Edward G. Viltz Joins Public Interest Registry- .ORG Domain Registry - as President & CEO.Photo Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.022803/bb3 RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2003 Information Technology Industry Executive to Lead Efforts in Serving the Public Interest Through Management Of .ORG The Public Interest Registry Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit corporation created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .org top-level domain. It took over the operation of the domain from VeriSign on 1 January 2003. Afilias manages the technical operations of the . (PIR "Parent in room." See digispeak. ) today announced the appointment of Edward G. Viltz as President and Chief Executive Officer. PIR was created to manage the .ORG registry by the Internet Society (Internet Society, Reston, VA, www.isoc.org) An international membership organization dedicated to extending and enhancing the Internet, founded in 1992. It supports Internet bodies such as the IETF and works with governments, organizations and the general public to promote Internet , and is committed to setting a new standard for registry services in its management of the .ORG top-level domain (networking) top-level domain - The last and most significant component of an Internet fully qualified domain name, the part after the last ".". For example, host wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk is in top-level domain "uk" (for United Kingdom). . PIR is committed to meeting the unique needs and interests of the noncommercial Internet community around the world. Viltz, a former IT industry executive and consultant, has been involved in the establishment of school-based Internet and technology partnerships between the United States and African Countries. Previously, Viltz co-founded and served as President of Enterprise Integration Corporation, an IT services company, was Chief Operations Officer with Pulsar Data Systems, and held a variety of key management posts at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . In addition, Viltz serves on several non-profit boards including the One America Foundation and Progressive Life Center. He also served on the White House council on closing the "Digital Divide." "We are fortunate to have someone with Ed's skill, insight and commitment to public service spearheading our efforts at PIR," said David Maher, chairman of the PIR board. "His experience with both technology and nonprofit organizations make him the perfect person to fulfill our vision of making the .ORG domain to better serve noncommercial organizations worldwide." "It's exciting to be in a position of contributing to the continuing evolution of the Internet in world-wide noncommercial communities. We look forward to supporting the public interest through Internet education initiatives, new services and the management of the .ORG domain registry," said Viltz. The .ORG domain, which has come to be associated with noncommercial activities, is the Internet's third largest "generic" or non-country specific top-level domain (behind .COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. and .NET), housing over 2.7 million domain names worldwide. Late last year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers See ICANN. (body, networking) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - (ICANN) The non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for IP address allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system (ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) A non-profit, international association founded in 1998 and incorporated in the U.S. It is the successor to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which manages Internet addresses, domain names and the huge number ) Board of Directors selected ISOC's proposal from among 11 organizations bidding to operate the .ORG top-level domain. VeriSign Global Registry Services' contract as registry operator for .ORG expired on December 31, 2002. PIR assumed control of the registry on January 1, 2003. ABOUT PIR Public Interest Registry (www.pir.org) is a not-for-profit corporation created by the Internet Society to manage the .ORG domain. PIR's mission is to manage the .ORG domain in a way that supports the continuing evolution of the Internet as a research, education and communications infrastructure, and educates and empowers the noncommercial community to most effectively utilize the Internet. PIR is based in Reston, Virginia. PIR was created by the Internet Society (www.ISOC See Internet Society. ISOC - Internet Society .org). ISOC a not-for-profit, open membership organization founded in 1991 and is dedicated to ensuring the open evolution, development and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people. It provides leadership in addressing issues that confront the future of the Internet, and is the organizational home for the groups responsible for Internet infrastructure standards. For additional information on PIR and the .ORG registry please visit www.pir.org. A photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.022803/bb3 |
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