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Resource Management Standards Landscape Detailed by Cross
Institutional Group within Global Grid Forum
Wiki Reference Guide Available for Industry Use and Update
LEMONT, Ill. (May 10, 2006) - Global Grid Forum (www.ggf.org) today
announced an online reference guide of specifications and standards for
the management of networked resources. Compiled by experts from cross
institutional standards bodies throughout the world, this reference
guide is designed to grow and develop with the industry. The wiki
http://www.ggf.org/scrm-wiki/index.htm
is available to view by anyone involved in
grid or management technologies, free-of-charge, and does not require
registration.
Developed in wiki form, the information will be continuously updated by
grid and resource management professionals throughout the world. Experts
and institutions interested in adopting or researching these technologies
are encouraged to submit additional information as appropriate. The
Global Grid Forum and the various standards bodies have established
strict submission, data review and publishing requirements to maintain
the integrity and legitimacy of information posted to this wiki.
Created within Global Grid Forum's working group known as the Standards
Development Organization Collaboration on Networked Resources Management
(SCRM), this reference guide represents a collective volume of relevant
standards from leading industry bodies including the Global Grid Forum
(GGF), the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), the Organization
for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), the
Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), the Tele Management Forum
(TMF), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the International
Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector
(ITU-T), and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
GGF
"GGF is excited to be the venue for all these respected and established
organizations to come together and work collaboratively to produce a
landscape of standards for the management of networked resources," said Mark
Linesch, Chairman of Global Grid Forum. "This landscape and our continued
work together helps to insure a better understanding of the relationship
between various industry standards - enabling more effective communication
and identifying opportunties for future collaboration".
DMTF
"The DMTF is continuing its long-standing commitment to sharing its
expertise in distributed management infrastructure and resource modeling
by participating in this online reference guide," said Winston Bumpus,
chair, DMTF. "Our active collaboration with the leading SDOs in the SCRM
group helps ensure that the DMTF's Common Information Model, Systems
Management Architecture for Server Hardware and Web-Based Enterprise
Management standards address the industry's requirements, including
those for utility computing, grid technology and virtualization. The wiki
reference guide is providing real-time collaborative opportunities, and
we look forward to taking advantage of this resource to help coordinate
standards initiatives for the benefit of the industry."
SNIA
"The SNIA's Storage Management Initiative Specification, as part of the
SCRM landscape project, is an integral building block for integrated
IT standards-based management stacks that improve interoperability and
reduce IT integration efforts", said Wayne M. Adams, Chairman of the
SNIA. "As the SNIA expands SMI-S features for data management and brings
new complimentary standards to the landscape such as the eXtensible
Access Method, managing information as it correlates to its physical
placement can be realized."
ITU-T
"ITU-T is pleased to be able to support this GGF initiative and strongly
appreciates the spirit of cooperation that has allowed it." said Dave
Sidor, ITU-T SG 4 Chairman. "The sharing of information, pooling of
resources and the recognition of the need to work together to avoid the
duplication of work and most efficiently serve industry are activities
that increasingly characterize the standards world. And so we applaud
every new effort in this vein."
About Global Grid Forum:
The Global Grid Forum (GGF) is the community of users, developers,
and vendors leading the global standardization effort for grid
computing. The GGF community consists of thousands of individuals in
industry and research, representing over 400 organizations in more
than 50 countries. Together we work for the pervasive adoption of grid
computing worldwide because we believe grids will lead to new discoveries,
new opportunities, and better business practices. The work of GGF is
carried out though community-initiated working groups, which develop
best practices and specifications in cooperation with other leading
standards organizations, software vendors, and users. GGF is funded
through its Sponsor Members, including technology producers and consumers
as well as academic and government research institutions. GGF meets as
a worldwide community three times annually to share best practices and
further develop grid-related specifications. For more info about GGF,
visit the GGF Web site at www.ggf.org.
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