ioko Timeline

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ioko Timeline

• 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
  2004, 2005, 2006

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Background

• In 1996 Mark Christie and David Griffiths founded
  ioko, then named Infocom, to provide cutting edge
  technology services to the UK market. Core to the
  vision was delivering both managed services and
  application development services across a broad
  spectrum of technologies. From day one passion
  for technology was at the heart of iokos
  values. iokos goal has been to develop a
  business based on that passion and to harness it
  within a commercial landscape.
• To this day, ioko employees are renowned for
  their passion and excellence in technology. Those
  characteristics have defined iokos journey to
  establish itself in the UK market. ioko is the
  most successful privately held technology
  services provider in the UK.

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1996

• Infocom begins trading
• First five major customers on board
• IMS Health
• BT
• Law Society
• NHS
• Bass Plc
• 9 employees
• "ioko works with us as true partners they are a
  seamless extension of my IT function
• Gordon Paton, European Production Director IMS
  Health

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1997

• Carelink NHS Services launched
• New wins - 10 major clients on board
• Bass Plc, BT, Dunn Bradsheet, IMS Health,
  Alliance Leicester, Law Society, Netfire, NHS
  Executive, Sainsbury and Smith Nephew
• ioko becomes one of only three companies in the
  world allowed to host onto the NHSnet/N3 network
  by the NHS
• 13 employees
• 28 customers
• We have trust in ioko to work with both the
  Business and IT communities to help deliver
  solutions that meet the business objectives of
  Bass Brewers.
• Carolyn Galbraith, Senior Business Analyst, Bass
  Brewers

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1998

• New wins
• ioko becomes leading technology partner for
  Diageo
• ioko develops and supports artists web sites for
  Virgin Music
• ioko delivers 1st 1M project to Bass Brewers
• 27 employees
• 30 customers
• The quality of service that we are getting is
  second to none. You guys are really getting it
  right.
• Maria Grant, Global INet Support, Diageo

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1999

• New wins
• ioko strengthens media capability with EMI and
  Fox Kids
• ioko builds Shells on-line infrastructure for
  global websites
• ioko develops workflow based application for
  Airmiles Call Centre
• 100th employee joins the company
• 40 customers
• ioko knows EMI's technology infrastructure, is
  flexible and implements projects quickly and
  without fuss.
• Chris Rogers, Global Technology Director, EMI

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2000

• Over 1M sales/month
• ioko establishes long-term partnership with
  Vignette
• Awarded Microsoft Gold Partner Status
• New wins
• Carelinks 200th NHS customer comes board
• ioko delivers 1st Websphere implementation for
  BskyB Video Lounge
• ioko supports go-live of new on-line
  infrastructure for Channel 4 websites
• 130 employees
• 49 customers
• ioko have consistently demonstrated excellent
  platform development and support skills
  throughout the years we have worked with them
• Reehan Sheikh, Strategy Architecture, BSkyB

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2001

• Infocom re-brands as ioko
• Awarded top 50 ranking Sunday Times ARM TechTrack
  100
• Ranked 12th Deloitte Touche Technology Fast 50
  Awards
• Awarded Deloitte Touche Technology European
  Fast 500
• New HQ in York Science Park
• New project management offices in Mayfair
• New wins
• ioko supports go-live of new on-line
  infrastructure for GlaxoSmithKline
• ioko delivers infrastructure support services for
  Warner Music
• ioko delivers 1st European MS Biztalk
  implementation for barbox
• 140 employees
• 58 customers
• We chose ioko to provide the service as they are
  experienced at delivering 24/7 operations and are
  accustomed to scaling infrastructures for major
  corporations, this coupled with their knowledge
  of the application made them a natural partner.
• Bill Simcox, Director of Marketing and Content
  Development, barbox Ltd

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2002

• Top 50 ranking in Sunday Times ARM TechTrack 100
  for 2nd year running
• Deloitte Touche Technology European Fast 500
• Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100
• Government Computing Innovation Awards 2002
  Winner (Winbeds)
• European Growth Plus Awards
• ioko becomes Microsoft Certified Partner
• New wins
• ioko develops key applications for Hutchinson 3G
  network
• ioko rolls out new IT infrastructure and
  business applications suite for Esporta
• ioko develops Winbeds Bed Management System with
  IMS Health
• 150 employees
• 62 customers
• "I have been impressed by ioko's ability to
  deliver to tight schedules on a fixed budget
• Martin Ryland, Senior Project Manager, Hutchinson
  3G

