LexisNexishave announced today that Grindeys has awarded it a new contract for its Axxia dna* product to be used by all of Grindeys’ 240 fee-earners and support staff.

Martin Leak, Practice Director, Grindeys, said “Being a high volume conveyancing business and an IRIS AIM user, we were looking for a new practice management technology to help us gain a competitive edge. Customers want to exchange data electronically with their legal practitioner and we wanted a robust platform that gives us the flexibility to meet current and future client requirements. Furthermore, we needed a quick, easy-to-use, and integrated system that makes life easier for our staff. Following a review, we felt that Axxia dna* was the right product and from a supplier who has never ended the life of any of its products.”

WinScribe have announced new enhancements now available for its application for BlackBerry Smartphones.

Users now have the ability to insert and over-write audio dictation captured on their BlackBerry Smartphones as well as flag jobs as priority directly from their device. WinScribe is the first vendor in the digital dictation sector to offer this functionality for BlackBerry Smartphones.

Since the launch of the application in February of this year, WinScribe for BlackBerry Smartphones is being deployed in over 30 of the top legal firms internationally as well as a number of medical organizations.

Rather than carrying around several devices, WinScribe's key objective was to make life easier for the mobile lawyer by combining the accessibility of all applications onto one device. turnaround with its fully featured finger touch control, secure voice and data

nFlow have announced the launch of the nFlow Annual Conference hosted by Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP, London.

The conference is set to take place over the 4th & 5th June, with nFlow opening up the wide range of sessions and content to existing customers as well as law firms and those interested in understanding more about digital dictation, a unique stance for a software vendor. nFlow technology partners, independent industry consultants and journalists will also be participating in the event to ensure well rounded and unbiased content.

Central to the conference will be the launch of nFlow Version 5, the latest digital dictation offering from nFlow. Version 5, nFlow believe, is the future of digital dictation or  ‘DDS2’ a phrase they have coined. Designed and developed in conjunction with consultants from Microsoft, Version 5  is an entirely new service orientated architecture built from the ground up utilising the latest best practice for .net, Neil Cameron, keynote speaker at the conference commented, “I am delighted to be hosting a keynote session on the future of digital dictation and looking forward to facilitating some interesting panel sessions on dictation mobility and the role digital dictation plays in disaster recovery. nFlow are a key player in the digital dictation space and the conference promises to be an excellent event for both existing and potential customers.”

Eclipse have announced a range of new features for their popular case management system:

 New Probate module… Proclaim®’s Probate case management module has been re-engineered to provide a wide new range of fee earner tools.  In addition to extended reporting functionality, automated calculations and a ‘3-click’ navigation system, the new module provides automatic completion of the IHT200 and IHT205 forms.

 PCOL (Possession Claim Online)… Proclaim®’s repossession modules can now provide a direct online link to Her Majesty’s Courts Service’s online service for claimants and defendants.  Data can now be validated and uploaded from Proclaim® at a mouse-click, and will serve to further streamline processes for practices involved in volume claims.

 Graphical Workload Monitor… Proclaim®’s ‘Workload Monitor’ tool has been enhanced to provide ‘at-a-glance’ graphical reports.  Workload Monitor provides live fee earner performance statistics for supervisors, enabling analysis of trends, bottlenecks, under-utilised resources, etc.  The new development introduces a range of graphical tools, offering even faster and more user-friendly analysis.

 Dynamic Database… The Dynamic Database (DD) tool provides a ‘bridge’ between Proclaim® and complementary third-party software systems.  Using protocols such as ODBC, the DD enables export of user-defined data and tables from Proclaim®, to be imported into the external system.  Platform-independent, the DD enables this data to be utilised in toolkits such as, for example, Crystal Reports, or in cross-platform instances such as when utilising a Microsoft SQL system.  In addition to this data flexibility, the DD also provides a secure environment and negates the chance of corrupting any live information, making it an ideal toolkit for scenario testing and manipulation.