Ember joins OpenSMA program
Initiative provides growing Security, Monitoring and
Automation (SMA) market with much needed support ecosystem
BOSTON, OCTOBER 26, 2010 Ember announced it is among
the first companies to join the newly formed OpenSMA program, an industry group committed to the growth and
development of the Security, Monitoring and Automation (SMA) market. OpenSMA is
spearheaded by uControl, a
major SMA technology provider and Ember partner.
Ember fully supports
the OpenSMA belief that an open, collaborative approach is necessary to make
everything in the connected home work, and work together. Emberwill work with
other OpenSMA members to develop and seamlessly deliver the digital/connected
home experience to consumers. The effort will ensure compatibility and
integration across all members’ products and services.
OpenSMA has five
membership categories: service providers, platform hardware, lifestyle devices,
apps and infrastructure. Ember, which develops ZigBee and other wireless mesh
networking systems, has a unique position within OpenSMA in that it develops
enabling technology that can be used by a wide range of members’ SMA products.
Ember’s ZigBee networking systems – chips, software and tools
–simplify the complexity of developing low-power, wireless products in SMA,
Smart Energy and other remote monitoring and control
applications.
“Vendor interoperability combined with a rich ecosystem of
security and automation products and services will make or break this market,”
stated Ember Vice President Dennis Natale. “Openness, standards and multivendor
cooperation is crucial for mass adoption of SMA systems in this new era of the
connected home. Consumers expect it. OpenSMA will ensure it.”
The newly
launched OpenSMA website (www.OpenSMA.com) is the hub for details about the program and
announcements – such as new members, as well as event details, whitepapers and
member news. OpenSMA membership information can also be found at OpenSMA.com.
About Ember
Ember Corporation (www.ember.com) develops wireless mesh
networking technology – chips, software, tools - for Smart Energy, connected
homes, as well as many other monitoring and control applications enabling
greener living and work environments. The Boston-based company is a promoter of
the ZigBee Alliance with an IC design center in Cambridge, England, office in
Hong Kong and sales channels worldwide.
About
OpenSMA:
Launched in the Fall of 2010 by uControl, OpenSMA is an
industry program committed to the growth and development of the home security,
monitoring and automation (SMA) market. OpenSMA is focused on open,
technology-agnostic standards and a collaboration of the widest variety of
players who power the connected home. OpenSMA members comprise service
providers, platform hardware makers, lifestyle device companies, application
developers and infrastructure players. The OpenSMA program fosters complete
compatibility and integration across all members’ products and services, all of
which are built on uControl’s SMA platform. Members include companies like
Comporium, Ember, SMC Networks, and OpenSMA founder uControl. For more, see
www.OpenSMA.com.
ZigBee: Control your world
ZigBee
is the global wireless language connecting dramatically different devices to
work together and enhance everyday life. The ZigBee Alliance is a non-profit
association of more than 300 member companies driving development of ZigBee
wireless technology. The Alliance promotes world-wide adoption of ZigBee as the
leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in consumer
electronics, energy, health care, home, commercial and industrial areas. For
more information, visit: www.zigbee.org.
Ember, Ember Enabled, EmberZNet,
InSight and the Ember logo are trademarks of Ember Corporation. ZigBee is a
trademark of the ZigBee Alliance. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the
property of their respective companies.
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