About
Viktor’s entrepreneurial spirit ignited during his college years, driven by his geeky fascination with computers and security. His first significant venture, YippieMove, was an innovative email migration service that showcased his ability to master complex technological challenges. Establishing a remote-only model at YippieMove, Viktor embraced the flexibility and scalability it offered, allowing his team to thrive in a digital world.
Continuing his journey, Viktor created Blotter, a productivity app for macOS. Bootstrapped from the ground up, Blotter quickly climbed to the top 10 in the Mac App Store, demonstrating Viktor’s knack for developing products that resonate deeply with users.
During the early days of cloud computing, Viktor worked closely with cloud vendors and became an early adopter of Docker and Kubernetes. His expertise in DevSecOps and security made him a valuable advisor and evangelist in the industry.
The pinnacle of Viktor’s entrepreneurial journey has been the founding of Screenly, starting with Anthias, the most popular open-source digital signage solution on GitHub. This success laid the groundwork for Screenly's innovative digital signage products, attracting high-profile customers like NASA, Lowe's, and Capital One. A prolific blogger and podcaster, Viktor continues to share his knowledge and drive the digital signage industry forward.
Press, mentions and interviews
2024
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talk
State of Open Con, London, UK
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talk
BSides, Bristol, UK
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talk
Upcoming: SBOM-a-Rama, Denver, US
2023
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talk
Ubuntu Summit, Riga, Latvia
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talk
#QSRNext, Virtual Conference
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podcast
The Shobeir Show - Episode 27
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podcast
Default Global - Powering 10K Screens Worldwide: The Screenly Journey with Viktor Petersson
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press
TechCrunch - Screenly makes it easier to build interactive apps for its digital signage platform
2022
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press
The Register - Strong support for Snap and Ubuntu Core as Canonical meet IRL
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talk
Ubuntu Summit, Prague, Czech Republic
2020
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talk
Cloud Native London, London, UK
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podcast
Balena’s IoT Happy Hour
2019
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talk
Docker London, London, UK
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talk
Open Source Summit Europe, Lyon, France
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talk
Kubernetes London, London, UK
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talk
InfoSecurity Europe, London, UK
2018
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press
DailyDOOH - Screenly + NEC interview
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talk
Open Source Summit North America, Vancouver, Canada
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talk
Container Camp, Melbourne, Australia
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talk
Ansible London, London, UK
2016
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press
Sixteen:Nine - Podcast Interview
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press
Ubuntu Insights - Digital signage solution, Screenly, chooses Canonical’s Ubuntu Core
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press
Sixteen:Nine - Screenly’s Raspberry Pi-Powered Platform Shifting To New IoT Version Of Ubuntu Linux
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panel
CloudExpo Europe, London, UK
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talk
IoT London, London, UK
2015
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press
Syncsort - Interview with Viktor Petersson, VP of Business Development for IAAS provider CloudSigma
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talk
IoT Day @ BBVA Innovation Center, Madrid, Spain
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talk
Open Cloud Day, Bern, Switzerland
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talk
ApacheCon North America, Austin, TX
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talk
CloudExpo Europe, London UK
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panel
CloudExpo Europe, London, UK
2014
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press
Sixteen:Nine - Screenly Q&A: Optimization Crucial For Raspberry Pi Digital Signage
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press
Ubuntu Insights - CloudSigma joins Ubuntu Certified Public Cloud
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talk
Kubernetes London, London, UK
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talk
Zadara Summit, Las Vegas, NV
2013
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press
Sixteen:Nine - Screenly Serves Up Raspberry Pi As Alternative To Android Players
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talk
Pi And More 3, Trier, Germany
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talk
gSocial 2, Sunnyvale, CA
2012
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press
Data Center Knowledge - Currency Miners Cause Spot Shortages of Dedicated Servers
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press
Information Week - CloudSigma: One Tool For Many Cloud Workloads
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press
TechCrunch - YippieMove Wants To Become The Twilio Of Email Migration
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talk
NoSQL Road Show, Basel, Switzerland
2009
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press
NyTeknik - Flyttgubbe på nätet för över din e-post (Swedish)
2008
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press
CNET - Yippie Move migrates all your e-mail for ten bucks
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press
GigaOM - YippieMove Offers Email Portability
Other
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other
FreeBSD’s - Highly Available Storage (HAST)
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guest post
BitTorrent - Sync Dev: Securely Deploying Sync
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guest post
Weave - How Weave Net Enables a Global Docker Cluster with OnApp
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guest post
Rave Publications - Why Are We Not Talking About Digital Signage Security?
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guest post
Weave - Living on the Edge - How Screenly Monitors Edge IoT Devices with Prometheus
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guest post
Docker - Compiling Qt with Docker multi-stage and multi-platform
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guest post
Docker - Compiling Qt with Docker Using Caching