Image Source

A new group, called the Internet of Things Consortium, has risen up to break even greater ground in the technology world.

A group of startup companies has recently revealed that they have founded what is called the Internet of Things Consortium, which is meant to gather minds and ideas from various companies in order to get more Internet-connected devices to work with each other more efficiently. Before the conspiracy nuts and the anti-monopolization activists could start foaming at the mouth, however, this nonprofit group shared its plans and goals, as well as identities of the companies that will be involved.

What it's all about

The Internet of Things Consortium aims to be a group of easily recognizable Internet-connected device brands, working together in order to make things go a lot smoother for each other in terms of sending and receiving data between different devices and through the Internet.  This extends to browsing, apps for business VoIP communication, data transfer between devices, and more. The chairman of the consortium is Jason Johnson, and he points out that the term “Internet of Things” first referred technologies such as RFID. Now, however, it includes the consumer products that have become prevalent in the market over the past few years.

The Lineup of Companies

The consortium's list of companies includes start-ups that have begun from crowd-funding via Kickstarter. The first ten participants include Active Mind Technologies, Basis Science, Ouya, Ube, Kease, Poly-Control, SmartThings, Coin, Movl, and Logitech. Logitech in particular is already rather well known as a manufacturer of computer peripherals and devices. All in all, the ten companies that currently comprise the consortium encompass a wide variety of technology and methods by which users harness data both online and between various devices.

Their Goal

The goal of the group is to look for better innovations which the Internet of Things-related services would be able to use to work together, mainly by looking to take advantage of recent innovations such as Low Power Wi-Fi. In doing so, they could create a new generation of electronic devices that would not only be cleverer than their predecessors, but would also be able to communicate with one another seamlessly as well as manage data far better than it could before.

The group doesn't aim to simply focus on the technology aspect of getting different brands of devices to work together. In a way, the consortium can be seen as a type of union, as it also aims to discuss technology business-related topics and issues. According to members of the consortium, being able to successfully and seamlessly connect various home technologies and devices will open new doors towards new devices. Such a union of efforts could bring together new ways by which companies can develop electronics that manage our day-to-day lives and changes in how users manage the data that they send and receive throughout the day.

They will also be able to provide opportunities to developers of hardware, software, and services related to the Internet, giving them the ability to collaborate and make these inventions even richer than they already are. This includes best manufacturing processes as well as retention strategies.

Author Bio:
Monique Jones is an Engineer who deals with telephone systems. Besides being an Engineer, she also works as a part time writer. She helps her colleagues and other people about their communication issues, giving effective solutions to address their needs.

For more of these insightful guest posts, follow us on Twitter.