Citrix Synergy™ 2012, www.citrixsynergy.com, will offer a broad array of insights, education and training on cloud computing. Join DMTF at the event and participate in networking, sessions, labs, demos and panel discussions that will focus on the solutions you need to unify, build and deliver cloud services that are flexible, elastic and cost-effective.

The DMTF and TM Forum have released a joint whitepaper aimed to coordinate work around development and adoption of standards for the management and operational aspects of the cloud computing environment for Communications Service Providers.

Join DMTF panelists Winston Bumpus and Mark Carlson on February 9, 2012 at 7:00 am PT for a free webinar titled “The State of Cloud Standards.” With adoption rates soaring, the time is right for industry bodies to clarify and unify their standards. Tune in live to hear what exists, what's new and how current standards can be used by end-users and vendors alike to push cloud computing forward.

2011 has been another great year for DMTF. We have produced many new specifications, over a dozen new profiles and four major new releases of CIM.  Our work in the Cloud Computing space is really kicking into to gear with several Work-In-Progress (WIP) releases of our new Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface (CIMI) specification, along with the first whitepaper also released as a WIP from the Software License Management Incubator. In addition, the Cloud Auditing Data Federation Working Group (CADFWG) has been hard at work and we should see some of their new specifications announced in early 2012.