Open Connectivity Foundation

OCF is taking the lead in establishing a single solution covering interoperability across multiple vertical markets and use cases. OCF will unlock the massive opportunity in the IoT market, accelerate industry innovation and help developers and companies create solutions that map to a single open specification. OCF will also help ensure secure interoperability for consumers, business, and industry.

Billions of connected devices (devices, phones, computers and sensors) should be able to communicate with one another regardless of manufacturer, operating system, chipset or physical transport. The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) is creating a specification and sponsoring an open source project to make this possible.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

- Defining the specification, certification & branding to deliver reliable interoperability -- a connectivity framework that abstracts complexity

- Our open specification allows anyone to implement and it is easy for developers to use

- It includes predictable IP protection & branding for certified devices (via compliance testing) and service-level interoperability

- There is also an Open Source implementation of our specification - IoTivity Project

- This Open Source implementation is designed to enable application developers and device manufacturers to deliver interoperable products across Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, Tizen, and more.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

- We want to connect the next 25 billion devices for the Internet of Things.

- We want to provide secure and reliable device discovery and connectivity across multiple OSs and platforms.

- There are multiple proposals and forums driving different approaches... but no single solution addresses the majority of key requirements.

- To get industry consolidation around a common, interoperable approach.

- To build a broad industry consortium of companies to create a scalable solution.

WHO NEEDS THIS?

- Consumers, Enterprise, Industrial, Automotive, Health, etc. who want smart devices to easily interconnect and communicate with appliances, embedded devices, etc.

- Developers of operating systems, platforms, and applications who want their products to interoperate seamlessly across many brands and ecosystems.

- End users who want consistent levels of security and identity across smart devices down to the smallest connected appliance

President, Jong-Deok Choi - Samsung Electronics

Vice President, Imad Sousou - Intel Corporation

Treasurer, John Oberon - Cisco Systems, Inc.

Secretary, Abhi Kunté- General Electric Digital

Director, Charles Cheevers - Arris

Director, Ralph W. Brown - CableLabs

Director, David Cronstr?m - Electrolux

Director, Greg Petroff - General Electric Digital

Director, Matthew Perry - Microsoft

Director, Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr. - Qualcomm

Executive Director, Michael S. Richmond - Open Connectivity Foundation, Inc.