The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard.

The goal of the ZigBee Alliance is to provide the consumer with ultimate flexibility, mobility, and ease of use by building wireless intelligence and capabilities into every day devices. ZigBee technology will be embedded in a wide range of products and applications across consumer, commercial, industrial and government markets worldwide. For the first time, companies will have a standards-based wireless platform optimized for the unique needs of remote monitoring and control applications, including simplicity, reliability, low-cost and low-power.

The focus of the ZigBee Alliance is:

• Defining the network, security and application software layers
• Providing interoperability and conformance testing specifications
• Promoting the ZigBee brand globally to build market awareness
• Managing the evolution of the technology

Ember is a promoter of the ZigBee Alliance and has a seat on its Board of Directors.