of Oracle Fusion Middleware including Oracle Application Server and Oracle Coherence.

According to Oracle, with this software now in place, Qtrax will have the ability to support millions of concurrent users and begin offering an escalating catalog in June.

David Sharpley, vice president of product marketing and channels at Oracle Communications, said: "Qtrax has designed an innovative business model, which monetizes the demand for peer-to-peer music sharing, while providing users with a free experience. Oracle delivers a reliable technology solution, helping Qtrax ensure its systems are up and running to meet customer needs."

Source: www.cbronline.com

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