{"id":100,"date":"2020-03-26T20:37:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T20:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/?p=100"},"modified":"2020-03-26T20:59:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T20:59:38","slug":"assia-joins-prpl-foundation-to-make-a-vendor-neutral-wi-fi-management-ecosystem-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iotspotlight.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/26\/assia-joins-prpl-foundation-to-make-a-vendor-neutral-wi-fi-management-ecosystem-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"ASSIA Joins prpl Foundation to Make a Vendor-Neutral Wi-Fi Management Ecosystem a Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Partnership to focus on the security and interoperability of embedded devices for the smart society of the future<\/em>. (News by Newswire.ca)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 25, 2020 \/CNW\/ — \u2013 Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.<\/a>\n (ASSIA\u00ae) the market-leading supplier of AI-driven broadband and Wi-Fi \noptimization software, announced its official involvement in the prpl Foundation<\/a>,\n an open-source, community-driven, not-for-profit consortium with a \nfocus on enabling the security and interoperability of embedded devices \nfor the smart society of the future. ASSIA makes it possible for service\n providers’ Wi-Fi management solutions to work with any Wi-Fi router and\n middleware solution and interoperate, scale, and evolve with technology\n and standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Reliable broadband and Wi-Fi connectivity are fundamental to a \nresilient economy worldwide.  ASSIA’s contribution to prpl will leverage\n the company’s decade-long pioneering work deploying advanced Wi-Fi \nmanagement solutions at the world’s largest carriers and creating \nindustry standards for internet connectivity,” said Tuncay Cil,\n ASSIA Chief Strategy Officer. “ASSIA gives service providers advanced \nWi-Fi management capabilities without getting locked into a \nvendor-specific data collection\/control middle layer.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“ASSIA invests heavily in creating industry standards and contributed\n to the interoperability of the Wi-Fi ecosystem by being instrumental in\n developing the Wi-Fi Alliance’s Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Data Elements\u2122 \nstandard, and the Broadband Forum TR-181 Wi-Fi data model. ASSIA’s \ninvolvement in the prpl Foundation will bring interoperability with the \nprpl family of solutions to its large carrier customer base and will \ncontribute to future prpl feature development for advanced Wi-Fi \nmanagement technologies,” said Robert Ferreira, president of the prpl Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Importance of Home Wi-Fi Management Standards
<\/strong>Wi-Fi\n management has become a defining factor for the delivery of \ninternet-access services, but the industry has been fragmented by \nvarious proprietary middleware approaches, which are difficult to deploy\n and scale, and lack smooth interoperability because they are aligned \nwith specific middleware technology and\/or customer-premises products. \nService providers can find themselves locked in by these suboptimal \napproaches. This lock-in risk increases as service providers attempt to \nevolve, innovate, and incorporate emerging standards such as Wi-Fi 6 and\n Mesh. ASSIA helps service providers avoid this lock-in for Wi-Fi \nmanagement by driving prpl open-source and related open standards \nefforts forward to create true industry-wide interoperability, with \nparticipation by all stakeholders instead of being controlled by a \nsingle vendor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASSIA has been an active contributor to open industry standards \nbodies since its inception. ASSIA contributes to the prpl Foundation, \nBroadband Forum, Wi-Fi Alliance, Wireless Broadband Alliance, NICC, \nITU-T, and ETSI Network Functions Virtualization Industry Specification \nGroup in creating industry standards. These efforts advance industry \nstandards that help service providers deploy infrastructure that \ninteroperates and evolves across multiple generations of technologies \nand vendor solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wi-Fi is Mission Critical Infrastructure for Life
<\/strong>To learn more about the value of ASSIA’s standards initiatives, read our latest blog “Wi-Fi is Mission-Critical Infrastructure for Life<\/a>”\n that discusses the importance of standards to assure reliable and \nsecure internet connectivity during challenging times such as the \ncurrent COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About prpl Foundation
<\/strong>prpl (pronounced \n“Purple”) is a community-driven, non-profit organization with a focus on\n enabling the security and interoperability of embedded devices for the \nIoT and smart society of the future. Prpl represents leaders in the \ntechnology industry investing in innovation in efficiency, portability, \nand compatibility for the good of a broad community of developers, \nbusinesses, and consumers. For more information about the prpl \nFoundation, please visit http:\/\/prpl.works<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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