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December 2018

DMTF’s 2018 Year in Review

DMTF’s 2018 Year in Review
DMTF’s 2018 Year in Review

The DMTF publishes many system manageability standards of direct impact to the BIOS community.  For example: SMBIOS, Redfish, DASH, and PLD...

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Fall 2018 UEFI Plugfest and Seminar Materials Now Available

Fall 2018 UEFI Plugfest and Seminar Materials Now Available
Fall 2018 UEFI Plugfest and Seminar Materials Now Available

The Fall 2018 UEFI Plugfest was held October 15 to October 19, 2018,  in Taipei, Taiwan this year.  The presentations are now available for ...

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