IoT standards groups prepare to rumble at CES
Like prizefighters in intense training, two groups trying to define the Internet of Things are headed for a big showdown in Las Vegas early next year.
Visitors to the International CES in early January should get to see products certified by the AllSeen Alliance and the Open Interconnect Consortium. Each group is promoting its own approach to making connected devices and the applications running on them work together.
AllSeen announced the start of its certification program on Monday, and OIC expects to start signing off on products in the next two months. That's pretty quick as standards go: AllSeen was formed in late 2013 and OIC in mid-2014. It's perfect timing for gear from both camps to go on show at the biggest consumer electronics show in the world.
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