TV and other video media have been adapting to web infrastructure for over a decade. Netflix is now 18-years-old, and YouTube was founded ten years ago. According to a Nielsen report, the number of American households subscribing to an internet video streaming service has reached 40%, but there is still room for improvement. Video streaming […]
Shutterstock, Rawpixel The Web Payments Group of the W3C, an affirming partner in the OpenStand Principles, has been making progress on payment integration as part of the Open Web Platform and is doing a series of interviews on web payments. W3C’s Ian Jacobs interviewed Drew Jacobs and Tom Poole of Capital One, and Siva Narendra, […]
Never before has the need been more evident for open standards that support privacy and security. Olaf Kolkman, open standards advocate and CTO of the Internet Society (ISOC), (an affirming partner of the OpenStand Principles) has been focusing on the need for collaborative security. Kolkman authored this recent article for ISOC in which he asserts that […]
While the sale of electric vehicles represent a small percentage of overall vehicle sales in America, their numbers have skyrocketed over the past few years. As sales increase, the collective need to build, operate and supply charging stations represents an opportunity for open standards. Edward Dodge posted recently about this on the Energy Collective Blog, following […]
Bill Dutton, a Michigan State University Professor, closed the recent UNESCO Connecting the Dots Conference in March 2015 with an intriguing statement: “Over the past decade, the focus has been on the Internet technology’s development; I believe the next decade will be about policy and governance.” As Constance Bommelaer, Senior Director of Global Internet Policy […]
A recent press release announcing the strategic alliance agreement between the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) and the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) serves to underscore the idea that more open collaboration is necessary to develop the kind of interoperability necessary to ensure the success of the Internet of Things. Under the collaborative, information-sharing agreement terms, the […]
In a recent mHealthNews article, Carole C. Carey, Chair of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society/Standards Committee addresses the critical role open standards have in empowering medical wearable devices. It doesn’t require extensive research to understand the benefits of wearables for E-Health innovation. From heart rate and diabetes monitoring, personal wearable devices are helping […]
As the development around the Internet of Things, smart devices, and wearable technology continues to explode, industries that serve end users are zeroing in on the importance of interoperability and user experience. Open Standards can play an important role in these industries, as we pointed out in a recent post featuring Kevin Meagher, VP of […]
OpenStand is pleased to share that it has received a recent mention in the newly-published report, Ten-year Review of Progress Made in the Implementation of the Outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, prepared by the secretariat of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD). The report purposes to assist the […]
In a recent presentation at one of the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) Lunch Speaker Series sessions, Dave Ward, an OpenStand Advocate at CISCO, addressed the connection between open standards and open source, with the intention of opening up a conversation around the topic. The reality of the importance of this dialog became evident after Ward […]