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'''Kollective Technology Inc''', formerly '''Kontiki Inc''',<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title=Company Overview of Kollective Technology Inc. |website = [[Bloomberg News]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1051164 |accessdate=2018-08-10}}</ref> is a [[cloud-based]], software-defined enterprise [[content delivery]] (SD-ECDN) company headquartered Bend, Oregon, in the [[United States]]. Operating in 190 countries with locations across America, Europe and APAC, it employs 117 people around the world and provides its services to over 135 customers.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://kollective.com/|title=Home|website=Kollective Technology}}</ref>
{{Otheruses1|the digital media distribution technology}}
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'''Kontiki''' is a [[digital media]] distribution technology company, founded in 2000. It was acquired by [[VeriSign]] in March 2006. VeriSign as part of a major divestiture sold Kontiki to [[MK Capital]] in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kontiki.com/kontiki-video-and-content-delivery-management/press-releases/pr-080505-MK-Capital-Completes-Acquisition-of-Kontiki-from-VeriSign.html | title=MK Capital Completes Acquisition of Kontiki from VeriSign | date= 2008-05-05| accessdate=2008-06-16}}</ref>


Kollective’s technology is characterized as peer-assisted because it uses a combination of central servers and [[peer-to-peer]] communications. The company’s software-defined network is used to distribute traditionally high-bandwidth video and software content to the edge of corporate IT networks.
Kontiki's [[peer-to-peer]] software, the Kontiki Delivery Manager provides the basis of many of the UK's [[video on demand]] services, including [[Sky Anytime]]<ref name="sky_anytime">{{cite web | url=http://www.kontiki.com/company/press/2005/pressreleasesky.html | title=Sky chooses Kontiki's secure peer-to-peer delivery management system | date=2005-10-01 | accessdate=2007-05-01}}</ref>, [[4od]]<ref name="4OD">{{cite web | url=http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=194858 | title=VeriSign Provides Peer-to-Peer Delivery Infrastructure Enable Channel 4 On-Demand | date=2006-12-14 | accessdate=2007-05-01}}</ref> and the [[BBC iPlayer]]<ref name="bbc_iplayer">{{cite web | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,16749-1771573,00.html | title=BBC aims to become big in online television | date=2005-09-09 | accessdate=2007-05-01}}</ref>.
[[Image:P2P-network.svg|thumb|A peer to peer network]]
Formerly Kontiki, the company rebranded as Kollective following a major restructuring of its products and services in March 2015.<ref name="auto1"/>
Kontiki works using [[peer to peer]] technology. Rather than the user downloading the television program from a central server, the users download from each other. This may be why Kontiki reseller ioko claim that using Kontiki "reduces IT & network costs by 70%-90%" <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ioko.com/Partners/Kontiki/ | title=Kontiki | date= | accessdate=2007-08-15}}</ref> but this claim is removed from their site and ISP's [[http://www.iptv-watch.co.uk/14082007-isps-complain-iplayer-uses-too-much-bandwith.html claim]] the opposite: that P2P sharing extremely increases the network load compared to server-client delivery for downloading or streaming, increasing the delivery costs on a macro level.


== History ==
P2P has more data overhead for communication between peers compared to server-client delivery solutions.
P2P also requires multiple peers to upload the same data chunks to the viewer in order to offer a reliable stream or a fast download.
P2P is also unaware of the location of other peers, resulting in traffic hopping over many networks using expensive transit and peering connections.
The P4P initiative tries to prevent this, but this requires each ISP to implement P2P intelligence in their network. Optimizing for P2P can be illegal (in the past ISP's were sued for promoting illegal file sharing) and is an issue with [Net Neutrality].
P2P relies on consumer grade networks and can never offer a [QoS] unless the number of extra parity feeds is increased even more (resulting in more network load)
Most P2P clients are always redistributing even when not in use. This saturates upstream links and slows down network performance.


