Thursday, January 20th 2005...“We may not have Colin Farrell on our payroll, but we’re definitely leading the charge for Ireland at the up-and-coming BAFTA Interactive Awards” said Naoise Ó Muirí, Operations Director, Phoenix Technology Group (Phoenix), in Dublin today.

Naoise was commenting on the fact that Phoenix has been nominated for a BAFTA Interactive Award (Factual) for the design and development of a new electronic touch screen gallery for the National Galleries of Scotland. The factual category recognises the best use of digital media to deliver factual information which is exactly what the project set out to do. The interactive kiosks located in the newly opened Playfair Gallery in Edinburgh allow the general public to see and appreciate the art housed in any of The National Galleries of Scotland. Art experts and laymen alike can:

“As a leading provider of Content and Process technology, our projects are typically very serious business oriented solutions, but this project has certainly brought a little bit of showbiz glamour to the company. We are delighted that this implementation for The National Galleries of Scotland has been recognised as an industry leader and nominated for the award”.

According to Brenda Reilly, Sales and Marketing Director for Phoenix:

“The project for The National Galleries of Scotland was something outside of our core business area but we were asked to do it based on our technology skills and expertise so it’s fantastic that the end result has been nominated for an award. For us it is confirmation that when it comes to technology solutions, we can succeed at anything we undertake. The electronic gallery was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in August and has already received an amazing response from visitors. The BAFTA nomination is the icing on the cake.”

About Phoenix Technology Group

With offices in Dublin and London, Phoenix was founded in 1997. Phoenix delivers enterprise content management and e-process solutions. Phoenix empowers organisations to manage complex service processes and high-volume transaction relationships with customers, brokers and suppliers regardless of the source media (paper, e-mail, e-form, voice).

Customers include AXA Life, Royal & SunAlliance, Winterthur Life, Allianz Cornhill and Capita.

About National Galleries of Scotland

From watercolours to Warhol, the National Galleries of Scotland hold collections of Art spanning from the early fourteenth century to the present day. Incorporating five Edinburgh based galleries and two outstations; The National Galleries Of Scotland have preserved the national collection of art since 1859.

Each of the five galleries tells a story of a different artistical era and those who shaped it. The additional Gallery concentrates on art from the renaissance to Post-Impressionism. History and Art become intertwined at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery where the onlooker can come face to face with portraits of those who shaped Scotland’s history. The largest contemporary and modern art collection in Scotland can be found at The National Gallery of Modern Art and the adjacent Dean Gallery. The refurbished Royal Scottish Academy Building opened in 2003, and the Playfair Project Underground Link just opened, now provide and electronic display of the nation's collection.

With the newly opened Weston Link with art available at the touch of a button, the National Galleries of Scotland not only make art universally accessible but universally appealing.

“Art worth circumnavigating the globe for”
The Sunday Times

For further information please contact:
Brenda Reilly

PHOENIX TECHNOLOGY GROUP.
Phoenix House 32/34 Castle Street
Dublin 2
Ireland

Tel: +353 1 6707722
Fax: +353 1 6707721
E-mail Brenda.Reilly@phoenix.ie
Web www.phoenix.ie