AllSeen Alliance Merges with Open Connectivity Foundation to Accelerate IoT
The organizations will combine under the Open Connectivity Foundation name
BEAVERTON, Ore. — The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF), sponsor of the IoTivity open source project, and AllSeen Alliance, which provides the AllJoyn® open source Internet of Things (IoT) framework, announced that the two organizations’ boards have approved a merger under the OCF name. The organizations said the merger will advance interoperability between connected devices from both groups, to help achieve the full operating potential of the IoT.
The newly merged groups will collaborate on future OCF specifications, as well as the IoTivity and AllJoyn open source projects. The expanded OCF board of directors will consist of executives from a wide array of leading companies, including AB Electrolux, Canon, Cisco Systems, GE Digital, Haier, Intel, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Samsung Electronics.