Program :: Janda Zdanek /Thematic Session V
Internet Providers Roundtable

Interconnection Issues for Competitive Communications Providers

Biography of Zdenek Janda

Zdenek Janda was born in Prague, Czech Republic. He's attended the basic and second grade school here. When he was very young at basic school, he's firstly discovered the big wonder and dimension of computers, as parents gave him first personal computer as christmas present. Since that day, computers and information technologies are following his life until now.

When on second grade school, he's studied economics and computer science. Many computer tasks was given him to solve, by himself, friends and later by number of customers, who appreciated the possibilites of information technologies. So he's learned very wide spectrum of computer science: Starting with MSDOS and Pascal, knowledge has grown with technology: Windows programming in Delphi, Internet and TCP/IP network building and administration, Linux C programming, PHP web programming and developing custom automatization hardware and software.

When he entered University of Economics in Prague, studying applied informatics, he's established first company. DeuSystems company is currently serving many satisfied customers of lo-mid business range, focusing on: Custom software development, internet application/server hosting and outsourcing solutions, custom hardware solutions and internet providership.

During the time, a great idea came out, as the necessity is the mother of invention. Many people had very interesting digital projects to start, but there was no experimental broadband network platform to use, create content on and spread it anywhere. Seeking for cost and speed effective experimental platform, he's started the CZFree.Net, project of experimental network medium and community; build, operated and financed by it's members.

Today, Zdenek Janda is the leader and manager of the CZFree.Net project. Together with continuing the company, his work and free time is totally devoted to CZFree.Net. Great possibilities and usages of the network need serious attention and good management to make them happen. CZFree.Net is the best platform for the people and business to express digital creativity, learn new technologies through the community and finally make the life more easier with a free time, which digital technology saves a lot.

Zdenek Janda's current philosophy is clear: make the technology best instrument for the people and learn them how to make the most out of it. CZFree.Net has the best chance to make the philosophy happen, and it's one of the fresh impulses, that can grow and evolve the society for the future, the new digital space of eEurope world.