AllSeen Alliance Adds IoE Cloud-based Remote Networking Technology

Internet of Everything (IoE) consortium AllSeen Alliance, backed by the Linux Foundation and anchored by Qualcomm’s (QCOM) AllJoyn open source device detection technology, has released the AllJoyn Gateway Agent for remote access, device management and security and privacy control.

AllJoyn is an open source software framework that enables devices and applications to discover and communicate with one another securely regardless of brand, transport, platform or operating system. The idea behind the Gateway Agent is it gives consumers, service providers and device OEMs technology to connect to and manage AllJoyn-enabled devices and applications from external networks or cloud-based services.

In other words, it brings device detection and connectivity full circle, said Art Lancaster, AllSeen Alliance Gateway Working Group chair.

“There are millions of connected devices on the market and that number is growing exponentially,” he said. “The AllSeen Alliance believes that consumers should have control over these devices and their data, with the assurance that these connections are both private and secure. The AllJoyn Gateway Agent is the industry’s first standard way to connect IoT devices and applications with such confidence.”

The Gateway Agent can be installed on Linux or OpenWRT-based WiFi routers, automation hubs and other devices and it supports persistent remote connections without a special firewall or port settings, officials said. The technology is part of the “Designed for AllSeen” certification program that rubber stamps out-of-the-box interoperability.

Lancaster’s Gateway Agent Working Group is among nine Working Groups within the AllSeen Alliance developing code for the AllJoyn framework to address IoE issues such as lighting, security and analytics.

In addition to releasing the new technology, AllSeen said it now numbers 112 members. The organization made both announcements this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Last July, AllSeen gained big fish Microsoft (MSFT) as a Premier Member, joining a number of other IT heavyweights including LG, Panasonic, Qualcomm and others. The organization’s membership includes consumer electronics manufacturers, home appliance vendors, automobile makers, cloud providers, enterprise technology companies, startups, chipset manufacturers, service providers, retailers and software developers.

AllSeen is one a growing number of IoT and IoE consortiums all with similar charters to establish and promote a common discovery and communication platform for connected devices.