- Cyber-Duck
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Cyber-Duck Ltd Type Private Industry Digital media Founded 2005 Founder(s) Danny Bluestone Headquarters Elstree, Hertfordshire, U.K. Area served Worldwide Key people Danny Bluestone, Matt Gibson, Sylvain Reiter Owner(s) Danny Bluestone Employees 24 Website www.cyber-duck.co.uk Cyber-Duck Ltd is a Digital agency based in Borehamwood, United Kingdom.
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History
Cyber-Duck was established by Danny Bluestone in 2005[1]. In 2007, the company won awards at the Europrix Multimedia Awards[2], British Interactive Media Association[3], Webawards[4] and the Interactive Media Awards[5][6]. By 2008, they had gone on to produce websites for Jewson[7] and BAM Construct[8], part of Royal BAM Group and clients from the entertainment industry had also began to use their services, such as the Gilev Showband, incubator band of the popular musician Alexandra Burke.
By 2009, Cyber-Duck had developed a relationship with the mentor of the BBC's show Million Dollar Traders, Anton Kreil in order to produce his personal website[9] and several other web-based projects such as Hablib.com[10]. Following on from this, they developed a project for the virtual gifting service, BoonSpace[11].
In 2010, Cyber-Duck were commissioned to develop a website for the European Commission in the U.K[12]. The site went live in November 2010[13], and was part of a new move from the European Union to make U.K citizens aware of the benefits of being an EU member state, thanks to wide Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom. The work was featured on BBC News[14], Telegraph.co.uk[15] and NMA[16].
In October of the same year, Danny Bluestone was a guest speaker at C21's iPad Entertainment Summit at BAFTA[17]. At the event, he demonstrated the companies own tablet based application.
By this point, Cyber-Duck were beginning to become well known for their Software as a Service projects and took on another in the form of OfficeCavalry.com[18]. The site was built as a portal for freelancers to find work from users with projects.
In January 2011, the company announced that they would be working alongside Arsenal F.C on a project for Arsenal Double Club, a project started up by Arsenal in the Community. February of the same year brought an invite to SXSW in Austin, Texas on the UKTI "Digital Mission"[19], an yearly event designed to provide networking opportunities for U.K organisations in the digital sector.
In August 2011, the company moved to a self contained premises in Elstree, Hertfordshire. At the same time, the company announced a new awards ceremony, known as 'the Duckies' to be held in September. This event also marked the 6th anniversary of the company's formation. [20].
After being asked to produce an interactive comic for Channel 5 (UK) television show, The Gadget Show, Cyber-Duck were featured in an episode which was first aired on 23rd September 2011 [21].
Accolades
In the early years, Cyber-Duck won accolades for working on the Greenworks Energy website on behalf of Jewson.[22], part of the Saint Gobain group. The company has won numerous Interactive Media Awards,[23] Horizon Interactive Awards.
When the company moved its office in Borehamwood, it was merited for positive growth during the clutches of the credit crunch.[24] On 1 June 2007, the company received an honourary invitation to lecture at the Landsdown Centre and was prominently featured in the Middlesex University's centre's media.
Several more lectures at Middlesex and UEL followed, as well as keynote speeches at several Figaro digital events.
In 2010, the company claimed 3 Davey web awards [25] as well as a "Best Use of a Website" award at the Construction Marketing Awards for OAG[26].
