CableLabs and Texas Instruments Newest Members of the UPnP
Forum Steering Committee
UPnP Technology Continues to Gain Momentum as More Industry
Leaders Join the Committee
Laptop Battery SAN RAMON,
Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5,
2004--The UPnP Implementers Corporation (UIC) and the UPnP(TM)
Forum today announced that industry leaders Cable Television
Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs(R)) and Texas Instruments
Incorporated (TI) are the newest elected members of the UPnP
Forum Steering Committee.
"It is very exciting to welcome CableLabs and Texas Instruments as
our newest Steering Committee members," said Toby Nixon, Chair of
the UPnP Forum Steering Committee. "I am confident that their
representation and valuable contributions will prove to be
important assets toward the continuing momentum and development of
UPnP technology."
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Thinkpad The Steering Committee provides overall direction to the Forum
and is comprised of organizations which specialize in the fields of
consumer electronics, computing,
home automation, home security,
appliances, printing, photographic devices, computer networking
and mobile products.
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Microsoft The UPnP(TM) Forum is an industry initiative with more than 690
members working together to develop standards to enable simple and
robust connectivity among stand-alone devices and PCs from many
different vendors. The UIC is a non-profit corporation that
certifies UPnP devices.
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Laptop Computers "With 18 certified CableHome(TM) residential gateway devices
certified to date, CableLabs is incorporating the UPnP
specifications into its CableHome Specifications. This will insure
interoperability of cable services with the growing volume of
connected devices that conform to the UPnP specifications and
protocols. CableLabs brings a service provider's perspective to the
UPnP Forum, representing over 80% of the US cable subscribers,"
said Ralph Brown, Senior Vice President of Broadband Access at
CableLabs.
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Laptop Computer "Texas Instruments focuses on integrating Voice, Data, and
multimedia content seamlessly across the Internet, media,
enterprise and home domains. We strongly support the UPnP(TM) Forum
as a provider of open specifications that enable connectivity
between multiple devices and are excited about bringing our global
expertise in consumer electronics to the Steering Committee," said
Will Lumpkins, Sr. Hardware Systems Manager, New Business
Development, Broad Band Communications Group, Texas Instruments
Inc.
year career at IBM, a global information technology company where he was a member of IBM senior leadership team. There he held multiple roles, from overseeing the company worldwide competitive and server sales to leading sales, services, marketing and channel operations for IBM software business in Asia Pacific. During this time he resided in Tokyo, Japan.
Desktop Computer In an additional Steering Committee development, Renesas
Technology Corp., a joint venture between Hitachi, Ltd. and
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, was elected to a
two-year term. Renesas had
previously served on the Steering Committee as the designated
representative of Mitsubishi.
Notebooks During elections, the following companies were re-elected to
Steering Committee seats for two-year terms: Canon, Inc., LG
Electronics, Microsoft Corporation, Nokia Corporation, Panasonic,
Pioneer Research, Ricoh Company, Ltd.. Continuing Committee member
companies include: Broadcom Corporation, Echelon Corporation,
Hewlett-Packard Company, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation,
Pelco, Inc., Philips Consumer Electronics, Samsung Electronics
Company, Ltd., Siemens AG, Sony Corporation, and Thomson Inc.
Lenovo About UPnP(TM) Technology
Hard Drive UPnP technology makes home networking simple and affordable so
the connected home experience becomes a mainstream experience for
users and a great opportunity for the industry. UPnP device and
service standards have been defined and published for Internet
gateways/routers, audio-video media devices, printers, scanners,
climate control, lighting and wireless LAN access points.
Travelstar During the past 2 years, millions of UPnP(TM) enabled products
were shipped throughout the world. Many of these products have been
certified by the UIC. UPnP certification creates the foundation for
interoperability and authorizes products to display the UPnP
certification mark. This makes it easy for consumers and retailers
to recognize products that correctly implement the UPnP device
standards.
Gateway The UPnP architecture offers pervasive network connectivity
between PCs of all form factors, intelligent appliances, and
wireless devices. UPnP architecture leverages TCP/IP and the Web
technologies to enable seamless proximity networking in addition to
control and data transfer among networked devices in the home,
office, and everywhere in between. UPnP technology can be supported
on essentially any operating system and works with essentially any
type of physical networking media - wired or wireless - providing
maximum user and developer choice and great economics.
Laptop Parts About the UPnP(TM) Forum
Software The UPnP Forum is a group of companies and individuals across
multiple industries that play a leading role in the authoring of
specifications for UPnP devices and services. Formed in June 1999,
the Forum is an unincorporated entity of over 690 consumer
electronics, computing, home automation, home security, appliances,
printing, photography, computer networking, mobile products and
other leading companies working together to design schema and
protocol standards for the UPnP initiative.
Hard Drives For more information about the UPnP Forum, visit:
http://www.upnp.org.
Electronics About the UPnP(TM) Implementers Corporation
Canon The UIC is a non-profit corporation that administers the UPnP
device certification process and the UPnP mark licensing. UIC
members certify devices that implement standards that are written
and approved by the UPnP Forum. The UIC has also filed for
certification mark protection in 24 countries worldwide.
Desktop Pc For more information about certifying your product with the UIC,
visit: http://www.upnp-ic.org.
Desktop Computers Join the UIC for the 2004 Fall "Connect with UPnP Technology"
Informational Summits in the US, China, and Taiwan. For more
information visit www.upnp-ic.org/events.
Think Pad The UPnP(TM) word mark and the UPnP logo are certification marks
owned and managed by the UPnP Implementers Corp. The names of
actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
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UPnP Implementers Corporation
Rob Ranck, 925-275-6645 (Executive Director)
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or
UPnP Forum
Karen Reff, 503-297-5090 (Administrator)
kreff@vtm-inc.com
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