- Alamy
Infobox Company
company_name = Alamy Limited
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1999
location =Milton Park ,England ,United Kingdom
key_people = James West "(founder)"
Mike Fischer "(founder)"
industry =Stock photography
products =
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.alamy.com/ Alamy.com]Alamy (registered Alamy Limited) is a privately-owned
stock photography agency with headquarters inMilton Park , 6 miles south ofAbingdon, Oxfordshire in the U.K., and with a development and operations centre based atTechnopark inTrivandrum ,Kerala ,India . It has images from over 420 international picture agencies and over 10,000 photographers. Launched in2001 , as of 31July 2008 it has over 13.07 million images.Since 2006, it has been providing approximately £1 million a year to a number of
medical research projects, one of which is operating at the UK headquarters where researchers are working on a therapeutic cancer vaccine. It operates agreenhouse gas reduction policy, which includes running a solar lamp lighting project from the offices in India. Alamy is also designing a zero emission data centre for the growing IT infrastructure that can run withoutair conditioning .About the Founders
James West, CEO (34)
James has been the
CEO of Alamy since co-founding the company with Mike Fischer in 1999. His first venture was an automatedweb design company which he started in 1997. James, a keen diver and sailor, devotes one day per week to pursuing his interests in climate change and other projects. James is a graduate ofEdinburgh University .Mike Fischer, Chairman
Mike is co-founder and former CEO of RM Plc, the leading provider of IT solutions to UK schools, colleges, and universities. He also founded the Fischer Family Trust, which runs projects in health and education. Mike is a graduate of
University College, Oxford .James and Mike also work together on a small venture that builds remotely operated underwater survey vehicles.
External links
* [http://www.alamy.com/ Alamy web site]
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