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Smart city and digital transformation specialists, Data Performance Consultancy (DPC), and wind turbine pioneer Enturi, have announced their partnership for a standards-based wind turbine and data management project. The collaboration will adopt the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) Secure IP Device Framework and pair Enturi’s wind turbine with DPC’s trusted data expertise to support both businesses and individuals in achieving their sustainability goals through the use of trusted and transparent data. DPC’s cloud platform DPC is supporting the integration of sensors into Enturi’s portable and decentralized wind turbines DPC is supporting the integration of sensors into Enturi’s portable and decentralized wind turbines. The turbines can then connect to DPC’s cloud platform to manage the secure communication and management of data. This approach enables: A customer application to control the turbines remotely and access live and historical data, a current challenge for the industry. Preventative maintenance via real-time data analysis. Data analysis to monitor and understand the impact of decisions on journeys to net zero.   Transparency of data to, for example, open up data access for carbon accounting as part of companies’ decarbonization journeys. Author's quote DPC is able to not only comply with UK green energy metering requirements" Brian Bishop, CEO of DPC and OCF President commented: “Our work with Enturi is a perfect example of how a standardized approach to connectivity and trusted data is enhancing strategies across industries. As the renewable energy industry innovates, both organizations and consumers must have complete confidence that their data is safe. By using the OCF framework, DPC is able to not only comply with UK green energy metering requirements, but with ISO/IEC standards to ensure the secure communication of wind energy data.”  In February 2023, Enturi was awarded £98,000 of Innovate UK funding to accelerate system development through advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation and rapid prototyping. Baselines for IoT security Alex Shakeshaft, CEO and Co-founder of Enturi, adds: “Monitoring and reporting on decarbonization in a secure yet transparent way is a huge challenge for the renewable energy industry. We are thrilled to collaborate with DPC to ensure both organizations and individuals can easily monitor and report on their sustainability goals. Our vision is to diversify clean technologies to enable businesses and communities to access renewable energy solutions to make significant contributions toward net zero goals, energy security, and energy costs.” DPC is a Gold Member of OCF, a member-driven technical standards development organization working to enable IoT devices and services to communicate through a trusted open internet protocol (IP) framework that dynamically aligns with baselines for IoT security and privacy regulations, offering peace of mind and enriched experiences.

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF), the global, member-driven technical standards development organization, has announced its new 2022 Board of Directors. Five board seats were open and the following candidates were elected by a member vote to serve a two-year term: Alex Wight – Lead PKI Architect and Principle Engineer, Cisco Systems (new), Betty Zhao – Standard Operation Manager, Haier (re-elected), Brian Bishop – the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Data Performance Consultancy Ltd. (new), Brian Scriber – Distinguished Technologist and Vice President - Security and Privacy Technologies, CableLabs (re-elected), and Wouter van der Beek – Chief Operating Officer, Cascoda (re-elected). Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) Together, the new board will continue the Open Connectivity Foundation’s work to enable Internet of Things (IoT) devices and services to communicate through a trusted open Internet Protocol (IP) framework, which dynamically aligns with baselines for IoT security and privacy regulations, thereby offering peace of mind and enriched experiences. Commenting on his appointment to the Open Connectivity Foundation’s Board of Directors, Alex Wight said, “I’ve joined the board to represent Cisco in the continued development of a flexible Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP-based framework for building secure IoT devices. I’d like to see the OCF become the de-facto standard for companies aiming for their IoT devices to achieve regulatory compliance and interoperability among disparate vendors’ products, and hope to support the OCF along the upward trajectory that it has been on for some years.” Development of IoT regulation initiatives in Smart Cities The OCF is one of the most promising standards in the crowded global IoT standards landscape" Betty Zhao commented, “The OCF is one of the most promising standards in the crowded global IoT standards landscape. Its technology has been proven to be solid. We believe that the OCF will be implemented more widely, which will benefit both vendors and end users.” A key focus for the organization is the development of IoT regulation initiatives in the smart city sector. Newly elected member, Brian Bishop, comments, “The OCF is set to become the standard of choice for infrastructure in the smart city environment.” Secure device interoperability Brian Bishop adds, “As a collaborative ecosystem of large corporations and SMEs working together to solve the challenges of today, this model can provide trust to cities and prevent vendor lock-in. The OCF’s open standards approach enables smart cities of the future to accelerate that process through the development of new supply chains.” Reflecting on his re-election to the board, Brian Scriber stated, “CableLabs believes strongly in the promise of secure device interoperability and the OCF remains the only complete specification that is recognized as an international standard, with a full-stack open-source implementation, a badging program, and collection of labs ready to test device conformance. It was an easy decision to continue to support the work that came from nearly 500 contributing companies, over the last seven years of intense collaboration.”