Kontiki (later Kollective) was founded in November 2000. From then to its acquisition, Kontiki raised $46.5 million in investment. In March 2006, the company was acquired by VeriSign (now [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]]) for $62 million<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.itvt.com/2006/03/23/kontiki-acquired-by-verisign-for-62-million | title=Kontiki acquired by VeriSign for $62 million | date=2006-03-23 | accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref> in a cash deal.
The Kontiki client (KService.exe) continues to run when a user closes the provider's application and will continue to share the user's downloaded content with other users on the network, using up the user's bandwidth without notifying them (except for the iPlayer which provides an option to stop sharing when the client closes). This can be particularly troublesome for users with broadband connections that include a capped monthly upload limit.<ref>{{cite web | last=Christostomou | first=Chris | url=http://mou.me.uk/2007/05/09/kserviceexe-channel-4-and-the-stolen-bandwith/ | title=kservice.exe, Channel 4 and the stolen bandwith... (sic) | date=2007-05-09 | accessdate=2007-06-13}}</ref>


Kontiki focused on the enterprise business, but during the VeriSign years, it also had a consumer-focused division, which was responsible for technology integration with products such as the [[BBC iPlayer]].
In addition, this software has several known issues, such as taking up 100% of processor time when running.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mion.faireal.net/BES/ | title=Battle Encoder Shirase | date=2008-02-09 | accessdate=2008-04-29}}</ref>


In May 2008, VeriSign, as part of a divestiture, sold Kontiki to MK Capital for $1 million and 3.98 million shares (an undetermined fraction of the spun-out company).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blog.streamingmedia.com/2008/05/verisign-sells.html | title=VeriSign Sells Kontiki CDN Business for $1 Million and Stake in New Company | date=2008-05-06 | accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref> According to that report, the rumored price was $40 million. Since breaking away from VeriSign, the company focused on their enterprise business.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2008/05/verisign-sells.html | title=VeriSign Sells Kontiki CDN Business For $1 Million And Stake In New Company | date= 2008-05-06| accessdate=2012-02-06}}</ref>
This extra bandwidth used could make UK [[ISP]]s put up their prices or use technical measures such as blocking or [[traffic shaping]] to deal with iPlayer traffic. It is estimated that an hour of iPlayer downloads at peak time would cost them 67 pence at [[British Telecom|BT]] wholesale prices.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/14/bbc_iplayer_isp_analysis/ | title=iPlayer Politics: Behind the ISPs vs BBC row | date=2007-08-14 | accessdate=2007-08-15}}</ref>
Kontiki raised another $10.7 million in funding in 2010. The round was led by MK Capital and joined by New World Ventures and Cross Creek Capital, an affiliate of Wasatch Advisors.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101020006253/en/Kontiki-Raises-10.7M-Series-Funding | title=Kontiki Raises $10.7M in Series B Funding
| date= 2010-10-20| accessdate=2012-02-06}}</ref>
In March 2015, Kontiki rebranded following a merger with Kollective – an Oregon-based enterprise content delivery company. Kollective now has locations in Oregon, Silicon Valley, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Bangalore and Düsseldorf.<ref name="auto"/> The company’s product portfolio has since expanded beyond video distribution to include software distribution, operating system deployment and enterprise content delivery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kollective.com/ecdn-solutions/|title=Kollective ECDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network)|website=Kollective Technology}}</ref>


== Kollective leadership ==
Kontiki has four parts: Network Publisher, Network Protector, Network Manager and Analyser. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.verisign.com/products-services/content-messaging/broadband-delivery/kontiki-delivery-management/index.html | title=Kontiki Delivery Management System| date= | accessdate=2007-08-15}}</ref>


Kollective brought on a new president and CEO, Dan Vetras, in May 2011. As President and CEO, Vetras oversees Kollective’s day-to-day operations globally and is involved in building long-term relationships with Kollective’s customer base.
==See also==
*[[Bittorrent]]
Prior to joining Kollective, Dan was President and CEO of Visible Technologies.,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/05/26/dan-vetras-new-president-ceo-of-kontiki.html | title=Dan Vetras new president, CEO of Kontiki | date=2011-05-26 | accessdate=2012-02-06}}</ref> where he was responsible for opening European operations. Before his role at Visible Technologies, he was President and CEO of Talisma Corporation,<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=48004| title= Tallisma Names New CEO}}</ref> managing the company’s merger with Moxie Software. Dan was President and CEO of Captura Software through its merger with Concur Technologies, where he was responsible for determining the company’s strategic direction and operation. Prior to this role, he was Vice President of Sales at Web Ex. Dan served IBM as vice president of worldwide consumer software sales upon its acquisition of Edmark Corporation, where he was vice president of consumer sales and channel marketing. He also spent seven years in sales management and business development positions at Lotus Development Corporation/IBM.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=432243&privcapId=1051164| title= Daniel P. Vetras: Executive Profile| website= [[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref>

Other members of the executive leadership team include:

