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W3C Interview: Vision Mobile on the App Developer Economy with Matos Kapetanakis and Dimitris Michalakos

18 February 2014 by Ian Jacobs | Posted in: Interviews, Mobile

In February, VisionMobile published Developer Economics Q1 2014: State of the Developer Nation, which “presents the latest trends in app development, based on our survey of over 7,000 developers” from 127 countries. I spoke with Matos Kapetanakis (Marketing Manager) and Dimitris Michalakos (Web Technology Lead) about key findings from the survey, especially related to the […]
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W3C Interview: Pearson Publishing on Digital Learning, with Madi Solomon

6 January 2014 by Ian Jacobs | Posted in: Interviews

In 2013 W3C launched a new Digital Publishing Activity. I recently spoke with Madi Solomon, Head of Data Architecture Standards at Pearson Publishing about digital publishing trends, especially related to digital learning. IJ: What is your role at Pearson? MS: Pearson is in the middle of a period of extensive, and exciting change, including my […]
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W3C Interview: Ericsson on the Transformation of Telecommunications, with Vish Nandlall

9 December 2013 by Ian Jacobs | Posted in: Interviews

I recently spoke with Vish Nandlall, CTO for Ericsson North America, about telecommunications, WebRTC, and the Web of Things. Ian: Vish, what do you make of news that in the US, the FCC wants to move the telephone system to IP? Vish: The battle between IP and TDM (Time-division multiplexing) has left telecom with a […]
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Interview: Avaya on WebRTC and the BYOD Olympics with Brett Shockley

28 October 2013 by Ian Jacobs | Posted in: Interviews

I recently spoke with Brett Shockley (Senior VP and CTO Avaya) about WebRTC, an emerging Web technology showing great disruptive potential. Brett has responsibility for corporate strategy, business development, Avaya Labs Research, and the Emerging Products and Technology division. IJ: What are the primary WebRTC use cases for Avaya? Brett: I would put them in […]
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Interview: Hachette on the Web and Digital Publishing with Pierre Danet

22 October 2013 by Ian Jacobs | Posted in: Digital Publishing, Interviews

In June 2013 W3C launched a new Digital Publishing Activity so that experts in the digital publishing ecosystem can hold technical discussion, gather use cases and requirements, and bring electronic books and Web technologies closer together. I recently spoke with Pierre Danet, Senior Digital Technology Officer at Hachette about the trend. IJ: Let’s start with […]
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Interview: Alcatel-Lucent on WebRTC with Anne Lee

20 August 2013 by Ian Jacobs | Posted in: Interviews

W3C and IETF are standardizing WebRTC technology to bring real-time communications to Web applications. Recently I spoke with Anne Lee, CTO, Advanced Communications Solutions Innovations and Bell Labs Fellow at Alcatel-Lucent about their experience with the emerging standard. Ian: How...
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Interview: YarcData on Big Data and Semantic Web with Shoaib Mufti

11 August 2013 by Ian Jacobs | Posted in: Interviews, Semantic Web

I recently spoke with Shoaib Mufti, YarcData Vice President of R&D, about Big Data and Semantic Web technology. YarcData is Cray subsidiary, accustomed to crunching lots of data. YarcData recently joined W3C. Ian: Why did YarcData join W3C? SM:...
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Interview: Oracle on Data on the Web – Part 2 with Xavier Lopez

29 May 2013 by Ian Jacobs | Posted in: Interviews, Semantic Web

This is part 2 of a 2-part interview with Oracle about data on the Web. In part 1, the focus is on the consumption of data by applications, such as those that enterprises provide to their employees. In part...
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Interview: Oracle on Data on the Web – Part 1 with Reza B’Far

29 May 2013 by Ian Jacobs | Posted in: Interviews, Semantic Web

This is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Oracle about data on the Web. In part 1, the focus is on the consumption of data by applications, such as those that enterprises provide to their employees. In part...
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Interview: Paul Groth and Luc Moreau on Provenance

30 April 2013 by Ian Jacobs | Posted in: Interviews, Semantic Web

Paul Groth (VU University Amsterdam) and Luc Moreau (U of Southampton) co-Chair the W3C Provenance Working Group. The group has just published 12 documents to support the widespread publication and use of provenance information of Web documents, data, and resources....
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