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Elite say they are taking over APAC market
July 26th, 2010 by The Orange Rag
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Following on from last week's story about the Blake Dawson/Elite 3E win, Elite have been in touch to clarify the position in the Asia-Pacific market – this is what they say...
On the APAC front, we are clearly taking market share as you will see from the list below. Not only are we winning the deals from other systems, we are also taking Aderant clients. Below are the Elite 3E APAC clients. It’s an impressive showing.
As listed:
Hesketh Henry – NZ, live, ex Aderant
Crown Law NZ – NZ, live, ex Aderant
Buddle Findlay – NZ, going live September, ex Aderant
Crown Law QLD – NZ, going live November, ex Aderant
M+K – AUS, going live October, ex Aderant
A&G (Allen & Gledhill) – Singapore, just starting Enterprise to 3E project
LHAG – Malaysia, live
Thynne Macartney – AUS, June 2010 deal
Blake Dawson – AUS, July 2011 deal, ex Aderant
Aderant have had a few wins. DAS (Dibbs Abbot Stillman) is a firm that gave a preliminary look at 3E and never engaged with us beyond that. Their other recent wins have been small firms: Holman Webb, just over 40 lawyers and Wotton Kearney, just over 30 lawyers. Neither of these firms looked at 3E. In the end, there is some back and forth between the vendors but the results speak for themselves.
On the APAC front, we are clearly taking market share as you will see from the list below. Not only are we winning the deals from other systems, we are also taking Aderant clients. Below are the Elite 3E APAC clients. It’s an impressive showing.
As listed:
Hesketh Henry – NZ, live, ex Aderant
Crown Law NZ – NZ, live, ex Aderant
Buddle Findlay – NZ, going live September, ex Aderant
Crown Law QLD – NZ, going live November, ex Aderant
M+K – AUS, going live October, ex Aderant
A&G (Allen & Gledhill) – Singapore, just starting Enterprise to 3E project
LHAG – Malaysia, live
Thynne Macartney – AUS, June 2010 deal
Blake Dawson – AUS, July 2011 deal, ex Aderant
Aderant have had a few wins. DAS (Dibbs Abbot Stillman) is a firm that gave a preliminary look at 3E and never engaged with us beyond that. Their other recent wins have been small firms: Holman Webb, just over 40 lawyers and Wotton Kearney, just over 30 lawyers. Neither of these firms looked at 3E. In the end, there is some back and forth between the vendors but the results speak for themselves.
FWBS open Australian office
July 19th, 2010 by The Orange Rag
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Legal software developer FWBS is launching an office in Australia. FWBS sales & marketing director Mark Craddock said "Launching an office in Australia strengthens FWBS as an international supplier. Our continued alliance with Aderant in the APAC region will also be better supported by having our own resources on the ground.
"FWBS is pleased to be building on significant MatterCentre wins that Aderant have spearheaded in the territory, including Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) and Slater & Gordon. FWBS are providing productivity gains to fee earners firm wide through MatterCentre, and this expansion into Australia will allow FWBS greater scope to support more law firms and fee earners in more territories."
Craddock added "With Aderant continuing to increase their PMS client base in the region, the fully developed integration between MatterCenter and Aderant Expert, provides a market leading end-to-end matter and practice management solution."
The territory opportunity will be managed by FWBS new recruit Marin Sardelic as Australasia sales manager. Sardelic has extensive experience of the Australian legal IT scene having worked with companies such LexisNexis and Leap.
"FWBS is pleased to be building on significant MatterCentre wins that Aderant have spearheaded in the territory, including Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) and Slater & Gordon. FWBS are providing productivity gains to fee earners firm wide through MatterCentre, and this expansion into Australia will allow FWBS greater scope to support more law firms and fee earners in more territories."
Craddock added "With Aderant continuing to increase their PMS client base in the region, the fully developed integration between MatterCenter and Aderant Expert, provides a market leading end-to-end matter and practice management solution."
The territory opportunity will be managed by FWBS new recruit Marin Sardelic as Australasia sales manager. Sardelic has extensive experience of the Australian legal IT scene having worked with companies such LexisNexis and Leap.
Asia-Pacific news – Holman Webb selects Aderant
July 8th, 2010 by The Orange Rag
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Australian commercial law firm Holman Webb has selected Aderant Expert as its new financial management system. Holman Webb has multiple offices and clients include major insurers, national and multi-national corporations, SMEs, NFPs, NGOs and State Government departments operating in a range of industries around Australia.
