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Inktomi name and logo
According to the Inktomi website, "The company's name, pronounced 'INK-tuh-me', is derived from a Lakota Indian
legend about a trickster spider character. Inktomi is known for his ability to defeat larger adversaries through wit and
cunning."[6] The tri-color, nested cube logo was created by Tom Lamar in 1996.Executives
Prior to the acquisition of Inktomi by Yahoo! in 2002:
Corporate officers
- David C. Peterschmidt – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Dr. Eric A. Brewer – Chief Scientist
- • Keyur A. Patel - Chief Strategy Officer (turnaround)
- Timothy J. Burch – Vice President of Human Resources
- Ted Hally – Senior Vice President and General Manager of Network Products
- Jerry M. Kennelly – Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
- Al Shipp – Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations
- Timothy Stevens – Senior Vice President of Business Affairs, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
- Steve Hill – Vice President of Europe
Board of directors
- David C. Peterschmidt – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Inktomi Corporation
- Dr. Eric A. Brewer – Chief Scientist, Inktomi Corporation
- Frank Gill – Executive Vice President, Intel Corporation
- Fredric W. Harman – General Partner, Oak Investment Partners
- Alan Shugart – Chief Executive Officer, Al Shugart International
Mission statement
"The Inktomi mission is to build scalable software applications that are core to the Internet infrastructure."[6]
References
[ 1 ]SIMS 141: Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business (http:/ / http://www. sims. berkeley. edu/ courses/ is141/ f05/ ). Course Syllabus,
Fall 2005.
[ 2 ]Inktomi to buy FastForward Networks for $1.3 billion (http:/ / http://www. news. com/ 2100-1023-245643. html). CNET news.com, September 13,
2000.
[ 3 ]"Apache Traffic Server website" (http:/ / trafficserver. apache. org). 2010-04-22.. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
[ 4 ]Inktomi to buy C2B (http:/ / news. cnet. com/ 2100-1001-215079. html). CNET"
[ 5 ]Inktomi buys Impulse Buy (http:/ / news. cnet. com/ Inktomi-buys-Impulse-Buy/ 2100-1017_3-224817. html) CNET.com
[[ 66 ]]Inktomi website, April 28, 1999.