The company won their first Webby, selection as an official honoree, in 2011 for their work on OfficeCavalry.com [27]
Management team
- Danny Bluestone, MD and founder of Cyber-Duck is a guest blogger on the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) blog.[28]
- Matt Gibson, Director of Production for Cyber-Duck, won the prestigious British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) student award [29] for his innovative interactive online comic, Dead on Arrival.[30]
- Sylvain Reiter, Development Director[31]
References
- ^ About Cyber-Duck, http://www.cyber-duck.co.uk/about-us.php
- ^ Cyber-Duck Win Europrix award for Interactive Comic, http://www.europrix.org/en_archive_projects_2007.html
- ^ Cyber-Duck Win B.I.M.A award for Interactive Comic, http://www.bima.co.uk/bima-award/0509131704/bima-awards-2007/awards-winners
- ^ Cyber-Duck Win Webaward for Greenstone site, http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=7417
- ^ Cyber-Duck Win IMA for Quirky Periscopix website, http://www.interactivemediaawards.com/winners/certificate.asp?param=48045&cat=1
- ^ Cyber-Duck Win IMA for Science website, http://www.interactivemediaawards.com/winners/certificate.asp?param=47926&cat=2
- ^ BuildingTalk - Greenworks Scoops Web Award in Media Competition, http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/jew/jew112.html
- ^ ClickZ - Cyber-Duck constructs a building in 78 seconds, http://www.clickz.com/3632994
- ^ antonkreil.com & Cyber-Duck Ltd win Outstanding Achievement Award, http://www.antonkreil.com/antonkreilcom-cyberduck-ltd-win-outstanding-achievement-award
- ^ Property Trading Goes Social as BBC Star Launches Web 2.0 Platform, http://finance.yahoo.com/news/CyberDuck-Property-Trading-bw-3470500917.html?x=0&.v=2
- ^ BoonSpace - Send Money as a Gift, http://www.nmawebregister.co.uk/Sites/Site.aspx?liSiteID=249
- ^ EU begins web push to promote services to UK Citizens, http://www.netimperative.com/news/2010/april/eu-begins-web-push-to-promote-services-to-uk
- ^ European Commission launches website for Britons, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11819466
- ^ BBC News - European Commission launches website for Britons, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11819466
- ^ Telegraph.co.uk - EU launches website to dispel "urban myths", http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8157541/EU-launches-website-to-dispel-urban-myths.html
- ^ NMA - European Commission takes public information online, http://www.nma.co.uk/news/european-commission-takes-public-information-online/3020779.article
- ^ C21 iPad Entertainment Summit - Speaker Biographies, http://www.c21media.net/shop/detail.asp?area=109&article=56480#Bluestone
- ^ User-Friendly Freelancer Marketplace Created by Cyber-Duck Launches, http://press-releases.techwhack.com/110331-officecavalry.com
- ^ UKTI Mission to SXSW Interactive 2011 - The Companies Announced, http://chinwag.com/blogs/francesca-heath/ukti-mission-sxsw-interactive-2011-companies-announced
- ^ A birthday, a new office and the Duckies awards, http://www.cyber-duck.co.uk/blog/index.php/a-birthday-a-new-office-the-duckies-awards
- ^ The Gadget Show - Series 16 - Episode 6, http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-gadget-show/episodes/episode-6-280
- ^ Greenworks' Solar Panels Website Given Mark of Distinction, Greenworks Energy, http://www.greenworks-energy.co.uk/blog/index.php/greenworks%E2%80%99-solar-panels-website-given-mark-of-distinction
- ^ Interactive Media Awards - Awards Gallery, http://www.interactivemediaawards.com/winners/gallery.asp?id=33473
- ^ Company finds its wings amid economic dowturn, The Borehamwood & Elstree Times, 23 March 2009, http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/northwest/borehamwood/4224256.Company_finds_its_wings_amid_economic_downturn/
- ^ Cyber-Duck Strike a Hat-trick at the International Davey Awards 2010, http://www.cyber-duck.co.uk/blog/index.php/cyber-duck-strike-a-hat-trick-at-the-international-davey-awards-2010
- ^ OAG - Best use of a Website, http://www.cmawards.co.uk/pdf/cma_winners_magazine_2010.pdf
- ^ 15TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS OFFICIAL HONOREE SELECTIONS - EMPLOYMENT, http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?media_id=96&category_id=22&season=15
- ^ The BIMA Blog, http://blog.bima.co.uk/author/danny/
- ^ Triumph for comic book heroes - UEL students scoop BIMA award, http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/bima.htm
- ^ Dead on Arrival - The Interactive Comic, http://www.dead-on-arrival.co.uk/
- ^ Sylvain Reiter on Crunchbase, http://www.crunchbase.com/person/sylvain-reiter
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