Worcestershire and Gloucestershire based Thomson & Bancks LLP are to be the first firm to implement a hosted version of Partner for Windows, after choosing TikitTFB as their preferred supplier to replace their ageing IRIS FoxPro system. They follow May’s announcement of Marchants Solicitors who also chose to switch in favour of Partner for Windows.

The firm, who have been in operation for over 170 years, will be deploying Partner for Windows to merge the two separate FoxPro systems they are currently running at each of their offices, providing the firm with a single, consolidated solution. They have chosen to run the 58 user system remotely via a hosted solution to be provided by ACM IT Solutions. The hosting solution is due to go live in early August with the entire Partner for Windows project to be completed by October.

The introduction of a hosted Partner for Windows system will enable the firm to bring together disparate parts of the business, centralising and reducing duplication of work and providing a streamlined approach to the firm’s case management processes in the areas of Business Law, Family, Private Client, Litigation and Property.

David Roberts, Project Leader at the firm comments, ‘We reviewed other suppliers who offer a complete hosted solution but the depth of functionality that Partner for Windows could offer us overall far outweighed those options. Coupled with the solution being hosted by ACM, we have a powerful business tool that will allow our staff to work anywhere, anytime and will provide us with significant savings across the firm.’

‘We have so far been impressed with TikitTFB’s approach to our project, openly willing to work with our chosen hosted supplier to provide us with a solution bespoke to our needs.’