LG, Haier, Panasonic, Qualcomm and TP-Link join the Linux Foundation to form the AllSeen Alliance, a cross-industry consortium with plans to "advance adoption and innovation in the “Internet of Everything” in homes and industry."
To achieve such lofty aims the Alliance will work on a common framework based on AllJoyn, an open source, cross-platform and vendor neutral software platform developed by Quallcom.
AllJoyn runs on Linux, Android, iOS and Windows, and allows devices and software to communicate over wifi, power line or ethernet without need for internet connections.
Further vendors "contributing software and engineering resources" to the project include Sharp, Silicon Image, Canary, Cisco, D-Link, doubleTwist, Fon, Harman, HTC, Letv, LIFX, Lite-on, Moxtreme, Musaic, Sears Brand Management Corporation, Sproutling, The Sprosty Network, Weaved and Wilocity.
“Open source software and collaborative development have been proven to accelerate technology innovation in markets where major transformation is underway,” the Linux Foundation says. “Nowhere is this more evident today than in the consumer, industrial and embedded industries where connected devices, systems and services are generating a new level of intelligence in the way we and our systems interact."
