Scott Logic out to impress

Feb 25 2009 by Graeme King, The Journal

NEWCASTLE firm Scott Logic provides the technology that powers Taking Stock.

The impressive system is testament to the work carried out by the firm’s research and development engineers.

Business development manager Phil Pounder said: “We developed the game initially as a sales and marketing tool for ourselves. When we are approaching new clients, we can’t talk about our other projects as they are governed by confidentiality agreements, so we created the game to show how we can handle stock information and display time series charts and market maps etc.”

Scott Logic used Adobe Flex to ensure the charts and other tools were as interactive as possible. Adobe Flex, along with Microsoft Silverlight and others, are making the web more interactive by allowing features typically only found in desktop applications into your browser.