Later this month, W3C is hosting a one-of-a-kind event to examine the intersection of Web and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies. The Web & Virtual Reality Workshop, held October 19-20 in Mountain View, CA, will bring together practitioners of both technologies, allowing an opportunity for discussion and sharing of experiences to improve the Open Web Platform […]

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Earlier this year, OpenStand Principles affirming partner, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) hosted IETF 96 in Berlin, Germany. More than a thousand engineers attended the meeting, spending a week reviewing the latest issues and areas of interest in Internet protocol engineering. As part of this meeting, the IETF offers the opportunity for new development […]

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The Internet Architecture Board (IAB), via IAB Chair Andrew Sullivan, recently responded to a Request for Comment from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on “The Benefits, Challenges, and Potential Roles for the Government in Fostering the Advancement of the Internet of Things.” The IAB, an Affirming Partner of the OpenStand Principles, offered these […]

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According to Industrial IoT 5g, cities implementing smart technologies to manage public utilities like water or power and to help coordinate traffic are estimated to spend upwards of $1.12 trillion on moving new initiatives forward by 2025. Most of the technology they are looking to implement is proprietary in nature, meaning that the specifications that […]

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It took time for the Internet to evolve and mature into what it is today – growth aligned to a maturing marketplace. According to Dan Rowinkski in his article How the Internet of Things Will Evolve Just Like the Internet, the same will be true about the Internet of Things (IoT). The general growth of the […]

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Flemish Belgian public broadcaster VRT has carried out the first open-standards all IP-based live broadcast, according to The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). The broadcast, a performance at the Bozar concert hall in Brussels, Belgium, took place in January of 2016. While this is the second reported live IP-based production, this is the first produced […]

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On Tuesday, June 21st, Karen McCabe, Senior Director of Technology Policy and International Affairs at IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), led a panel with several global leaders on Open Standards and the Internet of Things (IoT) at the International Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) forum at the 2016 OECD Ministerial on the Digital Economy.  Joining her were: […]

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Alan Woolhouse, Chair of the Weightless SIG Marketing Working Group, recently published a series of articles dedicated to Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN)  technologies and solutions. His final article in the series focuses on the positives, the negatives, and the intricacies of leveraging proprietary technologies vs. open standards in choosing LPWAN technology. The arguments in favor of open […]

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Image: DNS Africa Do you have an idea on how to better Internet protocols? Or a suggestion for something new? If so, do you know how to make those ideas and opinions heard? The internet is built on a history of new and novel ideas from all sorts of people and places. That is what […]

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Image: Kanchana Koyjai In an announcement earlier this year, major Internet industry leaders invested in the future success of IoT by creating the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF). The OCF was created with a goal to unify IoT development in order to allow companies and developers to work together to create specifications, protocols and open source projects […]

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