We continue to evolve with our customers by seeing interesting usage of our technology in many large and mid-size corporations, law firms and professional service firms looking to streamline their document-intensive processes, reduce costs, protect business-sensitive content and leverage existing infrastructure investments. As firms demand more and more from their technology purchases they are finding interesting ways to leverage existing investments.
One firm that is leading the way is Lewis Silkin. As with many firms their lawyers and key staff are increasingly required to juggle the diverse demands of their clients, cases and business while being outside of the office at courts, offices or client locations. To manage the mobile workforce and the ever increasing amounts of confidential information they decided to standardize their internal technology stack around Microsoft to create a platform for information management. They also needed a security solution that would integrate quickly and easily into SharePoint and Windows Rights Management Services (RMS), as well support the use of BlackBerry’s in order to protect their information no matter where it was.
Workshare solutions provide a nice fit to not only meet their requirements but to allow them to leverage their investments in Microsoft technologies. You can read more about Lewis Silkin leveraging technology in this case study on Workshare.com.
Orrick is another law firm that we see leading the way by looking beyond product features and focusing on leveraging technology to implement cost saving solutions. Using Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007, Workshare, and IntelliSafe, Orrick created an extranet for document management and collaboration. Orrick has streamlined a highly manual, costly, and time-intensive process to not only save an estimated one million dollars per year, but has gained the ability to add new clients and greatly expand their Structured Finance business. You can learn more about their success by downloading the Orrick case study here.
Leading Firms are moving beyond point solutions and are investing in technology that not only solve real world challenges but leverage their other infrastructure investments. I would love to hear about your success story on leveraging Workshare technology; post a comment below or contact me directly.