The AllSeen Alliance is expanding the reach of its AllJoyn Internet of Things framework with bridging software that lets other types of devices look like part of the same family.AllJoyn is one of several emerging ways to make different IoT devices and applications find each other and work together securely. Along with alternatives such as IoTivity, it’s in the running for implementation in the many new IoT products expected to hit the market in the coming years. A handful of products including IoT gateways, wireless speaker systems and a hot-water heater already have AllJoyn certification.But making devices talk over a network is nothing new, and different protocols will exist side-by-side for a while. The AllSeen Alliance aims to tackle that issue in part with open-source software that Microsoft contributed to the AllJoyn project, called the AllJoyn DSB (Device System Bridge). AllSeen calls the DSB a “superconnector” because it could bring AllJoyn devices into contact with many other new and legacy IoT platforms in a way that looks native.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here