The firm will implement the Aderant Expert business and financial management system including Expert File Opening and Expert ClearView for role-based, graphical dashboards and advanced profitability analysis and reporting. The real-time access to key performance metrics will empower decision makers and enable the firm to better meet its strategic objectives.
“Our decision to partner with Aderant was based on their reputation for successful, on time and on budget implementations and their focus on product innovation,” said Holman Webb CEO Greg Malakou. “The increased information visibility that we’ll gain using Expert ClearView will give us a strategic advantage and enable us to make more informed business decisions as we grow the firm.”
The firm will implement the Aderant Expert business and financial management system including Expert File Opening and Expert ClearView for role-based, graphical dashboards and advanced profitability analysis and reporting. The real-time access to key performance metrics will empower decision makers and enable the firm to better meet its strategic objectives.
“Our decision to partner with Aderant was based on their reputation for successful, on time and on budget implementations and their focus on product innovation,” said Holman Webb CEO Greg Malakou. “The increased information visibility that we’ll gain using Expert ClearView will give us a strategic advantage and enable us to make more informed business decisions as we grow the firm.”
Asia-Pacific news – Brisbane law firm selects Elite 3E
July 7th, 2010 by The Orange Rag
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Thynne & Macartney, a 70 fee earner firm based in Brisbane, has selected the Elite 3E financial and practice management platform to efficiently meet critical business imperatives.
“Most of the legal solutions on the market today are based on legacy client server applications built on out-dated 1990’s technology, which provided no business case to switch from what we had been working with,” said Mike Hindle, general manager of Thynne Macartney. “After seeing several 3E presentations, it was clear that 3E was a true next generation platform, highly customisable and included sophisticated reporting and metrics capabilities that could easily meet our needs. We rely heavily on comprehensive business intelligence and analytics to provide insight into business performance, as well as track and report on important client information. 3E is able to essentially automate this entire process for us creating enormous efficiencies and a real-time view into the health of the firm.” .
Thynne & Macartney is a member of nationwide legal network the Kennedy Strang Legal Group. The firm joins the Melbourne and Sydney Kennedy Strang offices as an Elite customer.
“Most of the legal solutions on the market today are based on legacy client server applications built on out-dated 1990’s technology, which provided no business case to switch from what we had been working with,” said Mike Hindle, general manager of Thynne Macartney. “After seeing several 3E presentations, it was clear that 3E was a true next generation platform, highly customisable and included sophisticated reporting and metrics capabilities that could easily meet our needs. We rely heavily on comprehensive business intelligence and analytics to provide insight into business performance, as well as track and report on important client information. 3E is able to essentially automate this entire process for us creating enormous efficiencies and a real-time view into the health of the firm.” .
Thynne & Macartney is a member of nationwide legal network the Kennedy Strang Legal Group. The firm joins the Melbourne and Sydney Kennedy Strang offices as an Elite customer.
More details of Janders Dean KM conference
July 1st, 2010 by The Orange Rag
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Janders Dean has now finalised details of its upcoming Law Firm Management Conference taking place in Sydney on 12th August – see attached file for full programme
Latest Asia-Pacific News Round-up
June 21st, 2010 by The Orange Rag
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• New win for Aderant
Australia-based insurance law firm Wotton + Kearney has chosen Aderant Expert as its new practice management system. The firm will implement the Aderant Expert practice and financial management system including Expert File Opening workflow and the new ClearView Performance module for advanced profitability analysis and reporting. "After considering all options, Aderant was a stand-out due to their reputation in the market for high quality products, rapid implementations, and excellent customer support," said David Kearney, managing partner of Wotton + Kearney.
ClearView Performance shows partners, practice group leaders, CFOs, and other senior staff exactly how they are performing, helping them see where they are operating according to plan and where they need improvement. It combines business intelligence capabilities with a full-featured business planning and profitability analysis tool. ClearView Performance presents critical data and metrics in a role-based graphical format, increasing information visibility and improving decision making.
• Copitrak breaks into China
Cost recovery market leader Copitrak Systems has expanded its international operations with the opening of a new office in Shanghai. The move comes in response to 18 months of increasing demand across China with growth conservatively estimated at 40% for the 2010-11 financial year. Shanghai will focus solely on the mainland, while the long-standing Hong Kong office will cover the rest of Asia and the Pacific Rim.
