DCML Organization to Advance Data Center Standard Within OASIS

HostReview.com
Monday, August 30, 2004; 12:00 AM

August 30, 2004 - (HostReview.com) - Plans were announced today for the Data Center Markup Language Organization to advance its specification, technical agenda, membership, and operations as part of the global OASIS (www.oasis-open.org) standards consortium. Through this transition, DCML stands to benefit from OASIS' broad membership base--more than 3,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members across 100 countries.

"Transitioning the DCML Organization to OASIS marks the next significant milestone in the development of the specification and promises to further accelerate its adoption amongst organizations worldwide," said Louis Blatt of Computer Associates, president of the DCML Organization. Blatt noted that nearly half of OASIS member organizations represent end users, diversity which he considers, "a key factor for ensuring the broad market adoption of the DCML specification.

By moving its operations and technical committees under OASIS, DCML takes  advantage of the international consortium's respected open technical process, transparent governance, and international reach. Founded in 1993, OASIS produces widely adopted standards for Web services, security, e-business, and standardization efforts in the public sector and for application-specific markets.

"The DCML Organization has demonstrated significant traction over the last nine months and garnered tremendous vendor and end-user participation. Their efforts offer exciting potential for managing the massive complexity that exists in IT environments," commented Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS. "We welcome the DCML community to OASIS and look forward to advancing its mission of open standardization for utility computing."

The DCML Organization (www.dcml.org) is an open coalition of vendors and  users working to advance utility computing through the development and adoption of the Data Center Markup Language (DCML). DCML is the first, freely licensed specification that provides a structured model and encoding to describe, construct, replicate, and recover data center environments and elements. Founded in October 2003, the mission of the organization also extends to DCML certification, compliance programs, and education.