'''Distributed Management Task Force''' ('''DMTF''', formerly "Desktop Management Task Force") is an industry [[consortium]] that develops, supports, and maintains [[standard]]s for systems management of [[personal computer|PC]] systems and products, to reduce [[total cost of ownership]]. These include the [[Desktop Management Interface]] (DMI), the most-widely used management standard today.
The DMTF is participating in an industry effort to create a standard for management over the [[Internet]] called [[Web-Based Enterprise Management|WBEM]] - for Web Based Enterprise Management. They are defining an [[object-oriented]] Common [[Information model|Information Model]] ([[Common Information Model|CIM]]).
The Systems Management Working Group (SMWG) of DMTF is developing the [[Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware]] (SMASH). The purpose of SMASH is to standardize a way to manage servers from multiple vendors.
