San francisco, november 7, 2008 bittorrent, the global standard technology for the delivery of rich media on the internet, today announced the appointment of eric klinker as the companys new chief executive officer ceo. On 1 june 2016, product and team were spun out of bittorrent inc. Eric has been an important part of bittorrent and its history and stays with us. View eric klinkers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover erics. Eric klinker, bittorrent ceo as president and ceo of bittorrent, the worlds leading p2p file transfer protocol, its not surprising that eric klinker is a firm believer in net neutrality. Jun 02, 2016 bittorrent wants to be a media company. Our story this morning was spurred by a blog post written by bittorrent, inc. The distributed web and the internet we build next. Klinker possessed a rare combination of traits he had the people skills to run the company, and he was. Jun 10, 2011 bittorrent ceo eric klinker said that his company merely provides the software, and it cant control what its customers do. Bittorrent made the decision to spinoff sync, the companys file synchronization service to newly founded company resilio.
Broadband has no regulator, bittorrent ceo says cio. San francisco october 17, 2007 bittorrent, home to the global standard for highquality content delivery on the internet, today announced that douglas walker, former ceo of alias systems, will now serve as chief executive officer and eric klinker, former cto of internap, will serve as chief technology officer. The system is designed to cryptographically ensure that no one can unlock a. Klinker was also appointed to bittorrents board of directors. Sep 27, 2011 bittorrent ceo eric klinker it was designed in its philosophy to yield to traffic, klinker said. Bittorrent replaces eric klinker with coceos jeremy. The main concern of bittorrent s engineers, klinker says, is keeping sync secure. Bittorrent replaces eric klinker with coceos jeremy johnson. Apr 21, 2016 current ceo eric klinker is stepping down but will remain at bittorrent in a technical role, a bittorrrent spokesperson told venturebeat.
Bittorrent spins off sync app into new company dubbed. Apr 25, 2014 our story this morning was spurred by a blog post written by bittorrent, inc. The system instructs bittorrent to take up unused capacity on a network so, for. Ceo eric klinker, who argued that a peertopeer architecture would help netflix deliver its traffic without having to. But here at his companys headquarters, where he was once ceo, hes now functionally a product manager. It can be again, writes bittorrent ceo eric klinker.
As a wellrespected and recognized technologist, klinker brings more than two decades. About eric klinker eric is president and ceo of bittorrent, inc. In india this week on a short visit, klinker made a whirlwind trip to pune to address tech enthusiasts at a talk arranged by pune tech and gs lab, a company cofounded by shridhar shukla, klinkers phd thesis advisor. Earlier today bittorrent ceo, eric klinker spoke at mobile world congress in barcelona, talking about the live online video broadcasting protocol known as bittorrent live.
Individual privacy more important than national security. Bittorrents datastreaming protocols account for 40% of all internet traffic. Brad buckles, riaas executive vice president of antipiracy, asked bittorrent ceo eric klinker to live up to comments made by former chief content officer matt mason. Along with bram cohen and three other venture capitalists. Broadband has no regulator, bittorrent ceo says the peertopeer vendor now has its own protocol to keep filesharing from hogging networks. Bittorrent has revolutionized the way publishers and users distribute and consume rich media on the internet and has an active user community with an install base north of 170 million clients around the world, said eric klinker, ceo of bittorrent, inc.
That was the message this week from bittorrent inc. Bittorrent replaces eric klinker with coceos jeremy johnson and. Klinker was promoted from cto in 2008, when the company was in dire. To the vast majority of technology enthusiasts the term bittorrent means one thing.
Tweet share post this weeks talk about usagebased billing, spurred by the growing adoption of streaming services like netflix s nflx and their impact on isps, has been a bit of a deja vu for bittorrent ceo eric klinker. Feb 05, 20 in an interview with techhive, bittorrent ceo eric klinker and marketing vice president matt mason talk about bittorrent labs, live streaming, and how the company is changing its public perception. As president and ceo of bittorrent, the worlds leading peertopeer file transfer protocol, its not surprising that eric klinker is a firm believer in net neutrality. He was instrumental in formulating bittorrents position on network neutrality, testifying before.
The statement is too broad, in fact, not to make bittorrent a little nervous. Bittorrent today announced a big business reshuffle. Oct 17, 2015 the privacy of individual citizens trumps even national security interests. The inside story of bittorrents bizarre collapse wired.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover erics connections and jobs at similar companies. Dec 02, 2011 this weeks talk about usagebased billing, spurred by the growing adoption of streaming services like netflix s nflx and their impact on isps, has been a bit of a deja vu for bittorrent ceo eric klinker. He was instrumental in formulating bittorrents position on network neutrality, testifying before the fcc as well as other worldwide telecom. Bittorrent ceo eric klinker said that his company merely provides the software, and it cant control what its customers do. As ceo, eric is responsible for an ecosystem of software, devices, and protocols that moves between 20% and 40% of the worlds internet traffic on a daily basis, and has more than 170 million monthly users worldwide. Bittorrent ceo eric klinker discusses the future of the company, how they plan to bring more legitimate content to its 100 million users and what effect piracy has on its business. Aug 07, 2015 brad buckles, riaas executive vice president of antipiracy, asked bittorrent ceo eric klinker to live up to comments made by former chief content officer matt mason. Bittorrent sync now called resilio sync ghacks tech news.
