10th. Anniversary, 1995 - 2005
7th. June 2005: I-Next is celebrating reaching it's 10th. Anniversary today. Much has changed since June 7th. 1995 which was the day I-Next was incorporated. "We set out with a mission to deliver business class web services to business clients, in the days when very few people knew about the web", commented John Hannawin, I-Next's MD, "we hope that we have achieved and, perhaps, exceeded that goal".
To get an idea of how far we've come, here is a little list of what it was like when we started:
- We were designing web sites for 28.8Kb/s modems
- Web sites could only use 216 colours safely
- NCSA Mosaic was THE browser, Netscape was released shortly after
- HTML tables hadn't been approved and weren't supported by Mosaic
- Windows 3.1 was the desktop operating system, it had NO network capability built in
- Our "datacentre" had one machine and rated at 15 Bogomips
- We had 64Kb/s connectivity to the "datacentre"
- Animated gif was the only animation technique, Flash etc. were not invented
Since then, we've worked with a huge number of companies and suppliers who have helped us succeed. Here's a short reminder of some milestones for I-Next.
| Jun-1995 | I-Next Incorprated |
| Jun-1995 | I-Next launch first customer site for FLS Data |
| Jan-1996 |
Electronics Weekly HyperActive launched. HyperActive is run by I-Next for ~4 years before being transferred in to Reed Business Publishing. During that time it becomes the UK's leading electronics web site. |
| Jan-1997 | GEC Plessey Semiconductors site launched |
| Feb-1998 | The Institution of Electrical Engineers Forum site launched with early content management system. |
| Jul-1999 | CADServer magazine site launched in association with EDA Magazines |
| Jun-2000 | 'The Runner' web system built for Adidas |
| Aug-2001 | Nestle Waters Powwow Intranet launched across Europe with advanced content management system |
| Nov-2001 | I-Next win Internet Business, Best Business Marketing Campaign award |
| Sep-2002 | Balls Brothers restaurants and wine merchant site launched |
| Jun-2003 | I-ntarsia web sit management system launched. RGC Jenkins are the first customer. |
| Dec-2004 | I-ntarsia reseller programme announced |
| Jan-2005 | I-ntarsia Version 2.0 launched |
| Jun-2005 | I-Next celebrate 10 year anniversary |