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2003

• Selected to join Microsofts Internet Portal
  Community -
• 1 of only 10 UK companies
• Awarded 2003 Healthcare IT Effectiveness Award
  Best Use of IT in any Healthcare Sector for
  Winbeds
• New Wins
• ioko builds end-to-end content streaming
  solution for RAW Communications ioko is awarded
  contract for Siemens
• ioko delivers knowledge management solution to
  NHS Modernisation Agency
• 157 employees
• 72 customers
• ioko just get on with it
• Steve Lowden, Head Of Operations, NHS
  Modernisation Agency

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2004

• Carelink launches unique Shared Microsoft CMS
  Platform for NHS
• ioko achieves Microsoft Gold Partner status
• Microsoft Gold Partne r 1st Competency
  Information Worker
• Microsoft Business Solutions Gold partner  -
  CRM
• HP ITIL compliant and Service Desk introduced
• New wins
• ioko delivers website services for Eli Lilly
• ioko supports Watson Wyatts Vignette platform
• 165 employees
• 78 customers
• iokos strengths are technical capability,
  teamwork, adaptability, simple contracts and
  pricing, and a good relationship with IT vendors
  
• Gartner

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2005

• ioko launches Media Practice worldwide
• ioko and Kontiki forge media alliance
• ioko becomes Sun iforce Partner Solution
  Provider
• Awarded 9th Microsoft Gold Competency for
  security solutions
• ioko breaks into top 3 World Wide System
  Integrators as ranked by MS
• New wins
• ioko hosts and supports BAAs web
  infrastructure, the worlds largest airport
  company
• ioko delivers architecture design,
  infrastructure implementation and development
  services to Punch Taverns
• ioko delivers 1st secure peer-to-peer
  Video-on-Demand system with Kontiki for BBC
• Establish BS7799 programme
• 175 employees
• 84 customers

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2006

• ioko forges partnership with Autonomy
• Gains full BS7799 security certification
• Successfully re-certified as IS027001
• Carelink achieves West Yorkshire NHS SHA
  Modernisation Award
• New Wins
• ioko delivers global web consolidation project
  for Wyeth
• Project wins with both BBC and News
  International further endorse iokos Media
  capability
• ioko supports launch of award winning Sky by
  Broadband movie and sports download service
• 200 employees
• 90 customers
• 20M revenue a record year

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Did you know that

• ioko support the infrastructure for
• BSkyB skysports.com, skymovies.com, sky.com 
• Esporta the fastest growing health-club in the
  UK
•  BAA the largest airport company in the world
•  EMI third largest music company in the world
•  Punch Taverns the largest pub operating
  company in the UK
•  Diageo the largest drinks company in the UK
• C4 broadcaster of the year 2006
• Alliance Leicester which transacts billions
  of pounds per annum

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Did you know that

• Channel 4 ioko hosts and manages channel4.com
• barbox ioko built barbox, at the time the UKs
  second largest eCommerce platform behind
  tesco.com
• IMS Health ioko built and runs the network
  connecting pharmacies to the NHS as part of the
  largest IT project in Europe
• Coors ioko has delivered over 100 applications
  for their business and provide management of key
  elements of their IT infrastructure
• Vignette ioko has the largest and most
  experienced UK Vignette Practice. Building and
  supporting Vignette systems since 1998 ioko is
  Vignettes oldest UK partner and worked on every
  major release
• Sun Microsystems ioko implements and manage Sun
  based solutions for UK's largest Enterprises such
  as EMI, BAA, Sky, Eli Lilly and Camelot
• NHS ioko is one of only three companies in the
  world allowed to host onto the NHSnet/N3 network
  by the NHS

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A number of industry firsts

• 1st Websphere 4 implementation in UK
• 1st MS DRM implementation in Europe
• 1st Vignette V7 implementation in the UK
• 1st UK online Internet shopping system
• 1st European commercial Microsoft .NET
  implementation
• 1st European Windows Media 7 implementation
• 1st European MS Biztalk implementation
• 1st European implementation of Kontiki 5

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Customers

• Agilysys
• Air Miles
• Argos
• Alenia Marconi
• Alliance Leicester
• Altus Investment Management
• Aramark
• barbox
• BAA
• Bass
• BBC
• Belkin Components Ltd
• British Film Institute
• Blue Latitude Network
• Bonhams
• BSkyB
• Best Western
• Britvic
• Cable and Wireless

• Punch Taverns
• NHS Executive
• Raw Communications
• Sainsbury
• Salterbaxter
• Selcom
• Scope
• Shell
• Siemens
• Six Continents
• Syntegra
• Tango
• Tite Lewis
• Tesco
• Thus
• Translucis
• UAP
• Ufi Ltd
• Vantage

• DTZ
• Egg
• Eli Lilly
• Esporta
• EMI
• Findel
• Fox Kids
• GNER
• GSK
• Hewlett Packard
• Hesley Group
• HP Bulmers
• Hutchison
• IE Music
• IMS
• Interbrew UK
• Keelings
• Kings
• The Law Society