The show demonstrated tremendous consumer interest in the prospect of bringing controllable devices into the same environment as digital entertainment, and manufacturers are taking notice.
For many manufacturers, the first step towards DPWS adoption is the creation of a small “device bridge” between their native, usually proprietary, code and Web Services.
An even greater sign of the drive towards market acceptance of DPWS is the introduced-in-2006 "ConnectedLife.Home" home automation package offered by US retailer Best Buy.
Within the SIRENA project, under the auspices of the European research initiative ITEA, Schneider Electric produced an early DPWS implementation targeted at embedded devices.
The EU Research Project SOCRADES composed by heavyweights like ABB, SAP, Schneider Electric, and Siemens, are focusing on implementing, testing and piloting prototypes of DPWS-enabled devices in the industrial automation domain.