Organizations will work together to help further IoT industry market adoption

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC™) announce they have agreed to a liaison to work together to advance their shared interests. Under the agreement, the IIC and OGC will work together to align efforts to maximize interoperability, portability, security, and privacy for the industrial Internet.

Joint activities between the IIC and OGC will include:

  • Identify and share best practices;
  • Realize interoperability by harmonizing architectures and other elements;
  • Collaborate on standardization;
  • Support joint participation in conferences and events of mutual interest to provide technical expertise on removing digital integration and interoperability barriers;
  • Cooperate on the development of the open standards, proven practices, open-source and consortium-sourced solutions being advanced by both organizations;
  • Identify and provide opportunities for joint support of presentations at conferences and related events of mutual interest;
  • Pursue requirements to develop testbeds aligned with IIC and OGC concepts;
  • Participate in joint workshops and joint meetings.

 

“OGC recognizes the important work the IIC is doing in industries such as smart cities, energy, government and others,” said Nadine Alameh, CEO, OGC. “We are looking forward to our collaboration with the IIC as together we explore ways geospatial information can help to further the adoption of the industrial internet.”

 

“Through its liaison program, IIC is accelerating the digital transformation and its adoption by building industry ecosystems across verticals,” said Wael William Diab, Chair of the IIC Liaison Working Group and Secretary of the IIC Steering Committee. “We are excited to partner with the OGC who bring a tremendous expertise in the application of geospatial data across industries.”

 

The IIC Liaison Working Group is the gateway for formal relationships with standards and open-source organizations, consortia, alliances, certification, and testing bodies and government entities/agencies. The agreement with the OGC is one of a number of agreements made by the IIC's Liaison Working Group. For a list of current IIC liaisons, click here.

 

About the Industrial Internet Consortium
The Industrial Internet Consortium is the world's leading membership program transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The IIC delivers a trustworthy IIoT in which the world's systems and devices are securely connected and controlled to deliver transformational outcomes. The Industrial Internet Consortium is a program of the Object Management Group (OMG). For more information, visit www.iiconsortium.org.

About OGC
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international consortium of more than 530 businesses, government agencies, research organizations, and universities driven to make geospatial (location) information and services FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.
OGC's member-driven consensus process creates royalty free, publicly available geospatial standards. Existing at the cutting edge, OGC actively analyzes and anticipates emerging tech trends, and runs an agile, collaborative Research and Development (R&D) lab that builds and tests innovative prototype solutions to members' use cases.
OGC members together form a global forum of experts and communities that use location to connect people with technology and improve decision-making at all levels. OGC is committed to creating a sustainable future for us, our children, and future generations.
Visit ogc.org for more info on our work.

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