James Seng, the founder of Zodiac Holdings Limited (Zodiac), is well known as the inventor of Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), the underlying technology that enables domain names to be in non-English such as Chinese.
In the early stages of his career, James Seng’s mentor Dr. Tan Tin Wee inspired him to work on IDNs to curb the digital divide in Asia. With $24 million in investment from Venture Capital firms General Atlantic Partners and Network Solutions/Verisign, James went on become the founder and CTO of i-DNS.net. During this time, he was working on the standardization of IDNs as the Co-Chair of the IDN Working Group at IETF. He also stressed the need for IDNs at various forums such as ICANN, ITU and IGF and today, his efforts have helped make IDN an Internet standard.
In 2009, James was appointed to ICANN’s ALAC. He represents the Asia/Pacific region, and brings a wealth of experience in IDNs and the Internet communities of the multiple Asian countries he has lived in.
Currently, James is the Vice President of 21Vianet Group, Inc (NASDAQ:VNET)
Except where otherwise noted, all postings by James Seng on CircleID are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
2015 - Jun 01 | on | What's Going on in China's Domain Name Industry? |
2012 - Nov 15 | on | ICANN Clarifying Questions - Question 50 Focus (Part 3 of 3) |
2009 - Nov 23 | on | IDN and Email: The Harsh Reality |
2009 - Nov 21 | on | IDN and Email: The Harsh Reality |
2008 - Aug 21 | on | WiMAX Will Be Successful, as a Fringe Technology |
2008 - Aug 21 | on | WiMAX Will Be Successful, as a Fringe Technology |
2008 - Aug 20 | on | WiMAX Will Be Successful, as a Fringe Technology |
2008 - Jul 29 | on | Vint Cerf Caught Off Guard, Nevertheless Says What Needs to Be Said About Our Misguided Policy |
2008 - Jul 28 | on | Vint Cerf Caught Off Guard, Nevertheless Says What Needs to Be Said About Our Misguided Policy |
2008 - Jul 26 | on | Vint Cerf Caught Off Guard, Nevertheless Says What Needs to Be Said About Our Misguided Policy |
2008 - Jul 26 | on | Vint Cerf Caught Off Guard, Nevertheless Says What Needs to Be Said About Our Misguided Policy |
2008 - Jul 25 | on | Vint Cerf Caught Off Guard, Nevertheless Says What Needs to Be Said About Our Misguided Policy |
2008 - Jul 16 | on | Anti-Phishing and Hong Kong |
2008 - Jul 16 | on | Anti-Phishing and Hong Kong |
2006 - Nov 22 | on | Internationalizing the Internet |
2006 - Mar 02 | on | China's New Domain Names: Lost in Translation |
2006 - Mar 01 | on | Chinese Alternate Root as a New Beginning and Real Internet Governance |
2006 - Mar 01 | on | A Day Which Will Live in Infamy: ICANN Board Approves VeriSign Settlement |
2006 - Mar 01 | on | China's New Domain Names: Lost in Translation |
2006 - Mar 01 | on | China's New Domain Names: Lost in Translation |
2005 - Oct 04 | on | Neustar and .GPRS |
2005 - May 09 | on | Do We Really Need IDN? |
2005 - May 07 | on | Do We Really Need IDN? |
2005 - May 07 | on | Do We Really Need IDN? |
2005 - Apr 19 | on | More on Story Behind .ASIA |
2005 - Apr 15 | on | Story Behind .ASIA |
2005 - Apr 15 | on | Story Behind .ASIA |
2005 - Apr 01 | on | How India's .IN Domain Rouses from its Slumber |
2005 - Feb 18 | on | IDN and Homographs Spoofing |
2005 - Feb 13 | on | NTIA Nixes Privacy Protection in Whois |
2005 - Feb 09 | on | IDN and Homographs Spoofing |
2005 - Jan 29 | on | Looking at .Net Bids |
2005 - Jan 25 | on | How to Stop Spam |
2004 - Dec 30 | on | Engineers on TLDs: Do You Want Me With Fries? |
2004 - Dec 23 | on | Engineers on TLDs: Do You Want Me With Fries? |
2004 - Dec 23 | on | Chinese IDN in the News |
2004 - Dec 19 | on | Engineers on TLDs: Do You Want Me With Fries? |
2004 - Dec 08 | on | Internet Management and National Security: Time for a Federal Action Plan |
2004 - Nov 18 | on | Thoughts on IPv6 Day |
2004 - Jul 25 | on | 10 Reasons Why Involving Government in Spam Control is a Bad Idea |
2004 - Jun 19 | on | Phone Always Busy? Must be DDoS on VoIP Network |
2003 - Nov 07 | on | .Pro Asking for Second-Level Domains (Again) |
2003 - Nov 05 | on | .Pro Asking for Second-Level Domains (Again) |
2003 - Nov 05 | on | NAT: Just Say No |
2003 - Oct 23 | on | Site Finder as Starting Point for True Innovation Above DNS |