ASHBURN, Va. & SAN FRANCISCO, May 10,
2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Internet Ecosystem Innovation
Committee (IEIC), an independent committee that promotes
internet diversity and resilience through the formation of new
global internet nexus points, today announced that Uber (NYSE:
UBER), has joined as a founding member.
Dr. Jason Black, Head of Global
Network Infrastructure at Uber Technologies, will be representing
the company alongside the IEIC's other founding members. Black
leads Uber's global network infrastructure team and has helped to
build a multi-billion dollar web scale company and world-class
network to sustain current traffic levels and support organic
growth in conjunction with roadmap development, planning and
execution.
The Internet requires networks to exchange traffic (peering
points). Since the advent of the Internet, these peering points
have largely been concentrated in a relatively small number of
buildings where networks are concentrated. The reliance on a
limited number of peering locations creates risk and limits
opportunity for more communities to participate in the Internet's
growth and economic potential.
"As new applications are developed and the demand for bandwidth
continues to grow unabated, this concentration of Internet traffic
exchange points may turn from an easy way to peer to a growing risk
based on a lack of diversity," said Clint
Heiden, Founder of the IEIC and Chief Revenue Officer of QTS
Realty Trust. "Jason is a technology and business visionary with a
background in engineering, mathematics, international business
administration and computer information sciences and a welcome
addition to the IEIC team with his ability of being able to sift
through complex issues and ideas."
Large internet business models like Uber are acutely aware of
the limitations and dependency on Internet exchange points which
are critical to their success. The IEIC's mission is to collaborate
with communities globally to create new internet nexus points
through partnership with local municipalities, academia and
businesses.
"The IEIC is an organization assisting the digital economy
globally and I firmly believe in the importance of their mission,"
Black said. "Now more than ever during these uncertain times we
witnessed the congestion of service providers and capacity
constraints. Now is the time to look ahead for cloud service or
content providers to ensure that they are building ahead of the
next pandemic or unforeseen event."
"The IEIC is a collaborative organization coming together at a
time when we all must recognize the importance of Internet
reliability in the new digital economy," said Dr. Vint Cerf, Google Chief Internet Evangelist and
co-Founder of the Internet. "The malleability of the layered
Internet continues to surprise and gratify me as many others look
for new ways to apply this very general infrastructure."
The IEIC is preparing to announce an upcoming Virtual Summit
Series beginning in late May 2020
featuring notable industry leaders including Dr. Vint Cerf and Dr. Ken
Washington, CTO of Ford Motor Company. The online series
will address key considerations for enterprise and government
leaders in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic that is reshaping
our society into a global remote workforce. Each Virtual
Series event will feature a live 20 minute keynote address from a
recognized industry leader followed by 40 minute panel discussions
with participating CEOs, CTOs, and COOs from industry giants,
universities and municipalities such as Google, Ford Motor Company,
Cigna, Uber, Hilton, Telia Carrier,
CenturyLink, Ciena, Blade, Freddie Mac, Telxius, Virginia Commonwealth University, Henrico County and others.
About Uber
Uber's mission is to create opportunity
through movement. We started in 2010 to solve a simple problem: how
do you get access to a ride at the touch of a button? More than 15
billion trips later, we're building products to get people closer
to where they want to be. By changing how people, food, and things
move through cities, Uber is a platform that opens up the world to
new possibilities.
About the Internet Ecosystem Innovation Committee
The
IEIC is an independent committee that promotes Internet
diversity forming new global Internet nexus points. The mission of
IEIC is to partner with communities globally to create new Internet
nexus points through public and private partnerships with local
municipalities, academia and businesses. The Founding Members of
IEIC are industry luminaries from many of the world's most
respected companies and leaders including: Vint Cerf/Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Clint Heiden/QTS (NYSE: QTS), Steve Alexander/Ciena (NYSE: CIEN), Rafael Arranz/Telxius, Jason Black/Uber (NYSE: UBER), Mark Boxer/Cigna, Barbara Boyan/Virginia
Commonwealth University (VCU), Andrew Dugan/CenturyLink, Staffan
Göjeryd/Telia Carrier (OMX: Telia1),
Jon Greaves/QTS (NYSE:
QTS), Anne Holton/Former Virginia Secretary of
Education, Asher Kagan/Blade, Michael
Leidinger/Hilton (NYSE: HLT), Josh
Levi/Data Center Coalition, Vinay
Nagpal/InterGlobix, Krishna
Narayanaswamy/Netskope, Frank
Nazzaro/FreddieMac, and Ken
Washington/Ford (NYSE: F). For additional information visit:
www.ieicco.com
IEIC Media Contact:
Carter B.
Cromley
(703) 861-7245
ccromley@cox.net
Uber Media Contact:
press@uber.com
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