[damian2000]

There is a battle for control of the hub (server) - the thing that all of the connected IoT devices in your home talk to. This involves the hub hardware and also the software and protocol used to communicate with the IoT devices.

http://www.cnet.com/news/smart-hubs/

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/5/7497811/samsung-smartthings...

http://www.eweek.com/pc-hardware/dell-sees-pcs-as-hub-of-iot...