'''Distributed Management Task Force''' ('''DMTF''', formerly "Desktop Management Task Force") is an industrya [[consortiumstandards organisation]] ofthat producersdevelops and consumersmaintains standards for [[systems management]] of [[Information technology|IT environments]] thatenvironments developsin enterprises and maintainsthe [[standardization|standards]] for [[systems management]]Internet. These standards allow building systems management infrastructure components in a [[Platform (computing)|platform]]-independent and technology-neutral way. They guaranteeprovide for systems management interoperability between IT products of different producers without costly transformations and adaptations.
The DMTF was founded in [[1992]]. It is an open consortiumorganisation where companies, other organisations and single persons can become members. In [[2005]], the DMTF had more than 3500 participants out of more than 200 organisations and companies or(such organisationsas [[Cisco Systems|Cisco]], [[Dell, Inc.|Dell]], [[EMC Corporation|EMC]], [[Fujitsu]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[Hitachi, Ltd.|Hitachi]], [[IBM]], [[Intel]], [[Microsoft]], [[Novell]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[Sun Microsystems]], [[Symantec]], [[WBEM Solutions]]). The DMTF is organized in working groups where the participants jointly develop and maintain the standards. The DMTF has alliances with a number of other consortiumsorganisations and with the [[academia]].
