Tech industry wants to make iot standards work together

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Qualcomm, Microsoft, Samsung, Intel and other tech companies have joined a newly formed foundation that aims to make internet-of-things standards interoperable. They strive for an open iot ecosystem.

The foundation is called the Open Connectivity Foundation and its goal is for Internet-of-Things specifications, protocols, open source projects, sensors and devices, regardless of manufacturer, to work together. The foundation is working on a specification and an open source project that should make this possible.

Arris, CableLabs, Cisco, Electrolux, GE Digital, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Samsung, among others, have joined the initiative, but the list of members is much longer. The entire Open Interconnect Consortium, which was founded in 2014, has been absorbed into the foundation. That consortium included Cisco, Samsung and Intel. The latter calls it a step closer to seamless connectivity. Among other things, the OIC worked on the open source project Iotivity in collaboration with The Linux Foundation, and that project now plays an important role in the new Open Connectivity Foundation.

In addition, there is the AllSeen Alliance, consisting of Microsoft, Qualcomm, LG and Sony, which is working on the AllJoyn platform, of which The Linux Foundation also oversees the source code. Part of that alliance has now also pledged its support to the Open Connectivity Foundation or OCF. The AllSeen Alliance will continue to exist, for example, with Microsoft promising that the OCF’s standard will be compatible with Windows 10 devices “designed for AllSeen.”

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