ioko Timeline : ioko Timeline 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006…
Background : 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 ioko’s values. ioko’s 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 ioko’s journey to establish itself in the UK market. ioko is the most successful privately held technology services provider in the UK.
1996 : 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
1997 : 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
1998 : 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 I*Net Support, Diageo
1999 : 1999 New wins:
ioko strengthens media capability with EMI and Fox Kids
ioko builds Shell’s 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
2000 : 2000 Over 1M sales/month
ioko establishes long-term partnership with Vignette
Awarded Microsoft Gold Partner Status
New wins:
Carelink’s 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
2001 : 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
2002 : 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
2003 : 2003 Selected to join Microsoft’s 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
2004 : 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 support’s Watson Wyatt’s Vignette platform
165 employees
78 customers
“ioko’s strengths are technical capability, teamwork, adaptability, simple contracts and pricing, and a good relationship with IT vendors”
Gartner
2005 : 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 BAA’s 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
2006 : 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 ioko’s 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
Did you know that… : 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
Did you know that … : Did you know that … Channel 4 – ioko hosts and manages channel4.com
barbox – ioko built barbox, at the time the UK’s 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 Vignette’s 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
A number of industry firsts : 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
Customers : 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
Camelot Group Plc
Care4Free
Channel 4
Chesterton's Group
Coller Capital
Coors Brewers
Crown Golf
D2i Solutions
Denlor
DoH
Diageo
DTC
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
VoltEurope
Vignette
Virgin Music Group
Virgin Games
Vizzavi
Warner Music
Watson-Wyatt
Wyeth
Yates Group
York City Council
Yorkshire Building Society
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
Link
Mortgage2000
Modernisation Agency
Morse Group
MWM Boardroom Consulting
NCR
News International
NPA
Omnibus
Pernod Ricard
Prolog
PSNI