partners
ioko has partnerships with the world's leading and most innovative technology vendors. Partnerships are important to us - they give our people outstanding skills and insights into the technologies we are deploying and managing for our customers. These strong associations reduce risk for clients by contributing to our successful delivery of applications and platforms that use our partner's technologies.
Our close working relationships with vendors is reflected both in the levels of accreditation we achieve and the awards we win. For example
we were:
2007 Vignette EMEA 'Next Generation Web Partner of the Year'
2007 Sun Microsystems 'New Technology Partner of the Year'.
We are working with a variety of broad enterprise technology companies and niche media & entertainment focused vendors, including - Adobe, Apple, Asigra, Autonomy, BladeLogic, BEA, Check Point, ChoiceStream, Cisco, Citrix, Digital Rapids, EMC, EpiServer, ExtendMedia, HP, IBM, iPASS, Interwoven, Juniper, KickApps, Kontiki, Limelight Networks, Macrovision, Microsoft, Nagravision, Omneon, Nagois, NetIQ, Oracle, Rights Tracker, Redhat, RSA, Scribe, Sun Microsystems, Valista, VeriSign, Vignette, Volantis, VMWare, Zeus.
Partnering at ioko
We exercise the same values when partnering as with customers - competence, commitment, agility, leadership and above all, a relationship
based on people. We make large investments in our partnerships and understand our partner's aims and share their energy and passion for
excellence. Partnering at ioko means:
- Forming relationships with industry leading vendors
- Searching for new technologies that will give our customers and our solutions the edge
- Building deep real-world implementation experience in our partners technologies
- Creating industry award-winning solutions that exemplify capability
- Teaming with partners to understand the needs of mutual customers
- Collaborating with partners to feedback our real-world experience into their product roadmaps
- Working with partners to build out reference architectures for truly innovative solutions

Adobe
Adobe is one of the world's leading providers of cross-platform applications and client technology with expertise in end-to-end media creation.
ioko is a Silver-level Adobe Solutions partner, with skills in Flash, Flex and AIR, assisting our clients to create a great and entertaining consumer experience
for their digital media services.
www.adobe.com

Autonomy
"ioko are a leading innovator and implementer for Autonomy worldwide. ioko understands the potential and the practicalities of realising effective
concept-based search, indexing and recommendations across text, audio and video streams. Together we are creating some outstanding solutions for our mutual
clients in the Media and Entertainment space." David Humphrey, CTO, Autonomy Virage
ioko has worked with Autonomy technology for 7 years, with projects delivered to the UK media and other industries, for clients including BBC, BSkyB the and British Film Institute.
Autonomy is a provider of sophisticated infrastructure software for the Enterprise that helps organizations to derive meaning and value from their information. As such, Autonomy is a valued technology partner for ioko. Autonomy's 'meaning-based computing' technology provides true innovation around enterprise and audio-visual media search.
ioko also has specialist expertise in Virage, a technology from Autonomy which allows all organizations (including broadcasters, corporations and government
agencies) to derive maximum benefit from their multimedia assets, automatically and in real-time. Virage offers the world's first technology to automatically
capture, encode and index television, video and audio from any source, including live broadcast feeds and archived data, and distribute via IPTV. By
automatically generating a comprehensive range of metadata, including key-frames, face recognition, speaker information and a full transcript of the audio
stream, Virage ensures that rich media is immediately fully searchable and accessible.
www.autonomy.com

bea
BEA is a common component in the applications we build and the infrastructures that we manage. BEA are an acknowledged leader in the provision of
enterprise-class infrastructure software. Weblogic, for example, is an application provision framework commonly selected by our clients and which our
application, integration and support teams have significant deployment, customization and tuning experience.
www.bea.com

Check Point
We have worked with Check Point since the initial release of their product set. We have a large number of Certified Systems Engineers and Administrators on our teams. We regularly attend product training sessions and have full access to technical support. ioko is a Check Point Silver Partner and was the first UK organization to implement Check Point IPS-1.
www.checkpoint.com

ChoiceStream
ioko is a preferred integration and implementation partner of ChoiceStream worldwide. In a world where the consumer of digital media and goods is faced by increasing and
sometimes daunting levels of choice, ioko is often required in its client solutions to provide a means to assist and encourage users' online experience by means of active
recommendation of technology. ChoiceStream is a leading global provider of recommendations software, whose clients include AT&T.
www.choicestream.com

