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            7.1.9   DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force)

            The DMTF is an industry standards organization working to simplify the manageability of network-accessible
            technologies through open and collaborative efforts by leading technology companies. DMTF creates and
            drives the international adoption of interoperable management standards, supporting implementations that
            enable the management of diverse traditional and emerging technologies including cloud, virtualization,
            network and infrastructure [b-DMTF].

            The DMTF working groups that deliver standards used in cloud computing are [b-DMGF-WG]:

            –       Cloud Management Working Group (CMWG)
            –       Cloud Auditing Data Federation Working Group (CADF)

            The DMTF working groups that deliver standards which may be used in cloud data centres are:
            –       CIM Profile for Platforms and Service Working Group (CPPSWG)
            –       Open Virtualization Format Working Group (OVF)
            –       Scalable Platform Management Forum (SPMF)
            –       Virtualization Management Working Group

            7.1.10  TM Forum
            TM Forum is the global member association for digital business. It provides a platform for hundreds of global
            members across a wide range of industries: communications, technology, cities and municipal government,
            finance, healthcare and so on, to collaborate and partner to co-create, prototype, deliver, and monetize
            innovative digital services for their billions of customers [b-TMF].

            7.1.11  ATIS

            ATIS is where leading ICT companies come for solutions when seeking industry alignment to advance their
            most critical priorities [b-ATIS].

            7.1.12  Broadband Forum
            The  Broadband  Forum, a non-profit  industry organization,  is  focused on  engineering  smarter  and  faster
            broadband networks. Their work defines best practices for global networks, enables service and content
            delivery,  establishes  technology  migration  strategies,  engineers  critical  device  and  service  management
            tools,  and  is  key  to  redefining  broadband.  Free  technical  reports  and  white  papers  can  be  found  at
            broadband-forum.org [b-Broadband].
            The Cloud-based Central Office (CloudCO) project is the core of a number of BBF activities applying the design
            principles  of  software-defined  networking  (SDN)  and  network  functions  virtualization  (NFV)  techniques
            enabling  the  decentralization  of  what  has  traditionally  been  monolithic  networking  elements.  CloudCO
            enables dramatically faster and more efficient provisioning of new, cloud-based services.

            For management in an SDN&NFV architecture, NETCONF/YANG is expected to play a key role. The CloudCO
            project is leveraging the work done by the Broadband Forum Common YANG Work Area, which defines the
            YANG models required for the management of ultrafast broadband networks based on copper and fibre
            access.
            The  Open  Broadband  (OB)  programme  is  a  collaborative  space  for  integration,  interop,  testing  of  open
            source,  vendor  and  standards-based  implementations.  The  migration  to  cloud-based,  programmed,
            virtualized systems and coexistence with existing infrastructure drove OB. OB provides alignment with open
            source techniques and focus on interoperability to mitigate deployment risks. It provides value to service
            providers, integrators and suppliers.

            Open Broadband Laboratories (OBL) is a collaborative resource for the integration, staging and testing of
            open  source,  commercial  software,  standards-based  and  vendor  implementations  where  suppliers,
            integrators  and  operators  can  work  together  on  new  and  coexisting  solutions  for  CloudCO.  OBLs  are  a
            common hardware and software platform with regional laboratories in Asia, Europe and USA that are open
            to members and non-members.


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