DMTF Elects Citrix Systems to Its Board of Directors

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The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), a leading organization for systems management standards development, has welcomed Citrix Systems to its board of directors. Joining Citrix are seven other companies, including CA, Advanced Micro Devices, EMC, Fujitsu, IBM, and Microsoft, which were re-elected to the board. These companies will work together to drive the development of DMTF standards and initiatives in 2009. The DMTF board of directors sets cross-industry priorities, promotes interoperability, and fosters alliance partnerships.

Key Takeaways:

  • Citrix Systems has been elected to the DMTF board of directors, joining other notable companies such as CA, Advanced Micro Devices, EMC, Fujitsu, IBM, and Microsoft.
  • The DMTF board of directors is composed of 18 companies, including Broadcom, Dell, HP, Hitachi, Intel, Novell, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and VMware.
  • The DMTF board of directors works together to set cross-industry priorities, promote interoperability for enterprise and Internet environments, foster alliance partnerships, and lead the organization's committee work.
  • DMTF technologies aim to address the industry's requirements for interoperable distributed management, providing valuable tools for managing multiple platforms.
  • Citrix will contribute its expertise in enterprise IT to alleviate the challenges of managing complex IT environments, leveraging its solutions, best practices, and ongoing research and development to benefit the industry.
  • The DMTF president, Winston Bumpus, welcomes Citrix to the board, citing its "tremendous reach into a variety of industries and IT environments."

Statistics:

  • 18 companies are represented on the DMTF board of directors, including Citrix Systems, CA, Advanced Micro Devices, EMC, Fujitsu, IBM, and Microsoft.
  • Citrix Solutions are used in 100 million corporate desktops and 1 million datacenter servers.
  • The DMTF has been developing systems management standards for over 20 years.

Sources:

  • "Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Elects Citrix Systems to Its Board of Directors," press release from DMTF.
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