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ioko scoops double award at Vignette’s global 2008 customer event
Digital media services specialist ioko has had the unprecedented honor of being awarded not one but two major awards at Vignette’s global 2008 ‘Village’ conference held in Austin, Texas last month. The accolades "EMEA Partner of the Year 2008" and "Web 2.0 Partner of the Year 2008" are recognition for the ongoing investment made by ioko in Vignette skills, for provision of media industry expertise and complementary services, and for outstanding partnering practice. The awards were presented last week at a special partner session hosted by the enterprise web CMS provider’s Vice President Global Channels & Alliances, Rob Amor, and add to the previous Vignette partner titles awarded to ioko in 2006 and 2007.

Amor commented, "With our combined focus in telecommunications, media and entertainment, ioko and Vignette are a formidable team. We are creating market-leading solutions so our global clients can meet the evolving demands of the digital media marketplace. ioko’s track record in implementing innovative, scalable and reliable Vignette deployments for more than a decade, coupled with their domain expertise and skills in complementary technologies, provide a strong foundation for delivering powerful customer solutions using Vignette’s Digital Services Hub strategy and associated products."

"I am delighted that ioko has been recognized again and so resoundingly by Vignette," said ioko Alliances Manager, Kathy Brown. "Our two companies co-exist very comfortably in the telecoms, media and entertainment space and it makes absolute sense for us to collaborate where appropriate. We have some great joint customer success stories. I’m looking forward to another promising year as we both help shape the future of the entertainment world from our respective quarters."

ioko has been a Vignette partner for over ten years and has been able to bring domain knowledge and core integration skills to bear for many customers worldwide who are innovating in the digital media arena, including 3-screen and multi-channel platform solutions for telcos and games companies. Vignette are currently launching new software aimed directly at the TME sector (http://media.vignette.com)and ioko, as Vignette’s aligned SI partner, are offering implementation and upgrade services to existing and new customers in EMEA and North America wishing to benefit from the extended functionality and usability presented by the suite.

November 2006 & 2007 Vignette Village 2006 and 2007 partner of the year
ioko was named 'Vignette Next Generation Web Partner of the Year 2007', a great accolade which reflects the hard work, investment and innovation of ioko and recognizes strong alignment as an international partner of Vignette. This builds on ioko's achievement last year in being named 'Vignette EMEA Telco and Media partner of the year'.

'ioko has been integral to the development and deployment of Vignette Digital Services Hub implementations. It has used Vignette in leading-edge Video on Demand deployments and helped close the first end-to-end DSH deals in the Middle East region. ioko represents exactly what we are looking for in a Next Generation Web partner - commitment, innovation, and excellent teamwork,' said Lisette Sens, Vignette's EMEA strategic alliances director.'

The award is recognition for over ten years' investment in Vignette expertise by ioko, including the development of complex web solutions for clients in the UK, Middle East, Russia and the USA. As an end-to-end solution integrator, ioko brings far-reaching domain knowledge, particularly in the telco, media and entertainment sector, and has proven expertise in bringing together diverse technologies to meet the sophisticated business needs of today's online entertainment and digital media companies.

September 2007 - IBC 2007 - Best Shell Scheme Stand winner - ioko
ioko have been awarded the best shell scheme stand at IBC 2007. The long-established IBC Exhibition Stand Design Awards reward the best use of booth space at IBC. IBC Exhibition Chairman John Holton presented the prizes to Simon Hudson, Sector Director, Media Europe at ioko, for the most imaginative use of shell-scheme space. Other prize winners included Sony, for the best open plan stand, and Peli, in the smaller free-design stand category.