Double Success for Phoenix at The KnowList Awards

31 January 2011

Awards Honor Best Knowledge Management Solution with SJ Berwin for its use of Autonomy iManage Universal Search Solution and Phoenix Knowledge Assist; & Account Manager of the Year.

UK—January 28, 2011 Phoenix Business Solutions Ltd (Phoenix) a leading global provider of software solutions and IT/Business consultancy are pleased to announce that they have won two KnowList Awards. First with SJ Berwin for Phoenix' deployment of Autonomy’s iManage Universal Search (IUS) and Phoenix Knowledge Assist. Phoenix's Antony Wells also took home the award for Account Manager of the Year. The KnowList Awards, voted for by just under 4,000 legal professionals, are dedicated to the strategic implementation of technology within law firms, recognizing the success of key individuals, law firms and suppliers who are constantly striving to add value using IT. Established in 1982, SJ Berwin is a leading international law firm with approximately 160 partners and more than 400 lawyers in Europe, the Middle East and East Asia.

SJ Berwin has implemented Autonomy IUS with Phoenix Knowledge Assist to allow its lawyers quick and easy access to knowledge from a wide range of internal and external data sources. Phoenix, a long-standing partner of Autonomy, managed the implementation and configurations of both systems to provide self-service intuitive enterprise search capability that combines internal and external information resources with the firm’s own knowledge and expertise, helping lawyers deliver the best advice in the shortest possible time.

Knowledge Assist has been specifically developed by Phoenix to help maximise firms internal knowledge. Its intuitive design enhances enterprise search solutions and capabilities to simplify and improve the gathering, sharing, cleansing, reviewing and categorising of firm’s internal knowledge. Content can easily be submitted directly from not only Autonomy iManage Worksite but also works with Microsoft SharePoint .

According to SJ Berwin’s IT Director, Simon Kosminsky, “Our lawyers’ ability to find the information they need quickly and easily improves turnaround times and client service. The combination of Autonomy IUS with Phoenix Knowledge Assist has a direct impact on our bottom line, by saving time, boosting productivity, reducing costs for the firm and improving our client service.”

On the second win of the evening Account Manager of the year Phoenix' Antony Wells said "I am deeply honored and overwhelmed to be recognised by my peers for this award."

A successful evening for Phoenix who as Roger Pickett, Phoenix Managing Director, stated "We are grateful to be recognised in the industry with two awards. We have invested heavily in our total Knowledge offering and are delighted we, along with SJ Berwin, have been recognised for all the hard work in such a business critical project. We are also delighted for Antony (Wells) who, as many will know, is a dedicated but most amenable Account Manager"

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