Philips and Cisco Team for Connected LEDs for Internet of Things

A global alliance has been struck between European energy company Philips and IT house Cisco Systems to use the Internet of Things (IoT) to power new advances in lighting for modern offices.

The alliance will bring together Philips’ light emitting diode (LED)-based connected lighting systems with Cisco’s IT network that will address a market estimated to be worth $1.1 billion. Using light points in the Philips system equipped with sensors and software, applications can be connected using Cisco’s network technologies.