Services

System Integration

Many law firms store and exchange data in disparate and incompatible formats, which complicates integration, increases overheads and reduces productivity.

Examples of this include firms that struggle to get the management information needed to make key decisions because it is held in different systems and requires considerable manual effort to bring together. Other firms struggle producing reports for clients where information may be required from a number of sources in order to produce a consolidated report.

The ability to seamlessly connect and exchange information between systems is increasingly important in today's competitive landscape.

We can help you integrate systems within your practice.

We can also help you integrate with your clients systems and the systems of third parties with which you need to collaborate.

Software Customisation

You can improve the productivity of both your fee earners and support staff by better adapting your software applications to the way that they work or the way you would like them to work.

Most modern software applications can be customised and adapted using built-in tools so that you do not have to put up with the awkwardness that the out-of-the-box product imposes.

Adapting your existing solutions is usually much cost effective and less disruptive than purchasing and installing new systems.

Solutions that typically benefit from customisation include:

• Microsoft Office - especially Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Access and Excel
• Case management systems
• Document management and production systems
• Data gathering and reporting systems

Integration between these systems can also often be accomplished with a little customisation work or the development of small integration solutions.

Management Reporting

Clients increasingly demand managment and case reports on the files that you manage for them. Often this information has to be collated for various computer and paper based sources and is time consuming and costly to produce. However, there are often simple solutions to these problems which can be depoyed quickly and cost effectively.

Software Development

For most law firms, commercially available software packages with appropriate customisation undertaken to meet the needs and working practices of the firm will suffice.

In instances where there is no suitable commercial product available to meet your needs, we can work with you to develop a bespoke solution to meet your precise requirements. Typical situations where bespoke development is used include:

• specific or specialised requirements, simply not met by commercially available packages
• doing something novel or doing something in a different way to gain commercial advantage
• integration between systems that cannot be achieved using their inbuilt tools or functionality

Our software development is undertaken using industry standard tools so that you are able to expand, change and support the system with ease going forward.

Database Services

• Adapting/customising your existing databases
• Professional design and implementation of new databases
• Database troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Integration between databases or other systems within the firm
• Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server specialists

Rapid Prototyping

We are adept at delivering small powerful software solutions quickly.

If you need to prove a concept before going ahead with a bigger project, or just want to try out some ideas and see what is possible, we can help you by delivering working prototype solutions rapidly and cost effectively.

Research and Development

Detailed analysis and advice on particular technologies, technology markets or suppliers to save you time and provide you with the key information you need to make a decision.