Interview with Mike Sommers, KickApps.com SVP Prod Dev; All About Web 2.0 Development

Show Notes

If you are a Web 2.0 developer, or are thinking of becoming one, you want to listen to the advice of Mike Sommers, the Product Development VP of KickApps.com. Learn about the social graph, SaaS development and the future of cloud computing.

Published On 12/2/08 under Cloud Computing, New Media, SaaS, Shows: Meet The Experts, Web 2.0, Web Development

Mike Sommers, VP Product Development; KickApps.com:

What is KickApps.com?
Tell us about your integration features of KickApps.com.
Tell us about the hosted solution of KickApps.com.
What is a social graph engine?
Do you provide programmatic access to the data stored in KickApps.com?
What’s the cost to a company for KickApps.com?
Do you license your platform?
Are you trying to create a Web OS out of KickApps.com?
What are your thoughts on standards for web OS and web widgets?
Are you guys following any of the widget standards out there now?
Do you support running other SaaS applications on top of your platform?
How are you encouraging developers to create more KickApps applications?
What’s going to make KickApps succeed?

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Marcelo Lewin currently hosts 3 shows, blogs and makes presentations about new media all over. He is the General Manager of Pixel Heads Network and the Director of Marketing & Interactive Media at ProMAX Systems, Pixel Heads Network's parent company.