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» An Introduction to WMI
   Tim Huckaby introduces to the Windows Management Instrumentation and shows how you can use it with Windows Script Host to execute process on remote Web servers.
   http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/15598/an-introduction-to-wmi.html

» Industry Leaders Form Group to Promote Open Source Enterprise Management Environment
   Participants in the WBEMsource initiative include The Open Group, Sun Microsystems, Caldera International, the Storage Networking Industry Association , and the b4wbem project. Press Release at snia.org.
   http://www.opengroup.org/press/6jun01.htm

» Inside Windows Management Interface
   WMI implements Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) technology to offer an extensible data-collection and management facility that lets you manage local and remote systems composed of arbitrary components. Article for Windows2000 Magazine by Mark Russin
   http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/7937/inside-windows-management-interface.html

» Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation Scripting
   Presents overviews of the Common Information Model (CIM) and the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) architecture. Includes an in-depth discussion on the WMI scripting API and sample scripts through WSH. Article at the MSDN.
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms811556.aspx

» Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation and Simple Network Management Protocol
   Article in MSDN
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms811540.aspx

» Sun Microsystems Makes Major Code Contribution to WBEMsource Initiative
   Article at PRNewswire.com about Sun and its WBEM strategy.
   http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-06-2001/0001508635&EDATE=

» Understanding WBEM and JMAPI
   Guidelines to help vendors realize the promise of Web technology in net management tools. By Theo Forbath Network World, 5/5/97
   http://www.networkworld.com/netresources/0505web5.html

» WBEM and JMAPI on the rise - SunWorld - November 1996
   WBEM and JMAPI on the rise -- SunWorld, November 1996
   http://sunsite.uakom.sk/sunworldonline/swol-11-1996/swol-11-connectivity.html

» WBEM/CIM and SNMP - what each has to offer
   From software to services - making management work By Barb Goldworm Network World Fusion Focus on Network/Systems Management
   http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nsm/0920nm2.html

» WBEM: The Heart Of SMS
   Article in InformationWeek Online at May 11, 1998 WBEM: The Heart Of SMS By Richard Adhikari
   http://www.informationweek.com/681/81iusm3.htm

» What is WBEM?
   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. Article by Greg Todd.
   http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/3568/what-is-wbem.html

» Windows Management Instrumentation
   Tim Huckaby introduces to the Windows Management instrumentation (WMI).
   http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/9100/windows-management-instrumentation.html

» Windows Management Instrumentation and the Common Information Model
   Article in MSDN
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms811552.aspx

» XML: Sun Solaris Supports WBEM
   Sun to Implement Web-Based Enterprise Management Standards in Solaris Operating Environment Industry Leaders Applaud Sun's Embrace of Emerging WBEM Standards PALO ALTO, California. June 08, 1999.
   http://xml.coverpages.org/sunWBEM19990608.html