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One of the main problems facing the implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) is the absence of a secure, standardized and open infrastructure model for IoT services. In response, Freescale Semiconductor, Oracle and ARM (News - Alert) have joined together to work toward streamlining the development of innovative IoT edge node products under the ARM mbed project.

The companies previously announced that they had jointly developed a secured service platform that will help standardize and consolidate the delivery and management of IoT services for the home automation, industrial and manufacturing automation markets. Freescale's (News - Alert) "one box" platform combines end-to-end software with converged hierarchical smart gateways designed to establish a common, open framework for secured IoT service delivery and management. 

This week, Freescale announced that the one box platform now also supports the smart gird and telehealth IoT service verticals, suitable for both clinical and home-based deployments.

In addition, the companies plan to enhance the native hardware abstraction layer (HAL) ARM mbed provides to allow Oracle (News - Alert) Java ME Embedded software to run seamlessly on ARM-based Freescale Kinetis microcontrollers.

Geoff Lees, senior vice president and general manager of Freescale's microcontrollers business said, "The IoT is all about enabling and accelerating innovative new services, and we are encouraging smaller players to thrive and innovate, from both the service provisioning and edge node perspectives. Freescale, ARM and Oracle offer comprehensive, complementary technologies that work together seamlessly and serve as foundational building blocks for a secure IoT service delivery infrastructure.”

“The Internet of Things is an exciting opportunity that will only be fully realized if we can create an open, cross-industry platform to help customers decrease time to market, manage costs and securely deliver new capabilities for embedded devices,” added Nandini Ramani, vice president of development, Java Platform, Oracle.