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With the goal of accelerating industry innovation by unifying IoT standards so that companies and developers can create IoT solutions and devices that work seamlessly together, the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) has been established. Led by ARRIS, CableLabs, Cisco, Electrolux, GE Digital, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Samsung, the OCF unifies all of the former Open Interconnect Consortium with leading companies at all IoT levels – silicon, software, platform, and finished-goods – to provide the key interoperability specification enabling IoT solutions.
This is not an entirely new effort, but now it appears poised to have a significant impact. Prior to the creation of the OCF, the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) was already doing some excellent work in IoT standardization, in the form of specifications, data models, UPnP specifications, and IoTivity. (IoTivity is an open source software framework enabling seamless device-to-device connectivity.) Though initially focused largely on the consumer/home markets for IoT, they also targeted industrial markets. At the outset, the OCF has about 140 members as well as partnerships with other organizations such as the Industrial Internet Consortium and the EEBus Initiative.
The OCF is creating a specification and sponsoring an open source project to help all developers and companies create solutions that map to a single, open IoT interoperability specification. Ultimately, with OCF specifications, protocols and open source projects, a wide-range of consumer, enterprise and embedded devices and sensors from a variety of manufacturers, will securely and seamlessly interact with one another. Billions of connected devices (devices, phones, computers and sensors) should be able to communicate with one another regardless of manufacturer, operating system, chipset or physical transport.
According to Microsoft EVP, Windows and Devices Group, Terry Meyerson, "We have helped lead the formation of the OCF because we believe deeply in its vision and the potential an open standard can deliver. Despite the opportunity and promise of IoT to connect devices in the home or in businesses, competition between various open standards and closed company protocols have slowed adoption and innovation. Much like W3C manages the standards for the World Wide Web, the IEEE sets electrical engineering standards and the UPU sets the global postal code – standardization can help consolidate industry attention and create opportunity, via an agreed upon set of protocols that move industries and the world forward."
The Open Connectivity Foundation is partnering with ARC Advisory Group to conduct research designed to help end users to gain a better understanding of their needs for IOT. Please help us promote this survey. There are many ways you can help, promote the link through your social media channels, distribute to your own user lists, and share as appropriate within your own company. As a thank you, OCF will be awarding a number of Visa gift cards. Here is the link to share: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/iotivity
This is not an entirely new effort, but now it appears poised to have a significant impact. Prior to the creation of the OCF, the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) was already doing some excellent work in IoT standardization, in the form of specifications, data models, UPnP specifications, and IoTivity. (IoTivity is an open source software framework enabling seamless device-to-device connectivity.) Though initially focused largely on the consumer/home markets for IoT, they also targeted industrial markets. At the outset, the OCF has about 140 members as well as partnerships with other organizations such as the Industrial Internet Consortium and the EEBus Initiative. The OCF is creating a specification and sponsoring an open source project to help all developers and companies create solutions that map to a single, open IoT interoperability specification. Ultimately, with OCF specifications, protocols and open source projects, a wide-range of consumer, enterprise and embedded devices and sensors from a variety of manufacturers, will securely and seamlessly interact with one another. Billions of connected devices (devices, phones, computers and sensors) should be able to communicate with one another regardless of manufacturer, operating system, chipset or physical transport.
According to Microsoft EVP, Windows and Devices Group, Terry Meyerson, "We have helped lead the formation of the OCF because we believe deeply in its vision and the potential an open standard can deliver. Despite the opportunity and promise of IoT to connect devices in the home or in businesses, competition between various open standards and closed company protocols have slowed adoption and innovation. Much like W3C manages the standards for the World Wide Web, the IEEE sets electrical engineering standards and the UPU sets the global postal code – standardization can help consolidate industry attention and create opportunity, via an agreed upon set of protocols that move industries and the world forward."
The Open Connectivity Foundation is partnering with ARC Advisory Group to conduct research designed to help end users to gain a better understanding of their needs for IOT. Please help us promote this survey. There are many ways you can help, promote the link through your social media channels, distribute to your own user lists, and share as appropriate within your own company. As a thank you, OCF will be awarding a number of Visa gift cards. Here is the link to share: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/iotivity