DMTF releases new CIM standard

The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) on Monday announced its Common Information Model Simplified Policy Language (CIM-SPL) standard. CIM-SPL helps IT personnel to more effectively manage their computing resources by providing a standard language for writing system management policies based on CIM profiles. The new standard can be used with any CIM-based implementation, including those comprising DMTF’s DASH, SMASH and VMAN initiatives. “Because CIM is the basis for most DMTF standards, IT personnel can take advantage of CIM-SPL to greatly simplify the process of adding automation policies that can be integrated into a wide variety of DMTF-enabled management systems,” says Winston Bumpus, president of the DMTF.