For managing director Nicholas Child, the development was a logical one. "Having been in Hong Kong for the past nine years, we’ve been able to take advantage of the opening up of the Chinese market but we’ve reached a tipping point now that says we have to service it with a dedicated team and country presence. There is simply huge potential to be tapped and with our fully Unicode compliant system, we’re seeing interest not just from international law firms coming into the region but more importantly, from the Chinese law firms themselves. But to succeed there we know we have to respect the country and the culture; that means a local office, with local people, local support, a native on the ground resource that fully understands the commercial environment and client mindset."
• WindowLogic Announce Release of iManage Integration for CRM4Legal
WindowLogic has announced the release of Logic4Outlook, an Outlook accelerator that provides seamless integration between iManage and Microsoft CRM4Legal. "Logic4Outlook is a perfect companion to CRM4Legal that will allow any or all of the information maintained within CRM4Legal to be displayed in the lawyers iManage workspace. Just click to record an email or document right into CRM4Legal from iManage or from CRM4Legal into iManage, all from within Outlook," said WindowLogic director Greg Brown.
"This product development delivers great benefits to law firm users," said David Blumentals CRM4Legal consultant & director, Asia Pacific. "CRM4Legal user adoption is greatly enhanced as CRM data is viewed each time iManage is accessed. Integration reduces the time it takes to navigate to your CRM4Legal data – just click the link to open your CRM records."
With the new Logic4Outlook product, users are able to view all CRM4Legal’s Contact, Organisation, Opportunity, Pitch, Matter and other information from iManage FileSite, and contact information for each recipient on an email. There is no need to go into CRM4Legal – all information required is displayed automatically unobtrusively. Configurable tabs and fields allow administrators to display any other information maintained within CRM4Legal, as required, even if the user does not have CRM4Legal installed locally.
• Paul Wyatt now with WindowLogic
We first encountered Paul Wyatt at Linetime, then he moved to Solicitec (both legal IT vendors in the UK) and last time we heard of him, he was with Visualfiles Australia. He’s now taken over as Eastern seaboard sales manager for WindowLogic in Sydney, a company which he describes as "the Australian equivalent of Phoenix meets DocAuto meets Tikit."
He adds "The legal 'stream' at WindowLogic was established earlier this year and the business has attracted some key talent with considerable knowledge in this sector. Three of Alphawest’s senior Worksite consultants (with a combined 14 years experience in delivering Worksite projects globally) joined WindowLogic earlier this year and in the past 3 months they have developed a range of value add plug ins for Worksite. Logic4Outlook is getting some serious interest and we have the application in beta test at one of Australia’s Top 10 law firms as we speak. We are also receiving a lot of requests for assistance in Worksite upgrade projects and have just taken over Worksite support and maintenance for 220 users at Sydney based Spruson & Ferguson, one of the leading intellectual property firms in Australia."
www.windowlogic.com.au
• Janders Dean turns 75
Justin North of Janders Dean has been in touch to say "this year Janders Dean turns 75! Well, not really...that just happens to be the combined ages of Bevan and Justin this year as they both hit milestone birthdays. (What 37.5 ...Ed). This year actually marks our third birthday here at Janders Dean Our fabulous new clients this year have included Vodafone, Willmott Dixon and BAE Systems, while we've also continued to work with a number of our existing loyal customers including Freehills, Sparke Helmore, King and Wood, Hall & Wilcox and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert."
Janders Dean has also published a preliminary registration form (see attached PDF) for their upcoming Law Firm Knowledge Management Conference (Sydney, 12th August 2010). Places are strictly limited and capped for this event, and delegate passes are provided on a first in basis. Please send all completed registration forms back as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. The full agenda with thought leaders and speakers representing international organisations will be announced over the next few days.
