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Open Source IoT Standards IoTivity and AllJoyn Merge

In-brief: Two, prominent Internet of Things standards: IoTivity and AllJoyn are merging, according to an announcement on Wednesday.

IoT Standards Mashup: Open Interconnect Gobbles Up UPnP Forum

In-brief: The Open Interconnect Consortium said that it was acquiring the assets of the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Forum, giving OIC’s Internet of Things technologies a potential platform of thousands of UPnP compliant devices. 

Microsoft Goes Big, Announcing Azure IoT Suite

  In-brief: Microsoft Corp. made a major play for the Internet of Things platform space, announcing Azure IoT Suite – a cloud based platform for accelerating and managing Internet of Things products. 

Trend Micro among 22 joining AllSeen IoT Standards Group

In-brief: The security firm Trend Micro announced that it was joining the AllSeen Alliance, an open source platform for connecting Internet of Things devices. 

The Skinny on IoTivity, the New, Open Source IoT Framework

  In brief: The Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) introduced a new, open source framework to connect billions of smart devices from a wide variety of vendors. But has the IoT standards horse already left the barn?