Signify, Cisco team up again for PoE

Signify has teamed up with its old Power over Ethernet (PoE) collaborator Cisco to provide PoE to Atea, a $1.1 billion Norwegian systems integrator that is sampling several other Signify smart lighting technologies including visible light communications (VLC) for location services and Li-Fi for Internet. The deployment at Atea’s new three-story Stavenger office is serving as a “living lab,” allowing Atea to showcase the technology while also using it, the three companies said in a joint announcement. Atea is a Cisco technology partner and is also joining Signify’s value-added partner program.