"New Industry Alliance Promotes Use of IP in Networks of ’Smart Objects’", article in WebWire, Individual.com + 6 other sources

"A group of leading technology vendors and users have formed the IP for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance, whose goal is promoting the Internet Protocol (IP) as the networkning technology best suited for connecting sensor- and actuator-equipped or "smart" objects and delivering information gathered by those objects."

"Founding members of the IPSO Alliance are Arch Rock, Atmel, Cimetrics, Cisco, Duke Energy, Dust Networks, EDF R&D, eka systems, Emerson, Freescale, IP Infusion, Jennic, Kinney Consulting, Nivis, PicosNet, Proto6, ROAM, SAP, Sensinode, SICS, Silver Spring Networks, Sun Microsystems, Tampere University, Watteco and Zensys." 

Read the article in WebWire or in Individual.com

Read about the alliance on the IPSO Allliance's home page.