WebRTC offers an intriguing mix of web-based access and real-time communications. Part of the excitement has been due to the aggressive approach which has been taken by browser companies such as Google and Mozilla in adding WebRTC to recent versions of their production browsers. As a result, any user of these browsers could potentially be…
About two years ago, Google brought a new communications initiative called WebRTC to the two best known Internet standards organizations. WebRTC is short for Web Real Time Communications and the intent is to enable complex real time communications of voice, video and data using web clients, web servers and related applications. Google has been advancing the work…
The recent headlines about the NSA capturing data related to phone calls brings up a familiar topic – security. I’ve been managing a session border controller product for the past year and I’ve often been asked if the product supports security. This can be a frustrating question for a product manager, since security is a…
I’ve decided to begin a new blog to talk about trends in communications technology. During the nineties, my company Human Communications offered innovative advice, consulting services, a newsletter and training to a broad roster of clients around the world. I also wrote, edited and managed communication standards in several standards groups including the Internet Engineering Task Force,…