AllSeen Alliance Announces Nine New Members; Expands Reach in Security, Smart Lighting, Networking

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 5, 2014) - The AllSeen Alliance, a cross-industry collaboration to advance the Internet of Everything through an open source software project, today announced that nine new companies have joined the initiative -- dog hunter, FengLian, ForgeRock®, INSTEON, MobilityLab, NETGEAR, Organic Response, Quanta Computer and VeriSign, Inc. With the addition of these new members the Alliance totals 80 companies and 12 sponsored members.

The AllSeen Alliance has been rapidly building out its membership to address various areas of need and opportunity in the Internet of Everything, such as security, connected lighting and networking infrastructure. ForgeRock and Verisign join Symantec and other Alliance members working on ways to address privacy and security in the new era of ubiquitous connected devices. INSTEON and Organic Response join the Alliance's roster of innovative lighting companies, including LIFX and LightFreq. In October, the Alliance announced an initiative, the Connected Lighting Working Group, that is developing ways for IP-enabled, multi-color and energy-efficient LED light bulbs to work in creative new ways with each other and things including televisions, home security systems, home appliances, smoke detectors and door locks.

"The size, breadth and diversity of the AllSeen Alliance's membership continues to grow. The Alliance includes some of the best-known brands in the world," said Joe Speed, director, IoT, AllSeen Alliance. "The inclusion of such a broad range of industry leaders demonstrates the industry's enthusiasm for rallying around and advancing an open, universal platform for smart homes and businesses."

AllSeen Alliance members are collaborating to advance the seamless connection of a range of objects and devices in homes, cars and businesses by building out an open source software framework, called AllJoyn™. Through code that is available today and continuously updated through contributions by members and the open source community, AllJoyn acts as a common language for devices to interact regardless of brand and other infrastructure considerations.

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dog hunter specializes in the design, development and production of IoT WiFi modules and in the development of control and sensor management solutions for educational, hobby, industrial sectors, automotive and consumer products. Established in 2010, dog hunter is one of the few companies to develop, produce and distribute on a global scale IoT WiFi modules based on Qualcomm technology through its brand Linino. dog hunter has locations in the US, Europe and Taiwan.