Kevin Johnson, Juniper Networks
in conversation with Chris Anderson, WIRED
NExTWORK is a one-day, interdisciplinary conference that will feature world-renowned business leaders, technologists, and thinkers exploring the promise and peril of the network's future, as well as the most pressing digital issues and opportunities today.
Bio
Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson is editor in chief of WIRED magazine, a position he's held since 2001. During his tenure, the magazine has received eight National Magazine Awards and seven additional nominations. It won the prestigious top prize for general excellence in 2005, 2007, and 2009. In 2009, Adweek honored WIRED as its Magazine of the Decade.
Anderson is the author of two New York Times best sellers, The Long Tail and Free: The Future of a Radical Price. He is also one of the founders of Booktour.com, a free online service that connects authors on tour with potential audiences. In 2007, he was named to the Time 100, the news magazine's annual list of the most influential people in the world. Before joining WIRED, Anderson served as U.S. business editor, Asia business editor, and technology editor at The Economist. He began his media career as an editor at the two premier science journals, Nature and Science.
Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson is chief executive officer of Juniper Networks, the innovation leader in high-performance network infrastructure. Committed to transforming the experience and economics of networking through powerful, integrated software platforms, Johnson and his team have led the company to steady market share gains in both the enterprise and service provider sectors. Juniper was recently named to Fortune's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For and in March was recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Firms.
Prior to joining Juniper Networks in 2008, Johnson was president of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Division, where he headed the Windows and online services businesses. Before that, he was group vice president of worldwide sales, marketing, and services at Microsoft. He began his career as a software developer at IBM.
Johnson is a board member of Starbucks Coffee Company and has served on the boards of several nonprofits focused on technology and the career advancement of women. He was appointed by President Bush to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
Two or more computers and peripheral equipment (e.g., printers) that are connected with one another for the purpose of exchanging data electronically. Two basic network types are local area networks (LANs) and wide-area networks. Wide-area networks connect computers and smaller networks to larger networks over greater geographical areas, including different continents. Communications may occur over cables, fibre optics, or satellites, but most computer users access the network with a modem, using telephone lines. The largest wide-area network is the Internet. In the 1990s the World Wide Web was introduced and became the most popular way to access other Internet sites.
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