Broadband has no regulator, bittorrent ceo says network world. Along with bram cohen and three other venture capitalists, he is also on the board of governors of bittorrent. Prior to resilio, he served as president and ceo of bittorrent inc. Eric klinker is the president and ceo of bittorrent, an internet technology company based in san francisco. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover eric s.
In 2008, eric klinker, who was then chief technology officer, became bittorrents ceo. Netflix researching largescale peertopeer technology. Press company bittorrent delivering the worlds content. Bittorrent ceo eric klinker announced the project with a blog post, which reads in part. The decision of whether or not to allow internet providers to favor some forms of traffic over others.
Oct 17, 2015 the right to privacy should not be sacrificed to concerns about national security, said eric klinker, ceo of bittorrent, the company that pioneered highspeed data transfer. Klinker possessed a rare combination of traits he had the people. The challenge we have is the technology is whatread more. Despite having millions of internationally registered users and a green logo thats been a favorite target of enforcers, bittorrent ceo eric klinker denied the charge.
Apr 19, 2020 now, current p2p software provider bittorrent boasts 80 million users, which, as ceo eric klinker is quick to point out, is somewhere between four and five times the size of cable giant comcasts. Bittorrent bounces back from deathbed, finds unconventional. Naming of eric klinker to filesharing wunderkinds top post is accompanied by a 50 percent layoff and plans to close its media store, according. Eric klinker is the chief executive officer of bittorrent, inc. Bittorrent ceo sees danger in afact vs iinet the register. Tp will no longer be the cause of any congestion on the internet because of these mechanisms. Dec 10, 2014 bittorrent is taking the next step on its quest to decentralize all the things. Resilio, headed by former bittorrent ceo eric klinker, takes over sync and everything associated with it. Dec 11, 20 our team talk to eric klinker on bittorrent respond to the suggestion that it is synonymous with piracy. Eric is a personal friend and former colleague of both jeremy and mine. The company launched an inviteonly private alpha test for a p2pbased web browser called project maelstrom wednesday.
Now, current p2p software provider bittorrent boasts 80 million users, which, as ceo eric klinker is quick to point out, is somewhere between four and five times the size of cable giant comcasts. Bittorrent ceo denies utorrent is for online piracy. The right to privacy should not be sacrificed to concerns about national security, said eric klinker, ceo of bittorrent, the company that pioneered highspeed data transfer. Bittorrent ceo eric klinker addressed the connected creativity forum today, about how content industries can use data to make their content more discoverable, rather than seeing the peertopeer service as the enemy. After a tough year, bittorrent replaces ceo again cnet. As president and ceo of bittorrent, the worlds leading p2p file transfer protocol, its not surprising that eric klinker is a firm believer in net. In an interview with techhive, bittorrent ceo eric klinker and marketing vice president matt mason talk about bittorrent labs, live streaming, and how the company is changing its public perception. Ceo eric klinker, who told an audience in southern chile that the. Bittorrent usage is at the heart of afacts woes, but klinker says the matter goes back to keeping up with.
He was instrumental in formulating bittorrents position on network neutrality, testifying before the fcc 1 as well as. Broadband has no regulator, bittorrent ceo says pcworld. Ceo eric klinker, who told an audience in southern chile that the internet should be both free and private, and no citizen should be afraid to use it. Bittorrents ceo discusses new projects designed to shape. Klinkers new company resilio will rebrand sync as connect.
Bittorrent downloads lessons from past struggle we see nothing standing in our way, said bittorrent ceo eric klinker. Netflix researching largescale peertopeer technology for. Jan 16, 2011 bittorrent ceo eric klinker discusses the future of the company, how they plan to bring more legitimate content to its 100 million users and what effect piracy has on its business. The privacy of individual citizens trumps even national security interests. Oct 02, 2011 bittorrent ceo sees danger in afact vs iinet. Eric klinker is an american technology executive and is best known as the former ceo of bittorrent.
The main concern of bittorrents engineers, klinker says, is keeping sync secure. Bittorrent offers tech to decongest isps networks cnet. This landmark deal with marco marco weber, ceo of rapid eye studios is a major milestone for us and an aggressive expansion into the media space for bittorrent, inc. Bittorrent ceo eric klinker it was designed in its philosophy to yield to traffic, klinker said. Current ceo eric klinker is stepping down but will remain at bittorrent in a technical role, a bittorrrent spokesperson told venturebeat. Broadband has no regulator, bittorrent ceo says network. Bittorrent is building a decentralized web browser gigaom. With more than two decades of experience as a technologist and innovator, eric is one of the worlds foremost experts in the. A father, a husband, technologist and long time ceo of bittorrent.
Former bittorrent ceo eric klinker became the head of the new company. Apr 21, 2016 bittorrent names coceos in content push. Bittorrent names coceos in content push hollywood reporter. Bittorrent is taking the next step on its quest to decentralize all the things. View eric klinker s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. A distributed solution can provide scalable online livestreaming that doesnt cost more for each additional viewer. Nov 09, 2008 after a tough year, bittorrent replaces ceo again.
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