Skinkers and Microsoft win Partnering for Innovation Award

UK Technology Innovation and Growth 2008 Awards

19 March 2008

Skinkers, the pioneer of information broadcast technology, and Microsoft were awarded the prestigious Partnering for Innovation Award at the UK Technology Innovation and Growth 2008 Awards.

The judging criteria for the category included:

• Added value through introduction of clients to potential partners
• Number of staff who spend 60%+ of their time with technology client business
• Key client wins
• Transactions - i.e. close of funding, exits
• Demonstrable results for a client involved in the technology business, can be both above and below the line

David Long, CEO of Skinkers commented “We are delighted to win this prestigious award with Microsoft. Our partnership has been working tremendously over the last year and it's immensely rewarding and reassuring to know that a panel of independent industry judges commends us so highly for doing the right things to make our partnership successful”.

Karl Noakes, Director, Partner Sales, Microsoft UK  said: “This award is great recognition for Livestation, an innovative peer-to-peer Internet broadcast technology co-developed by Skinkers and Microsoft Research. Livestation utilises Silverlight to create a rich interactive user experience for live video delivery and we are delighted to win this Partnering for Innovation Award with Skinkers”.

About the UK Technology Innovation and Growth 2008 Awards

The awards recognise those individuals and organisations that drive the success of the UK's fastest growing technology companies. Award nominations will go through an exhaustive process of investigation by our esteemed panel of judges and over last nine years these awards have become one of the most coveted accolades within the industry.

The awards, now in their ninth coveted year, recognise talent and success across the UK technology industry at both individual and company level. Each award category is individually judged according to stipulated criteria.

www.innovationandgrowthforum.com/awards/about/

About Livestation

Livestation is aimed at anyone that wants to be able to follow live news coverage from leading broadcasters around the world. While the web increasingly provides a primary source of breaking news, there has so far been no single place to access live television and radio coverage from multiple channels. Livestation is specifically designed to deliver live broadcasts to large audiences over broadband, providing a global platform for coverage of news, sport and events.

Livestation has been developed by Skinkers, the market leader in information broadcast technology for the enterprise.

www.skinkers.com