The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Desktop Management Task Force
DMTF

    (DMTF) The industry consortium that develops, supports,
   and maintains standards for systems management of PC systems
   and products, to reduce total cost of ownership.  These
   include the Desktop Management Interface (DMI), the
   most-widely used management standard today.

   The DMTF is participating in an industry effort to create a
   standard for management over the Internet.  They are
   defining an object-oriented Common Information Model
   (CIM).

   (http://dmtf.org/).

   (2000-01-19)