diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml
index c8d5f99e7..00ee94cd1 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@
                     </instructions>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.18</version>
+            </plugin>
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/config/DeviceConfigurationManager.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/config/DeviceConfigurationManager.java
index 586a649a5..84c17f2ed 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/config/DeviceConfigurationManager.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/config/DeviceConfigurationManager.java
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ package org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.config;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.DeviceManagementConstants;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.DeviceManagementException;
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.config.datasource.DataSourceConfig;
+=======
+import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.dao.DeviceMgtDAOFactory;
+>>>>>>> 76e103ef003eec02e514b6885d2d4fbf4cd6fec8
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.util.DeviceManagerUtil;
 import org.wso2.carbon.utils.CarbonUtils;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/dao/DeviceMgtDAOFactory.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/dao/DeviceMgtDAOFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71d5c2f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/core/dao/DeviceMgtDAOFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, WSO2 Inc. (http://www.wso2.org) All Rights Reserved.
+ * WSO2 Inc. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.dao;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.config.datasource.DataSourceConfig;
+import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.config.datasource.JNDILookupDefinition;
+import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.config.datasource.RDBMSConfig;
+import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.util.DeviceManagerUtil;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * DAO factory class for creating RSS DAO objects.
+ */
+public class DeviceMgtDAOFactory {
+
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(DeviceMgtDAOFactory.class);
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolve data source from the data source definition
+	 *
+	 * @param dataSourceDef data source configuration
+	 * @return data source resolved from the data source definition
+	 */
+	public static DataSource resolveDataSource(DataSourceConfig dataSourceDef) {
+		DataSource dataSource;
+		if (dataSourceDef == null) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("RSS Management Repository data source configuration " +
+			                           "is null and thus, is not initialized");
+		}
+		JNDILookupDefinition jndiConfig = dataSourceDef.getJndiLookupDefintion();
+		if (jndiConfig != null) {
+			if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				log.debug("Initializing RSS Management Repository data source using the JNDI " +
+				          "Lookup Definition");
+			}
+			List<JNDILookupDefinition.JNDIProperty> jndiPropertyList =
+					jndiConfig.getJndiProperties();
+			if (jndiPropertyList != null) {
+				Hashtable<Object, Object> jndiProperties = new Hashtable<Object, Object>();
+				for (JNDILookupDefinition.JNDIProperty prop : jndiPropertyList) {
+					jndiProperties.put(prop.getName(), prop.getValue());
+				}
+				dataSource =
+						DeviceManagerUtil.lookupDataSource(jndiConfig.getJndiName(), jndiProperties);
+			} else {
+				dataSource = DeviceManagerUtil.lookupDataSource(jndiConfig.getJndiName(), null);
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				log.debug("No JNDI Lookup Definition found in the RSS Management Repository " +
+				          "data source configuration. Thus, continuing with in-line data source " +
+				          "configuration processing.");
+			}
+			RDBMSConfig rdbmsConfig = dataSourceDef.getRdbmsConfiguration();
+			if (rdbmsConfig == null) {
+				throw new RuntimeException(
+						"No JNDI/In-line data source configuration found. " +
+						"Thus, RSS Management Repository DAO is not initialized"
+				);
+			}
+			dataSource =
+                    DeviceManagerUtil.createDataSource(DeviceManagerUtil.loadDataSourceProperties(
+							rdbmsConfig), rdbmsConfig.getDataSourceClassName());
+		}
+		return dataSource;
+	}
+
+}