• Jason Hulme now with IQPC Sydney
Jason Hulme has been in touch to say "Thought you might like to know that I have left CPA Global to join the IQPC conferences group in Sydney. Although my role now sits over a number of conferences there will be a significant amount of work in law firm management inc outsourcing, IT, Leadership, KM etc. Gone are the days of the Legal IT Forum and By Legal For Legal but I am sure we can re kindle the quality events down under and create some high level controversy and debate here in Australia. Please give my best to the motley crew and speak soon." Jason.Hulme@iqpc.com.au
• Nuix powers KPMG Forensic to deliver Australia’s fastest e-discovery service
KPMG has signed a deal with Nuix for high-end, powerful electronic discovery software licenses to enable them to provide Australia’s fastest, most thorough and most scalable eDiscovery service to its clients. KPMG Forensic’s team purchased the improved software to improve crucial data analysis and processing and selected Nuix for inclusion in its e-discovery service offering.
Eddie Sheehy, Nuix Chief Executive Officer, said KPMG required very fast, powerful processing and integrated into their service offering by adding Nuix to its official workflow. “In a world where many corporations face vast amounts of data, increasing regulatory requirements and litigation that demands immediate and thorough investigations of terabytes of digital information, speed is of the essence. Our software has been able to provide great results for KPMG’s eDiscovery product.” Sheehy commented.
KPMG’s decision hinged on the results of speed trials conducted by KPMG and on Nuix’s ability to integrate with other technologies within the KPMG workflow. Rod McKemmish, KPMG Forensic’s Director said that during initial speed trials, KPMG Australia reported indexing a 59GB Exchange Database (EDB) file – including 1.8 million emails and attachments – in 1 hour and 24 minutes. “Performance improvements beyond this appear to be possible when we scale beyond a single hardware device and apply the power of our advanced infrastructure. When one combines the power of high end processing with the forensic precision and in-depth analysis capabilities of Nuix, the results are impressive,” said McKemmish.
KPMG Australia has employed the Nuix electronic discovery desktop platform for the past three years. This latest deal marks a significant upgrade to KPMG’s Enterprise Discovery platform. This is the same platform recently purchased by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to handle their corporate discoveries and investigations.
Australia-based insurance law firm Wotton + Kearney has chosen Aderant Expert as its new practice management system. The firm will implement the Aderant Expert practice and financial management system including Expert File Opening workflow and the new ClearView Performance module for advanced profitability analysis and reporting. "After considering all options, Aderant was a stand-out due to their reputation in the market for high quality products, rapid implementations, and excellent customer support," said David Kearney, managing partner of Wotton + Kearney.
ClearView Performance shows partners, practice group leaders, CFOs, and other senior staff exactly how they are performing, helping them see where they are operating according to plan and where they need improvement. It combines business intelligence capabilities with a full-featured business planning and profitability analysis tool. ClearView Performance presents critical data and metrics in a role-based graphical format, increasing information visibility and improving decision making.
• Copitrak breaks into China
Cost recovery market leader Copitrak Systems has expanded its international operations with the opening of a new office in Shanghai. The move comes in response to 18 months of increasing demand across China with growth conservatively estimated at 40% for the 2010-11 financial year. Shanghai will focus solely on the mainland, while the long-standing Hong Kong office will cover the rest of Asia and the Pacific Rim.
For managing director Nicholas Child, the development was a logical one. "Having been in Hong Kong for the past nine years, we’ve been able to take advantage of the opening up of the Chinese market but we’ve reached a tipping point now that says we have to service it with a dedicated team and country presence. There is simply huge potential to be tapped and with our fully Unicode compliant system, we’re seeing interest not just from international law firms coming into the region but more importantly, from the Chinese law firms themselves. But to succeed there we know we have to respect the country and the culture; that means a local office, with local people, local support, a native on the ground resource that fully understands the commercial environment and client mindset."
• WindowLogic Announce Release of iManage Integration for CRM4Legal
WindowLogic has announced the release of Logic4Outlook, an Outlook accelerator that provides seamless integration between iManage and Microsoft CRM4Legal. "Logic4Outlook is a perfect companion to CRM4Legal that will allow any or all of the information maintained within CRM4Legal to be displayed in the lawyers iManage workspace. Just click to record an email or document right into CRM4Legal from iManage or from CRM4Legal into iManage, all from within Outlook," said WindowLogic director Greg Brown.
"This product development delivers great benefits to law firm users," said David Blumentals CRM4Legal consultant & director, Asia Pacific. "CRM4Legal user adoption is greatly enhanced as CRM data is viewed each time iManage is accessed. Integration reduces the time it takes to navigate to your CRM4Legal data – just click the link to open your CRM records."
