At the end of last week, we spoke to Philip DesAutels, the Senior Director of IoT at the AllSeen Alliance, to get the lowdown on AllJoyn’s progress following the addition of Lowe’s emerging Iris smart home platform to the alliance, as well as five new members, including the ULE Alliance. The addition of the backers of DECT ULE gives AllJoyn access to a very exciting PHY layer, with access to protected spectrum. In addition to Lowe’s, the Qualcomm-founded AllSeen Alliance has welcomed RadialPoint, a technical support services provider, as a community member. The ULE Alliance, Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA), China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI Technologies), and The Energy Mashup Lab have all joined (pun intended) as sponsored members. AllJoyn…