* Chief Financial Officer - Barry Harmon
* Chief Product Officer – Eric Nguyen
* Chief Technology Officer – [[John Wainwright (computer scientist)|John Wainwright]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://kollective.com// Kollective home page]
*[http://www.verisign.com/products-services/content-messaging/broadband-delivery/kontiki-delivery-management/index.html Kontiki Delivery Management System]
*[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1051164/ Company Overview of Kollective Technology Inc.]
*[http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress/?p=2487/ PC Doctors Removal Tool] Removal tool for a clean uninstallation (NB link to removal tool now broken see below for new tool)
*[http://static.sky.com/kclean/KClean.exe Direct Download] of the official removal tool from Sky (found by RJ)]
*[http://blog.ipdev.net/2007/08/iplayer-technology-review.html IPDev Blog: Review of the iPlayer]


[[Category:File sharing networks]]
[[Category:Streaming television]]
[[Category:Internet television]]

Latest revision as of 04:31, 16 December 2024

For the South Korean agency, see DFSB Kollective. For the Melbourne group, see The Melbourne Ukulele Kollective.

Kollective Technology Inc, formerly Kontiki Inc,[1] is a cloud-based, software-defined enterprise content delivery (SD-ECDN) company headquartered Bend, Oregon, in the United States. Operating in 190 countries with locations across America, Europe and APAC, it employs 117 people around the world and provides its services to over 135 customers.[2]

Kollective’s technology is characterized as peer-assisted because it uses a combination of central servers and peer-to-peer communications. The company’s software-defined network is used to distribute traditionally high-bandwidth video and software content to the edge of corporate IT networks.

Formerly Kontiki, the company rebranded as Kollective following a major restructuring of its products and services in March 2015.[1]

History

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Kontiki (later Kollective) was founded in November 2000. From then to its acquisition, Kontiki raised $46.5 million in investment. In March 2006, the company was acquired by VeriSign (now Symantec) for $62 million[3] in a cash deal.

Kontiki focused on the enterprise business, but during the VeriSign years, it also had a consumer-focused division, which was responsible for technology integration with products such as the BBC iPlayer.

In May 2008, VeriSign, as part of a divestiture, sold Kontiki to MK Capital for $1 million and 3.98 million shares (an undetermined fraction of the spun-out company).[4] According to that report, the rumored price was $40 million. Since breaking away from VeriSign, the company focused on their enterprise business.[5]

Kontiki raised another $10.7 million in funding in 2010. The round was led by MK Capital and joined by New World Ventures and Cross Creek Capital, an affiliate of Wasatch Advisors.[6]

In March 2015, Kontiki rebranded following a merger with Kollective – an Oregon-based enterprise content delivery company. Kollective now has locations in Oregon, Silicon Valley, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Bangalore and Düsseldorf.[2] The company’s product portfolio has since expanded beyond video distribution to include software distribution, operating system deployment and enterprise content delivery.[7]

Kollective leadership

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Kollective brought on a new president and CEO, Dan Vetras, in May 2011. As President and CEO, Vetras oversees Kollective’s day-to-day operations globally and is involved in building long-term relationships with Kollective’s customer base.

Prior to joining Kollective, Dan was President and CEO of Visible Technologies.,[8] where he was responsible for opening European operations. Before his role at Visible Technologies, he was President and CEO of Talisma Corporation,[9] managing the company’s merger with Moxie Software. Dan was President and CEO of Captura Software through its merger with Concur Technologies, where he was responsible for determining the company’s strategic direction and operation. Prior to this role, he was Vice President of Sales at Web Ex. Dan served IBM as vice president of worldwide consumer software sales upon its acquisition of Edmark Corporation, where he was vice president of consumer sales and channel marketing. He also spent seven years in sales management and business development positions at Lotus Development Corporation/IBM.[10]

Other members of the executive leadership team include:

  • Chief Financial Officer - Barry Harmon
  • Chief Product Officer – Eric Nguyen
  • Chief Technology Officer – John Wainwright

References

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  1. ^ a b "Company Overview of Kollective Technology Inc". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  2. ^ a b "Home". Kollective Technology.
  3. ^ "Kontiki acquired by VeriSign for $62 million". 2006-03-23. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  4. ^ "VeriSign Sells Kontiki CDN Business for $1 Million and Stake in New Company". 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  5. ^ "VeriSign Sells Kontiki CDN Business For $1 Million And Stake In New Company". 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  6. ^ "Kontiki Raises $10.7M in Series B Funding" (Press release). 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  7. ^ "Kollective ECDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network)". Kollective Technology.
  8. ^ "Dan Vetras new president, CEO of Kontiki". 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  9. ^ "Tallisma Names New CEO".
  10. ^ "Daniel P. Vetras: Executive Profile". Bloomberg News.
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