With the new Logic4Outlook product, users are able to view all CRM4Legal’s Contact, Organisation, Opportunity, Pitch, Matter and other information from iManage FileSite, and contact information for each recipient on an email. There is no need to go into CRM4Legal – all information required is displayed automatically unobtrusively. Configurable tabs and fields allow administrators to display any other information maintained within CRM4Legal, as required, even if the user does not have CRM4Legal installed locally.
• Paul Wyatt now with WindowLogic
We first encountered Paul Wyatt at Linetime, then he moved to Solicitec (both legal IT vendors in the UK) and last time we heard of him, he was with Visualfiles Australia. He’s now taken over as Eastern seaboard sales manager for WindowLogic in Sydney, a company which he describes as "the Australian equivalent of Phoenix meets DocAuto meets Tikit."
He adds "The legal 'stream' at WindowLogic was established earlier this year and the business has attracted some key talent with considerable knowledge in this sector. Three of Alphawest’s senior Worksite consultants (with a combined 14 years experience in delivering Worksite projects globally) joined WindowLogic earlier this year and in the past 3 months they have developed a range of value add plug ins for Worksite. Logic4Outlook is getting some serious interest and we have the application in beta test at one of Australia’s Top 10 law firms as we speak. We are also receiving a lot of requests for assistance in Worksite upgrade projects and have just taken over Worksite support and maintenance for 220 users at Sydney based Spruson & Ferguson, one of the leading intellectual property firms in Australia."
www.windowlogic.com.au
• Janders Dean turns 75
Justin North of Janders Dean has been in touch to say "this year Janders Dean turns 75! Well, not really...that just happens to be the combined ages of Bevan and Justin this year as they both hit milestone birthdays. (What 37.5 ...Ed). This year actually marks our third birthday here at Janders Dean Our fabulous new clients this year have included Vodafone, Willmott Dixon and BAE Systems, while we've also continued to work with a number of our existing loyal customers including Freehills, Sparke Helmore, King and Wood, Hall & Wilcox and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert."
Janders Dean has also published a preliminary registration form (see attached PDF) for their upcoming Law Firm Knowledge Management Conference (Sydney, 12th August 2010). Places are strictly limited and capped for this event, and delegate passes are provided on a first in basis. Please send all completed registration forms back as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. The full agenda with thought leaders and speakers representing international organisations will be announced over the next few days.
• Jason Hulme now with IQPC Sydney
Jason Hulme has been in touch to say "Thought you might like to know that I have left CPA Global to join the IQPC conferences group in Sydney. Although my role now sits over a number of conferences there will be a significant amount of work in law firm management inc outsourcing, IT, Leadership, KM etc. Gone are the days of the Legal IT Forum and By Legal For Legal but I am sure we can re kindle the quality events down under and create some high level controversy and debate here in Australia. Please give my best to the motley crew and speak soon." Jason.Hulme@iqpc.com.au
• Nuix powers KPMG Forensic to deliver Australia’s fastest e-discovery service
KPMG has signed a deal with Nuix for high-end, powerful electronic discovery software licenses to enable them to provide Australia’s fastest, most thorough and most scalable eDiscovery service to its clients. KPMG Forensic’s team purchased the improved software to improve crucial data analysis and processing and selected Nuix for inclusion in its e-discovery service offering.
Eddie Sheehy, Nuix Chief Executive Officer, said KPMG required very fast, powerful processing and integrated into their service offering by adding Nuix to its official workflow. “In a world where many corporations face vast amounts of data, increasing regulatory requirements and litigation that demands immediate and thorough investigations of terabytes of digital information, speed is of the essence. Our software has been able to provide great results for KPMG’s eDiscovery product.” Sheehy commented.
KPMG’s decision hinged on the results of speed trials conducted by KPMG and on Nuix’s ability to integrate with other technologies within the KPMG workflow. Rod McKemmish, KPMG Forensic’s Director said that during initial speed trials, KPMG Australia reported indexing a 59GB Exchange Database (EDB) file – including 1.8 million emails and attachments – in 1 hour and 24 minutes. “Performance improvements beyond this appear to be possible when we scale beyond a single hardware device and apply the power of our advanced infrastructure. When one combines the power of high end processing with the forensic precision and in-depth analysis capabilities of Nuix, the results are impressive,” said McKemmish.
