Laurent Eschenauer

The news is out, we informed today the onesocialweb community that both @alardw and myself will be leaving Vodafone in the near future. As announced a while ago, our research center in Maastricht is closing, and we did not manage to find an arrangement that would make it work for us. This is a very sad moment for me, I had invested a lot in this project and it was so exciting to contribute to the federated social web movement.

As with every life event, it can also be seen as an opportunity. For me, this is the chance to move away from a big co and finally embark in a true startup adventure. I can't say much at this stage, but it will be an exciting project, a great team, and a very hot topic: cloud computing. 

For now, I'll take a sabbatical for a few weeks, and focus on family, work in the (new) house, read books, and work on the next steps. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks and don't hesitate to get in touch if you want to discuss this more.