• Common Information Model (CIM)
• Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
• Desktop and mobile Architecture for System (DASH) Initiative
• Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) Initiative
• System Management BIOS (SMBIOS)
• Alert Standard Format (ASF)
• Common Diagnostic Model (CDM)
• Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP)

The DMTF was founded in Founded in 1992.

CIM Standards
Background information on CIM from the DMTF.

Distributed Management Task Force
Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF) is the industry organization leading the development of management standards and the promotion of interoperability for enterprise and Internet environments. DMTF standards provide common management infrastructure components for instrumentation, control and communication in a platform-independent and technology neutral way.

Open Virtualization Format Specification (PDF)
The Open Virtualization Format (OVF) Specification describes an open, secure, portable, efficient and 107 extensible format for the packaging and distribution of software to be run in virtual machines.

ServerWatch - Guide to Internet Servers and Platforms
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Xen Delivers on Open Source Enlightenment
Xen describes Project Kensho as providing a powerful, multi-hypervisor toolkit designed to leverage the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Open Virtualization Format (OVF) to enable ISVs and enterprises to more easily create hypervisor-independent, portable enterprise application workloads.