KPMG Australia has employed the Nuix electronic discovery desktop platform for the past three years. This latest deal marks a significant upgrade to KPMG’s Enterprise Discovery platform. This is the same platform recently purchased by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to handle their corporate discoveries and investigations.
APAC news: new partner + new event
May 25th, 2010 by The Orange Rag
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• Trinogy Systems has become a reseller of the InterAction for Smartphone application from Calvis in South East Asia. InterAction for Smartphone is already widely used in America, Europe and the Middle East where firms are using the Calvis developed solution to enable their fee earners and mobile workers to conveniently access client, prospect and mandate intelligence stored within LexisNexis InterAction CRM via their smartphones, including BlackBerry and iPhone, while out of the office.
• Sinch is hosting its Innovation+IT for In-house Lawyers Conference 2010 in Sydney on Friday 30 July (9:00am to 6:30pm) in conjunction with the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA). Speakers include Derek Giles, Chrissy Burns, Adrian Dayton and Rees Morrison. For details click here www.sinch.com.au/seminars/siiilc10/
• Sinch is hosting its Innovation+IT for In-house Lawyers Conference 2010 in Sydney on Friday 30 July (9:00am to 6:30pm) in conjunction with the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA). Speakers include Derek Giles, Chrissy Burns, Adrian Dayton and Rees Morrison. For details click here www.sinch.com.au/seminars/siiilc10/
APAC news: vendor looking for national sales manager
May 20th, 2010 by The Orange Rag
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Here's the ad, we know who they are – and their claims of market leadership (in their market) are not hype. The GMail address is to delay being plagued by recruitment agencies for as long as possible...
National Sales Manager (ANZ Legal)
A market leading legal technology vendor with a majority of the Top-25 Australian law firms as clients is seeking a dedicated National Sales Manager for the Australian & New Zealand legal sector. Suiting a Sales Manager who has consistently hit target in the legal or professional services sectors (Australian or UK) over the past three years and who is now looking to take the next step in their career, the role offers the chance to become a key part of the growth of the Asia-Pacific business and a member of the management team for the region going forward.
You will be expected to provide commercial leadership and expertise while rolling up your sleeves in order to grow revenue and win business. The ability to sell consultatively by listening to customer needs is key, regardless of whether they are a Top-25 prospect or 20-user firm. Offering a high degree of autonomy but as a result requiring a high level of energy, persistence and discipline the rewards will be both financial and career enhancing. Of graduate calibre, you will need at least 5 years experience selling software, ideally within the legal or professional services sectors. Based out of the Sydney office, a highly competitive compensation package (with significant earning capacity for those who exceed sales quota) is available for the right candidate.
Email anznationalsalesmanager@gmail.com with your CV and for further details.
National Sales Manager (ANZ Legal)
A market leading legal technology vendor with a majority of the Top-25 Australian law firms as clients is seeking a dedicated National Sales Manager for the Australian & New Zealand legal sector. Suiting a Sales Manager who has consistently hit target in the legal or professional services sectors (Australian or UK) over the past three years and who is now looking to take the next step in their career, the role offers the chance to become a key part of the growth of the Asia-Pacific business and a member of the management team for the region going forward.
You will be expected to provide commercial leadership and expertise while rolling up your sleeves in order to grow revenue and win business. The ability to sell consultatively by listening to customer needs is key, regardless of whether they are a Top-25 prospect or 20-user firm. Offering a high degree of autonomy but as a result requiring a high level of energy, persistence and discipline the rewards will be both financial and career enhancing. Of graduate calibre, you will need at least 5 years experience selling software, ideally within the legal or professional services sectors. Based out of the Sydney office, a highly competitive compensation package (with significant earning capacity for those who exceed sales quota) is available for the right candidate.
Email anznationalsalesmanager@gmail.com with your CV and for further details.
Herbert Geer roll out Smart WebParts via Swerdlove
May 4th, 2010 by The Orange Rag
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Australian-based Herbert Geer has implemented the Smart Time intelligent time capture and time entry system from Smart WebParts at is Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane offices.
According to the firm's chief innovation officer Tom Haslam “Herbert Geer selected Smart Time because it is a cost effective solution with a very small internal technology impact. The product makes it quick and easy for our staff to complete their timesheets and capture their activity. Our initial report is that Smart Time is exceeding our expectations in terms of return on investment.”
