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Inventor of MQTT & IBM Distinguished Engineer | Andy Stanford-Clark

Published: Aug. 12, 2021, 9 a.m.

Please join us for a conversation with Andy Stanford-Clark. Andy is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Master Inventor with more than 40 patents. He is based at IBM's Hursley Park laboratories in the UK, and has a long background in the Internet of Things technologies.  Notably, he was the inventor of the lightweight publish-subscribe network protocol MQTT.  


Key Takeaways:

  • [00:00 - 01:07] Intro to Andy Stanford-Clark
  • [01:19 - 03:09] MQTT
  • [06:11 - 10:10] The Isle of Wight Ferry
  • [13:23 - 16:08] Hersley: What it is and how it fits into the IBM strategy of innovation
  • [17:34 - 20:34] Andy's thoughts on a hybrid multi-cloud world, and how IBM is approaching it
  • [20:46 - 24:38] The Mayflower 400 Project
  • [24:50 - 26:35] Andy's tech origin story
  • [26:49 - 29:24] What Andy is talking to CTO's about during his travels


Resources:

Andy on Twitter: twitter.com/andysc

Andy's website: stanford-clark.com

Mayflower Autonomous ship: ibm.com/industries/federal/autonomous-ship & mas400.com

Hursley Park Laboratories: ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/uk/en/stories/hursley_innovations.html