In this latest Talking with Talis podcast, Paul Miller talks with Tom Ilube. Formerly CIO at pioneering Internet bank Egg, Tom is now CEO of UK-based Semantic Web startup Garlik.

During the conversation Tom describes his background, the problem-space that Garlik seeks to address, and the role that Semantic Web technologies play in this. Tom shares some of his experiences in attracting investment to Semantic Web-based companies, and suggests that this is becoming easier to accomplish.

In the latest Talking with Talis podcast, Paul Miller talks with Eric Miller. Eric was previously Activity Lead for the Semantic Web Initiative at the World Wide Web Consortium, and is now President of Semantic Web company Zepheira.

During the conversation, they examine progress that has been made to date, and explore some of the ways in which the Semantic Web is being made real for businesses around the world.

Paul Miller is coordinating a panel at this year's World Wide Web conference, in the Canadian town of Banff from 8-12 May. The panel, Building a Semantic Web in Which Our Data Can Participate addresses the need for Open Data in delivering the Semantic Web, with contributions from Talis' Ian Davis, Peter Murray-Rust from the University of Cambridge, Steve Coast from Open Streetmap and Jamie Taylor from Metaweb.