By searching across servers (Exchange, BES, DMS) and phone systems, Smart Time provides Herbert Geer’s lawyers with an itemised journal of their daily work activities, enabling them to prepare complete and accurate timesheets. The Smart Time project at Herbert Geer was implemented by Smart WebParts partner Swerdlove.
According to the firm's chief innovation officer Tom Haslam “Herbert Geer selected Smart Time because it is a cost effective solution with a very small internal technology impact. The product makes it quick and easy for our staff to complete their timesheets and capture their activity. Our initial report is that Smart Time is exceeding our expectations in terms of return on investment.”
By searching across servers (Exchange, BES, DMS) and phone systems, Smart Time provides Herbert Geer’s lawyers with an itemised journal of their daily work activities, enabling them to prepare complete and accurate timesheets. The Smart Time project at Herbert Geer was implemented by Smart WebParts partner Swerdlove.
Latest Asia-Pacific News Round-up
April 29th, 2010 by The Orange Rag
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• Zylpha expands into Australia
Zylpha have teamed up with former managing director of Visualfiles Australia (LexisNexis), Bevan Read to re-sell the DocBinder document bundling solution in Australia. Read will also be continuing in his advisory role with Justin North’s Janders Dean group, specialising in case management and workflow systems for the legal sector. According to Read "As a former solicitor, I could appreciate the value of this software the first time I saw it. Simple to implement; easy to use; and it makes massive improvements to a very real, everyday task inside all legal practices"
www.zylpha.com
• Allen & Gledhill win for Elite
Allen & Gledhill, one of the oldest and most influential law firms in South East Asia, has signed with Elite 3E. After a lengthy review process, firm, Allen & Gledhill determined that 3E was the best option. The selection process was open and despite competition from Aderant and internal momentum to update their existing Elite Enterprise platform, the 3E solution prevailed. Based in Singapore with more than 300 lawyers, the firm has received numerous accolades and awards from respected legal publications and directories. It is the only law firm in Singapore that is consistently ranked at the top of the league tables for every major area of its practice.
• Phoenix & Janders Dean Breakfast Briefing - Sydney, Australia
Justin North of Jander Dean reports that a lot of interest has been expressed in the Phoenix Business Solutions and Janders Dean International breakfast briefing around Alternative Billing to be held in Sydney at Becasse on May 18th. Representatives from in-house counsel at Telstra and Westpac will be joined by CFO and CEO level attendees from law firms including Blake Dawson, Clayton Utz, Freehills, Gilbert+Tobin, Minter Ellison, Sparke Helmore, Norton Rose, DLA Phillips Fox, Baker McKenzie and numerous others to discuss the trends and issues surrounding this area.
Zylpha have teamed up with former managing director of Visualfiles Australia (LexisNexis), Bevan Read to re-sell the DocBinder document bundling solution in Australia. Read will also be continuing in his advisory role with Justin North’s Janders Dean group, specialising in case management and workflow systems for the legal sector. According to Read "As a former solicitor, I could appreciate the value of this software the first time I saw it. Simple to implement; easy to use; and it makes massive improvements to a very real, everyday task inside all legal practices"
www.zylpha.com
• Allen & Gledhill win for Elite
Allen & Gledhill, one of the oldest and most influential law firms in South East Asia, has signed with Elite 3E. After a lengthy review process, firm, Allen & Gledhill determined that 3E was the best option. The selection process was open and despite competition from Aderant and internal momentum to update their existing Elite Enterprise platform, the 3E solution prevailed. Based in Singapore with more than 300 lawyers, the firm has received numerous accolades and awards from respected legal publications and directories. It is the only law firm in Singapore that is consistently ranked at the top of the league tables for every major area of its practice.
• Phoenix & Janders Dean Breakfast Briefing - Sydney, Australia
Justin North of Jander Dean reports that a lot of interest has been expressed in the Phoenix Business Solutions and Janders Dean International breakfast briefing around Alternative Billing to be held in Sydney at Becasse on May 18th. Representatives from in-house counsel at Telstra and Westpac will be joined by CFO and CEO level attendees from law firms including Blake Dawson, Clayton Utz, Freehills, Gilbert+Tobin, Minter Ellison, Sparke Helmore, Norton Rose, DLA Phillips Fox, Baker McKenzie and numerous others to discuss the trends and issues surrounding this area.
