“ZigBee and Wi-Fi work so well in the same environments that we not only encourage dealers to install both networks in their customers' homes, but you will see products from Control4 that have both networks inside the same box. As we were selecting transport technologies to use within our own products, we had no bias toward z-wave, ZigBee, or anything other solution. We selected ZigBee because it had the best performance characteristics and had the added benefit of being a true IEEE standard.

We have found our 802.15.4 networks to work well not only in homes, but also in the harshest commercial conditions. When Control4 goes to the Consumer Electronics Show each year, we don't even think about how the massive Wi-Fi noise there will effect our demonstrations. We know it won't. The 802.15.4 standard has proven itself to be rock solid in both residential and commercial environments and we couldn't be more pleased that we use it in many of our products.

Because of the excellent performance we get from our ZigBee products, there has never even been a discussion at Control4 about the need to move to a better platform in future products. As far as I know, there isn't a better control platform on the market. That is why you see industry leading companies such as Control4, Ember, Johnson Controls, Eaton, Texas Instruments, and others basing more and more of their product designs on the ZigBee platform.

While Control4 products use industry standard networks such as ZigBee, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet to make devices easy to interconnect, we by no means condemn or reject other solutions. Many products use different solutions for communications, and we are committed to continually adding to our database of thousands of third party devices so consumers can make the choice of what products they want to use; regardless of the communications bus.”

-- Will West, CEO, Control4

“Atmel Corporation became a member of the ZigBee Alliance because we believe they are developing a wireless technology that will be wildly successful. We are a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions and have been a member of the ZigBee Alliance for several years. Atmel is committed to providing silicon solutions for the wireless market and the ZigBee Alliance is committed to offering the only standards-based wireless technology that has the potential to really address the needs of low-cost, low-power, wireless sensor networks.”

-- Vicki McCann, Director, Marketing Communications, Atmel Corporation

“As a small company with limited marketing funds, the ZigBee Alliance provides networking opportunities and the chance to be a part of an ecosystem. San Juan Software has been able to leverage our investment in the ZigBee Alliance along with our contributions in the work groups to gain a premier position as a ZigBee trainer and as a custom software engineering solutions provider.”

-- Tim Gillman, VP Sales & Marketing, San Juan Software, Inc.

“Frontline makes communication test equipment for emerging wireless technologies. Our participation in the ZigBee Alliance has placed us right where we need to be: working closely with industry leaders on both technical and marketing issues. Alliance membership gives us early access to the specs we need and allows us to participate in key interop test events. Through the Alliance’s aggressive Open House program, we’ve met companies throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia and have built important business relationships.”

-- Eric Kaplan, President, Frontline Test Equipment, Inc.

“STG is part of the ZigBee Alliance because we want to help shape and drive this industry-changing technology. We help our customers develop products for current needs as well as finding technologies that will revolutionize their markets. ZigBee offers our OEM customers a cost effective and reliable architecture to build wireless sensing and control devices and applications. By leveraging ZigBee’s capabilities of low-cost and flexible networking with our ZigBee stack, tools, and commissioning technologies enables our customers can build solutions that weren’t even possible a few years ago.”

-- Chris Herzog, President, Software Technologies Group, Inc.

“Cambridge Consultants is a leading independent design and development organization that supports a wide range of wireless systems. Our membership in the ZigBee Alliance is proving to be an excellent asset from both a technology and marketing perspective. For ultra-low-power, local area networking ZigBee is a powerful and effective solution.”

-- Tim Whittaker, Group Leader Wireless Products, Cambridge Consultants

“Daintree Networks is a leader in test, visualization and analysis tools for wireless sensor networking. As a member of the ZigBee Alliance, we are able to work closely with other leaders to identify key issues and challenges met during development and deployment of ZigBee technology. We also actively participate in ZigBee Alliance working groups and all interoperability events to help guide industry efforts, ensuring that our solutions optimally address market needs. Membership in the ZigBee Alliance has enabled us to create the tools needed by our customers to get ZigBee-based products to market quickly.”

-- Bill Wood, President, Daintree Networks, Inc.