How do Leaders inventions support the notion of Web 2.0?
Leader’s inventions reach back into the late 1990’s when most software developers were sipping margaritas and cashing in their stock options. Leader embraced many still prophetic ideas like XML and RDF to implement its inventions. This was during the time when the “browser wars” between Microsoft and Netscape were still raging. While most officiandos were mostly talking about convergence, Leader was inventing innovative new approaches for how to merge voice, streaming media and data into a common platform framework. We read that you supported Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco’s Hurricane Katrina disaster response with your voice and data services. The press widely reported that Louisiana’s phone network failed after the storm. How was it possible for people to call in to Leader Phone®, Leader Alert® and Leader News®? We get asked that a lot. The fact is, while Louisiana’s phone network was crippled, it never actually failed. Some phones worked throughout the crisis. The reach of worki
