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DCML Working Group Specifications To Be Released In Fall

The Data Center Markup Language (DCML) Organization announced the results of its third member and technical working group meeting held June 22-23 at the worldwide headquarters of Computer Associates International Inc in Islandia, N.Y. Most notably, significant progress has been made in the development of the server, network, and applications and services specifications, slated for release this fall. These sub-specifications build on the primary Framework Specification, a stable draft of which was released on May 24.

The working group sub-specifications define data center components, process and policy in their respective categories, and will play a critical role in enabling utility computing. The combination of the sub-specifications and the Framework Specification provide the complete DCML 1.0 Specification.

Additionally, the DCML working groups continued to develop several use case scenarios, which incorporate input from end user organizations. The use cases express how the DCML Specification, when implemented in real-world environments, will enable previously expensive, error-prone tasks to be performed automatically in a multi-vendor, heterogeneous data center environment. The use cases outline DCML-enabled scenarios from monitoring newly provisioned servers, to enabling rapid data center migration, and expanding service capacity under business constraints. The use cases are available on the DCML Website at www.dcml.org/documents.asp .

"The availability of the draft DCML Framework Specification announced last month was the first critical specification that set the foundation for the development of the sub-specifications. The DCML Organization continues to make tremendous strides in developing a standard that will simplify management of complex IT environments and provide the first steps towards real world utility computing," said Louis Blatt, president of the DCML Organization. "Over the next several months, the technical working groups will refine their individual specifications, ensuring that DCML builds upon existing standards to provide a unified view of today's heterogeneous data center environment."