The Open Group DMTF Global Management Conference June 18, 2003 Allen Brown President & CEO a.brown@opengroup.org 44 Montgomery Street Suite 960 San Francisco, CA 94104 USA Tel +1 415 374 8280 ext. 235 Fax +1 415 374 8293 www.opengroup.org
Vision Boundaryless Information Flow achieved through global interoperability in a secure, reliable and timely manner Boundaryless does not mean there are no boundaries it means that boundaries are permeable to enable business. Vision June 18, 2003 2
Management is a Partnership Management Systems Suppliers Effective Management of IT Environments and Services Customers & Users Software Suppliers Systems Suppliers Consortia June 18, 2003 3
DMTF and The Open Group Common open base WEBM CIM Interoperability Management-instrumented components Manageability Instrumentation CIM Service Management ARM AIC June 18, 2003 4 External Other Mgt. Mgt. Systems Systems Management System Agent Agent Agent Agent Agent Agent Managed Managed Managed Managed Resource Managed Resource Resource Managed Resource Resource Managed Managed Resource Managed Managed Resource Managed Resource Resource Managed Resource Managed Managed Resource Resource Resource Resource
The Open Group Environment Project Partners Consortia & Associations Vendors Government STRATEGY INNOVATION TESTING MANAGEMENT STANDARDS CERTIFICATION MEMBERS Systems & Solutions Vendors Tools Vendors IT Customers Integrators & Consultants Academics & Researchers June 18, 2003 5
The Open Group's certification services Definition of the policies and procedures for certification Development of a certification program, based on the policies, to certify products against an industry standard Design and implementation of test suites for conformance and interoperability testing Operation of the program on an ongoing basis June 18, 2003 6
Over 15 years of experience The Open Group has developed and operates industry based IT certification programs in several strategic areas, including: LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol WAP - Wireless Application Protocol LSB - Linux Standards Base UNIX CORBA June 18, 2003 7
DMTF/The Open Group Certification and Testing Partnership CIM Certification (Currently in Operation) Policies and Procedures Program Infrastructure CIM Conformance Test Tool WBEM Certification (In Development) Phase 1: WBEM Test Suite Architecture Next Phase: Extend CIM Certification Program for WBEM Develop WBEM test suite June 18, 2003 8
Member work areas Boundaryless Information Flow Reference Architecture Architecture Forum Workflow Mgmt. Messaging Mobility Security Directory System Mgmt. Information Mgmt. User Interface & Ontology Transaction Mgmt. Messaging Mobile Management Forum Security Forum Directory Interoperability Forum Enterprise Management Forum Service QoS Task Force Consistent Performance RealTime & Embedded Systems June 18, 2003 9
The Open Group Management Focus Manageability and Application Management Environment where management information instrumentation is ubiquitous Common Management APIs for resources Open Information Access for management systems OpenPegasus Service Management Open information structures and tools to allow management at the service and business level AQRM June 18, 2003 10
OpenPegasus OpenPegasus The premier open source implementation of CIM/WBEM Currently becoming available on most major platforms Release 2.2 now available Delivering API standards to support the DMTF specifications Steering Committee members EMC, HP, IBM http://www.openpegasus.org June 18, 2003 11
OpenPegasus Lite OpenPegasus Strategy Optimize for performance Modular Configurable OpenPegasus Lite Built from OpenPegasus source base Customizable for embedded systems Interested in supporting the project Contact Martin Kirk, m.kirk@opengroup.org June 18, 2003 12
AQRM Application Quality / Resource Management (AQRM) New Initiative Addressing Application Quality of Service Issues Building on the work of other standards bodies Using CIM as a fundamental underpinning Goals Develop a set of architecture principles, profiles of standards, and appropriate standards for an adaptive approach to measuring and controlling the Quality of Experience and the Quality of Service of existing and new applications across one or more real-time enterprises. June 18, 2003 13
Application Management Joint Applications Working Group Joint Open Group / DMTF Working Group Developing a model and corresponding CIM Schema for Web-based and networked application services including the deployment, configuration, and runtime management of these services A key component in creating high-level business-oriented management capabilities such as AQRM June 18, 2003 14
WBEMsource WBEMsource Public forum hosted by The Open Group Mission: Promote the widespread usage of the WBEM technologies through: The creation of an environment fostering open source WBEM implementations The encouragement of open source contributions to that environment The promotion of interoperability between these implementations through standards and testing http://www.wbemsource.org June 18, 2003 15
Conclusions Excellent example of two consortia working in a true Alliance Partnership Complementary Interests and Strengths Concrete example of The Interoperability Pledge June 18, 2003 16