Cisco
We support a number of global networks based around Cisco equipment and as such we have established a firm partnership. We have a number of Cisco
certified professionals on our networks and firewall team and can facilitate smooth access to technical support.
www.cisco.com/global/UK/

EMC
ioko is an EMC Velocity partner, giving our specification and support teams access to up-to-the-minute technical information and pricing for EMC storage
requirements. ioko manages EMC disk environments on behalf of a large number of clients.
www.emc.com

HP
We support thousands of HP platforms for global enterprises and are an HP UK Preferred Partner. Our partnership with HP enables quick and easy access to
technical support and ensures we have well-trained engineers.
http://welcome.hp.com/country/uk/en/welcome.html

iPass
We provide secure remote access solutions to a number of UK corporations. We can provide a range of high-end services including a fully managed 24x7 service.
Our partnership with iPass is essential in offering these services.
www.ipass.com

Kontiki
The Kontiki Delivery Grid is a secure, centrally managed, high-performance implementation of grid delivery for legal distribution of legitimate content to
authorized users. ioko is Kontiki's chosen reseller and implementation partner in Europe and provides a complete corporate communications solution for
delivering business videos to employees, partners and customers
www.verisign.com

Macrovision
ioko has successfully integrated and supported Macrovision technology, one of our favourite case studies is Channel 4's award-winning 4oD service.
Macrovision provides a broad set of solutions that enable businesses to protect, enhance and distribute their digital goods to consumers across multiple
channels. For ioko, this also provides a means for our clients to securely monetize their digital assets, while ensuring the integrity of customer identity
and strict adherence to assigned rights. Macrovision solutions are deployed by companies in the entertainment, consumer electronics, gaming, software,
information publishing and corporate IT markets, and are a great fit for the acclaimed digital media solutions which ioko continues to develop for its
clients worldwide.
www.macrovision.com

Microsoft
As the marketplace for digital media evolves, Microsoft and ioko are teaming up to define and deliver genuinely innovative platforms helping media companies to
tackle the challenges of the Web 2.0 generation and reach consumers via new channels and services. As a Gold Certified Partner of many years' standing and
with multiple competencies across Microsoft technologies, ioko has a strong foundation for delivering a variety of solutions and environments based on core
products and .Net.
"Microsoft is excited to be working with ioko on various projects in the UK Media market and beyond - ioko brings a unique set of skills and experience that allow our customers to make innovative use of core Microsoft media technologies. We expect this depth of knowledge to deepen as Microsoft brings new media technologies like Silverlight to market."
Dene Schonknecht, Global Industry Manager for Media & Entertainment - Microsoft Corporation
www.microsoft.com
Oracle
Many of the enterprise systems we build and support use an Oracle database. Our dedicated Oracle team has skills and certification at the DBA level as well as
in database design, development and consultancy.
www.oracle.com/uk/
Rights Tracker
Rights Tracker provides technology enabling broadcast and media clients to manage, track and monitor their digital assets effectively, essential in the
creation of new revenue streams in the age of IPTV.
"Having worked with the Media Industry to develop software that meets market demands, Rights Tracker has now joined forces with leading Systems Integrators ioko in order to broaden further the functional scope of our software. As a result, Rights Tracker can interface at enterprise-level into finance and scheduling systems, as well as additional applications, such as non-linear video on demand or broadband platforms."
Ross Bentley, CEO and Founder, Rights Tracker
www.rightstracker.com

RSA
We support a number of live SecurID and other RSA product platforms, hence a partnership with RSA is key. We have a number of trained security engineers and
an excellent relationship with RSA sales and technical teams.
www.rsa.com

