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DMTF, BLADE SYSTEMS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT

Distributed Management Task Force Inc (DMTF), the organization leading the development, adoption and interoperability of management standards for enterprise and Internet environments, and the Blade Systems Alliance (BladeS), the industry group committed to advancing the adoption of blade-based and modular computing systems, announced that they have entered into an alliance partnership. Under the agreement, the two organizations will work to help strengthen and speed the implementation of DMTF's server management and utility computing standards using the DMTF's Common Information Model (CIM).

"With a membership that includes end users, analysts, consultants and vendors -- all interested in the deployment and application of blade systems -- BladeS will provide DMTF with an important feedback loop that will help us continue to improve our standards and educate this community on the value of CIM," said Todd Guay, vice president of technology for DMTF. "This is part of the DMTF's ongoing work to provide management standards that truly meet the industry's needs, and we look forward to this valuable alliance with BladeS."

"The DMTF will be making great gains for the blade systems arena, and it's the standards-setting body most relevant to our members," said Dennis Carlson of Unisys, president of Blade Systems Alliance. "This alliance partnership provides a key avenue of communication between those working on the DMTF's blade standards and those who will be impacted by them -- the BladeS' membership. Working directly with DMTF allows our members to provide important input, and we're thrilled to be on board."

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