ADVISORY/Kontiki to Host Press Conference to Announce New Enterprise Applications for Secure, Managed Delivery of Digital Content.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Tues. (April 9) --(BUSINESS WIRE) -
What: Kontiki will host a press conference at InfoWorld's CTO Forum to
launch a new category of enterprise application software to let
businesses easily publish, secure, deploy and track digital media
-- with unprecedented security.
Who: Kontiki CEO Mike Homer
When: Tuesday, April 9, 2002 from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Where: Georgian Room at the Westin St. Francis Hotel (the CTO Forum
Press Room), San Francisco, CA
Background: On April 8 - 10, InfoWorld will hold its third annual CTO Forum The CTO Forum is an Indian Information Technology magazine published by Jasubhai Digital Media. It is targeted at technology professionals in enterprises. It also holds an event called the CTO Forum, a summit. focusing on the next wave of technology revolutions to transform the enterprise. Kontiki is among a select group of companies InfoWorld has chosen to highlight at the conference. Kontiki's secure media delivery network enables enterprises to safely deliver digital content used by companies -- like presentations, videos, software and sophisticated documents -- to its internal and external audiences. Kontiki has been selected as a CTO Forum presenter, a supporting sponsor and as the official distributor of CTO Forum digital content. Just after the press conference, Kontiki CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. Wade Hennessey will address the CTO Forum in the general session at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9 to discuss distributed networking This article is and to meet Wikipedia's , may require a , wikifying and categorization. Please discuss this issue on the talk page or [ replace this tag] with a . This article has been tagged since May 2007. trends and participate in the panel discussion, "Disruptive Technologies: From Annoyance to Reliance." RSVP (ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. To RSVP for the Kontiki CTO Forum press conference, and/or to arrange to speak with Kontiki executives, please contact Sue Bowdoin of Krause Taylor Associates at sue@krause-taylor.com or phone 408-918-9085. If you are not currently registered for the CTO Forum and would like to attend as a member of the media, please contact Theresa Pulido, InfoWorld PR at 408-532-1330 or email theresa@palettecom.com. For more information and a complete list of speakers and panel sessions go to: http://ctoforum.infoworld.com. About Kontiki Kontiki provides a secure delivery network for the distribution of digital content by enterprises to their employees, partners, investors and customers. Kontiki's enterprise application software lets companies manage the delivery of their digital content -- like videos, sophisticated documents and software -- directly to users' PCs, with full-screen, TV-quality video that is easy to navigate and use. Its patent-pending technology utilizes the untapped bandwidth of millions of networked PCs at the "outer-edge" of the Internet, resulting in substantial cost savings as well as revenue opportunities for companies. Backing the company are blue chip venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] including The Barksdale Group, Benchmark Capital Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups, including eBay. In 1995, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999 and resulted in one of Silicon and Angel Investors An individual who invests his or her own money in a private company, which is typically a startup. An angel investor is not an employee or member of a bank, venture capital firm or other financial institution that normally makes such investments. , L.P. Corporate customers include CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. , Loudcloud, Palm, McAfee.com, TiVo, VeriSign and others. Kontiki has offices in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Mountain View, CA, and can be found at www.kontiki.com. |
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