by Angela Guess

A recent press release out of the organizations reports, “Today the Thread Group and the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) announced that the two alliances will work together in their mission to advance the adoption of connected home products. The Thread Group and OCF share many member companies who will benefit from this liaison agreement, and both groups are committed to driving improved cross-application interoperability and device connectivity in the connected home. To help the internet of things realize its full potential, companies across the product development spectrum – including silicon, software, platform, and finished-goods ­- must ensure interoperability across common technology areas. The organizations will work together to ensure that OCF’s application layer will be fully compatible with Thread’s low-power, secure and scalable IPv6-based wireless mesh network layer.”

Thread Group president Grant Erickson commented, “Thread Group members identified and prioritized OCF as a strategically important application layer to run over the Thread wireless mesh network… In order for consumers to put their faith in the connected home, their experience must be simple, reliable, and effortless. This agreement takes us one step closer to our common goal of ensuring that consumers will have smart home devices that seamlessly work together out of the box, regardless of their brand or function.”

Read more at BusinessWire.

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