2007-02-07 10:06:25 -
SUNNYVALE, California, February 7 /PRNewswire/ --
- Mid-sized Scottish Law Firm Reclaims 2,200 Fee-Earning Hours and
Streamlines Internal Process With WorkSite(R)
Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV), provider of Enterprise Content
Management (ECM) solutions for business, today announced that Anderson
Strathern, a highly rated law firm with four locations in Scotland, has
realised significant gains by implementing Interwoven WorkSite(R), the
leading solution for matter-centric collaboration. Anderson Strathern is
using WorkSite firm-wide to increase productivity and provide a more
effective means of enforcing policies for security, e-mail retention,
compliance, and
disaster recovery. Also, WorkSite is enabling a more
flexible, mobile work environment, providing staff with easy access to client
and work related files from any location.
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With over 250 employees in different locations, the firm had no
standardised process for storing and managing the growing number of paper
files, e-mail messages, and electronic documents related to client matter.
Anderson Strathern recognised the need for a centralised, searchable, and
collaborative means of managing information. The firm called upon Tikit, an
Interwoven Platinum Partner based in London who recommended WorkSite and
provided needs analysis, on-site implementation, training and on-going
support to solve these challenges.
WorkSite has enabled all of Anderson Strathern's employees to easily
collaborate on client matters and allowed the firm to centralise document and
e-mail management to deliver superior client service and to reduce the time
spent searching for client-related matter. The firm estimates that using
WorkSite has saved fee earners over 2,200 hours, worth more than GBP185,000
in fee-earner hours. WorkSite also enables Anderson Strathern employees to
more easily work remotely, allowing the firm to reduce office space overhead.
"We continue to look for ways in which to deliver value to our clients.
Worksite enables us to reduce the time spent saving and retrieving documents,
which streamlines the administrative processes undertaken by our fee-earners
and support staff, and benefits clients by further speeding our response
times," said Robin Stimpson, Managing Partner, Anderson Strathern.
With over 1,400 professional services customers worldwide, Interwoven has
established itself as the solutions leader for firms seeking to manage
documents, e-mails, images, paper, and other client records in an end-to-end
client engagement environment.
Said Alan Herd, IT Manager, Anderson Strathern, "From a risk management
perspective, WorkSite supports compliance, security, and disaster recovery
across all materials. The centralised WorkSite environment creates a single
repository for a vast amount of evolving data with detailed version
histories, ownership visibility and access rights. It provides our firm with
the foundation to move forward with confidence that we are providing the best
in client service."
"Firms continue to recognise that successfully empowering their
professionals with tools that improve their effectiveness and their ability
to serve clients ultimately improves competitiveness and profitability," said
Neil Araujo, Interwoven Vice President, Marketing for Professional Services
Industry Solutions. "Moving to the electronic matter-file and providing a
single point of access to all matter content, including email, is a
fundamental step in improving working practices. Firms who take the steps
with solutions like WorkSite are realising this shift is achievable and are
seeing significant ROI."
About the Interwoven Matter-Centric Collaboration Solution
Based on Interwoven WorkSite software, the Interwoven Matter-Centric
Collaboration Solution enables lawyers and other professional services
practitioners, for the first time, to manage client and matter-related
content in the electronic world the way they have done for more than 100
years in the physical world. Users can consolidate documents, records,
e-mails, billing, contacts, and all other relevant content for any given
client or matter in a single integrated file that is accessible both
internally and externally across departments and locations. As a result,
Interwoven provides the industry's most complete solution for professional
services firms to manage critical content, enhance client and business
relationships, enable efficient collaboration over distance, and improve
practitioner and staff utilisation.
About Tikit
Tikit (www.tikit.com) is the UK's leading provider of IT services and
software to the legal and accounting industries. Working with 90 of the UK's
top law firms and over 250 accountancy organisations, the company offers a
full range of IT services and software from networking to knowledge
management.
Established in 1994 the company has over 180 staff in offices in London,
regionally around the UK and Europe. Working with best of breed partners,
Tikit offers innovative and effective IT solutions based on its in-depth
knowledge of its clients' marketplaces.
About Interwoven
Interwoven is a global leader in content management solutions.
Interwoven's software and services enable organizations to effectively
leverage content to drive business growth by improving the customer
experience, increasing collaboration, and streamlining business processes in
dynamic environments. Our unique approach combines user-friendly simplicity
with robust IT performance and scalability to unlock the value of content.
Today, nearly 3,800 enterprise and professional services organizations
worldwide have chosen Interwoven, including: adidas, Airbus, Avaya, Cisco,
DLA Piper, the Federal Reserve Bank, FedEx, HSBC, LexisNexis, Microsoft,
Samsung, Shell, Samsonite, White & Case, and Yamaha. Over 18,000 developers
and over 300 partners enrich and extend Interwoven's offerings. To learn more
about Interwoven, please visit www.interwoven.com.
Web site: www.interwoven.com
Source: Interwoven, Inc.
