Technology companies like Microsoft, with its Universal Plug and Play Forum (UPnP), are advancing home networking by developing open standards to connect these devices automatically to the Internet and to each other in the home, office or anywhere else, making smart appliances interoperable among different manufacturers.
The company is an active participant in many industry standards organizations, including InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) Technical Committee T10 for SCSI Storage Interfaces, PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG), USB Implementers Forum, Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), Universal Plug and Play Forum (UPnP), the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG), Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA), Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), and OCP International Partnership (OCP-IP).
The company is an active participant in industry standards organizations, including InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) Technical Committee T10 for SCSI Storage Interfaces, Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG), USB Implementers Forum, Digital Universal Plug and Play Forum (UPnP), the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG), Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA), Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), and OCP International Partnership (OCP-IP).
SOHOware is a member of BlueTooth, HomePNA, the Wireless Ethernet Compliance Association (WECA), Universal Plug and Play Forum (UpnP) as well as the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) and the California Cable Television Association (CCTA).
SOHOware is a member of BlueTooth, HomePNA, the Wireless Ethernet Compliance Association (WECA), Universal Plug and Play Forum (UpnP) as well as the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) and the California Cable Television Association (CCTA).
The Universal Plug and Play Forum was formed in June 1999 to help define solutions that simplify device interconnectivity standards and the networking of intelligent devices.