The Subject

WBEM/CIM is a hot topic in a number of areas, including the storage network, electrical power supply, desktop computing, and telecommunications industries. These industries are seeking a common and flexible way of managing a collection of heterogeneous devices and services. WBEM/CIM provides this standardisation and addresses the management of services in particular.

WBEM/CIM comprises a device and service management architecture, a language for describing the management features of a device or service, a set of interfaces for accessing the management information, and an extensive set of common models for storage, computing, and telecommunications applications.