Web-Based Enterprise Management

Web-Based Enterprise Management
Abbreviation	WBEM
Status	Published
Year started	1996; 28 years ago
Organization	Distributed Management Task Force
Base standards	CIM and WS-Management
Domain	Systems management
Website	www.dmtf.org/standards/wbem

In computing, Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) comprises a set of systems-management technologies developed to unify the management of distributed computing environments. The WBEM initiative, initially sponsored in 1996 by BMC Software, Cisco Systems, Compaq Computer, Intel, and Microsoft, is now widely adopted.^[1] WBEM is based on Internet standards and Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) open standards:

Common Information Model (CIM) infrastructure and schema
- CIM-XML
- CIM operations over HTTP
WS-Management for web services
CIM Operations over RESTful Services^[2]

Although the name labels WBEM as "web-based", it is not necessarily dependent on any particular user interface (see below). Other systems-management approaches include remote shells, proprietary solutions and IETF standardized network-management architectures like the SNMP and Netconf.

^ Todd, Greg (June 30, 1998). "What is WBEM?". Windows IT Pro. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015. In 1996, BMC Software, Cisco Systems, Compaq Computer, Intel, and Microsoft sponsored the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) initiative, an effort to provide a unifying mechanism for describing and sharing management information.
^ ""CIM Operations over RESTful Services" (PDF)" (PDF).

[Todd-1] Todd, Greg (June 30, 1998). "What is WBEM?". Windows IT Pro. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015. In 1996, BMC Software, Cisco Systems, Compaq Computer, Intel, and Microsoft sponsored the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) initiative, an effort to provide a unifying mechanism for describing and sharing management information.

[2] ""CIM Operations over RESTful Services" (PDF)" (PDF).

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