Dai Davies

FROM THE ARCHIVES...

Preserving the Internet’s “Spirit”

Dai Davies brought Internet connectivity to the academic and research communities of Europe and then to other regions of the world.

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Radia Perlman

HALL OF FAME HIGHLIGHTS...

Resilient Networks

A series of unexpected opportunities brought Radia Perlman to computer programming, where she helped change the course of IP routing history. 

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2017 INTERNET HALL OF FAME...

Video Profiles

Visit our Video Gallery to watch the most recent Internet Hall of Fame inductees share their own perspective on Internet history and issues currently shaping the Internet. 

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2017 INTERNET HALL OF FAME...

In Pictures

Find highlights and behind-the-scenes images and footage of the Internet Hall of Fame's 2017 inductees in our 2017 Photo Gallery. 

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HALL OF FAME HIGHLIGHTS...

Bringing Email to the Masses

As part of a small crowd of network pioneers at UC Berkeley, Eric Allman created Sendmail, one of the first Internet mail transfer agents and a key component of today's email servers.

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MEET OUR SPEAKERS…

Thought Leaders

With extensive experience in a range of topics related to Internet and networking technology, find out which inductees are available for speaking opportunities.

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Meet the Inductees

Hall of Fame Highlights

Radia Perlman doesn’t like computers. But she’s always been a problem-solver. And computers and software proved to have plenty of problems to hold her interest. It was only through a series of unexpected and unsolicited opportunities, however, that s...
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In THEIR own WORDS

Tales from a Woman in Tech

Radia Perlman

Radia Perlman is one the few female Internet pioneers in a field still largely dominated by men.

But, whatever you do, do not call her the ‘mother of the Internet.’ And she wants to make it perfectly clear that she is not a token woman in her field.

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IN the NEWS

The Guardian

Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s optimism about the future of the web is fading. 

The inventor of the World Wide Web, Berners-Lee has said that he views the Internet as an open platform of ideas that reflects society as a whole – the good, the bad and the ugly.  

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Internet HISTORY Timeline

Mapping inductees’ defining moments in Internet history.

IHOF Award 

2012

Five years ago, the Internet Society launched the Internet Hall of Fame, and has been archiving Internet history ever since.

  

"Internet History Timeline"

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Tim Berners-Lee on the Future of the Web

January 5, 2018

Tales from a Woman in Tech

December 12, 2017

Radia Perlman: Stabilizing Networks through a Winding Career

November 30, 2017

The Worst Internet in America

November 14, 2017

IoT Concerns Bring Eric Allman Out of Retirement

October 27, 2017

Sendmail Creator Eric Allman Brings Email to the Masses

October 17, 2017

Internet Hall of Fame 2017: A Global Celebration

October 6, 2017