Sun Microsystems
ioko and Sun Microsystems have had a deep partnership since 1997 which stems from our mutual focus on helping enterprise customers obtain business advantage from
IT.
At the heart of our partnership are the strong technical skills ioko maintains in Sun products and technologies. We have historically invested heavily in this area and continue to recruit, train and develop a large team of Sun-qualified architects, developers and support engineers. We are committed to maintaining excellent skills across all the main Sun product competencies.
We have all the skills required to design, build and run large Enterprise IT systems based either totally around Sun hardware and software or a mix of Sun Hardware and software from Sun's partners.
We can assist our clients throughout the complete lifecycle of projects from architectural design to implementation, including hosting and post-delivery support and service management.
Our current main Sun competency centers are:
- The full range of Sun volume, x86 and enterprise servers
- The full range of Sun storage systems
- In depth Solaris 10 including all aspects of managing Solaris based platforms
- All of Sun infrastructure software and hardware products
- Sun's Java Enterprise System in depth
As a result of our partnership with Sun, we have implemented and managed a great number of large Sun based solutions - many of which are for UK's biggest Enterprises such as: EMI, BAA, BSkyB, Eli Lilly and Camelot.
ioko is a Principal Partner of Sun Microsystems under the Sun Partner Advantage Programme.
http://uk.sun.com/

Valista
Valista is a global leader in the provision of multi-channel merchandizing, payments and settlement solutions, accelerating and automating digital commerce.
Their solutions ensure that consumers can purchase and pay for content over any channel, using any payment instrument.
They enable mobile, broadband and cable operators, ISPs, aggregators, games vendors, broadcasters, production companies and brands to support the entire commerce ecosystem including end-to-end transaction management, multiple payment options; advanced settlement; subscriptions, bundling, discounting, promotions and loyalty programs.
Valista is a partner involved in the Vignette Digital Services Hub initiative.
www.valista.com

Vignette
ioko has the largest and most experienced Vignette technology practice having implemented every major release since 1998 for dozens of customers across all
sectors and geographies.
Vignette powers the web platforms of many high profile organizations across the globe. We typically build solutions for portal, content management and collaboration, and for media and entertainment clients, we're helping Vignette create the Digital Services Hub (DSH), a solution-set aimed specifically at the needs of this industry.
ioko is an Authorized Consulting Alliance Partner and Vignette's EMEA partner of the Year for Telco and Media.
"With our combined focus in Telco, Media and Entertainment, the Vignette and ioko partnership is growing ever stronger. ioko's reputation for delighting
the customer with innovative, highly scalable and reliable Vignette deployments for more than a decade is a great foundation for the work they are now delivering
around Vignette's Digital Services Hub solution worldwide. As a Vignette EMEA Authorised Consulting Alliance partner, ioko are also skilled in other complementary
technology platforms, making us a formidable team for delivering the leading-edge digital media solutions our TME clients globally require in order to succeed."
Lisette Sens, Strategic Alliances Director, Vignette EMEA.
www.vignette.com

VMWare
ioko is a VMWare VIP Enterprise partner, with a number of architects skilled and certified in VMWare's virtualization technologies. Additionally, ioko participates in the VMWare Service Provider Programme and is able to offer capacity planning services and hosting in virtualized environments which may be based on dedicated customer infrastructure or where appropriate in secure shared environments.
www.vmware.com

Volantis
ioko has worked with Volantis in the delivery of solutions for 'content to mobile phone', incorporating games, wallpapers, music and ringtone download platforms
to major mobile operators. In the case of one major European client, this involved bringing in-house a number of devolved services under a single unified
platform, providing the client with control, flexibility and a direct relationship with millions of cellphone subscribers.
Volantis are a leading supplier of content adaptation solutions for mobile devices. They provide the applications, tools and platforms that enable mobile-optimized services to be delivered to any device. Volantis-based solutions provide mobile telephone users with peronalization and access to new content and services based on digital media, and providing our clients with access to new revenue streams
Volantis is a partner in the Vignette Digital Services Hub initiative.
www.volantis.com

Zeus
Zeus Technology develops application traffic management software, dramatically improving network and web-enabled applications making them faster, reliable,
secure and easy to manage. ioko's team have embraced Zeus technology and recommended it for selected clients with heavy, unpredictable network traffic and to
enhance application performance online. ioko's team are trained in specifying, deploying and supporting Zeus software and appliances.
www.zeus.com
Here we profile some of the solutions we’re currently building and running - M & E portals, VOD, multi-platform content distribution, social media & community etc.
We help customers with their technology strategy, architecture, application development, user experience and complex systems integration.
We have a unique and proven capability to host and run complex platforms to extraordinary levels of availability, security and performance.
