Peter Thoeny
Encyclopedia
Peter Thoeny is the founder of the project TWiki
(an opensource Enterprise wiki
), and is leading the project since 1998. In 2007 he co-founded TWIKI.NET (now Twiki, Inc.) together with Rod Beckstrom
, a company that provides collaborative solutions and commercial support around TWiki.
He is the co-author of the book Wikis for Dummies ISBN 0470043997.
He was born in Switzerland
, lived in Japan
for 8 years, and has now settled in San Jose
, Silicon Valley
.
TWiki
TWiki is a Perl-based structured wiki application, typically used to run a collaboration platform, knowledge or document management system, a knowledge base, or team portal...
(an opensource Enterprise wiki
Wiki
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
), and is leading the project since 1998. In 2007 he co-founded TWIKI.NET (now Twiki, Inc.) together with Rod Beckstrom
Rod Beckstrom
Rod Beckstrom is an author, high-tech entrepreneur, and CEO and President of ICANN.He previously served as Director of the National Cyber Security Center. Prior to that Beckstrom was Chairman and Chief Catalyst of TWIKI.NET, a company which supports TWiki, an open source wiki...
, a company that provides collaborative solutions and commercial support around TWiki.
He is the co-author of the book Wikis for Dummies ISBN 0470043997.
He was born in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, lived in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
for 8 years, and has now settled in San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
.