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Prosperoware announces new global partner program
Prosperoware has launched a global partner program as it looks to promote its services across verticals outside of the legal sector.
“Prosperoware has been deeply rooted in the legal vertical for over a decade,” says Trish Rilling, Prosperoware’s director of channel and alliances. “With the importance of governance and hybrid work environments, our solutions have quickly become relevant in other verticals, and our partners are key to our continued success and expansion.”
The restructured program will offer resources and tools to support Prosperoware partners simplify customer experiences through their digital transformation journey. Led by Rilling, the program offers a structured path to enablement, communication, and partner account management.
“Enriching the partner experience is a top priority,” says Prosperoware CEO & co-founder, Keith Lipman. “We are taking the next step in building rich, long-lasting partnerships by investing in a new Global Partner Program to ensure our partners have access to the right tools and resources to enable safe collaboration across systems for both they and their clients.”
Smokeball Raises $40 Million in Private Funding Round
Cloud legal practice management software Smokeball has raised a $40 million investment from private investors and employee shareholders to double down on growth.
The company says it will use the funds to fast-track the expansion of its 200+ person team and the advancement of its proprietary technology to help small- and medium-sized law firms manage and grow their business in the U.S. and Australia.
“Smokeball has grown rapidly because most small- and medium-sized law firms either don’t use automated software or have poorly functioning solutions,” said Hunter Steele, Smokeball’s CEO. “Our mission is to help lawyers grow the value of their business, which is the basis for everything we do.
“By securing private funding we can continue this mission with clients as our primary focus rather than delivering a short-term return to investors. With the support of private investors, we can focus on solutions that benefit our clients for decades to come.”
Smokeball says that tools like automatic time tracking; document automation and form libraries; advanced matter management; and complete legal billing help its clients bill more than four hours per day, compared to the industry average of only two.
“Incredibly, we estimate 100,000 small- and medium-sized law firms in the U.S. and Australia don’t use any law-specific software to manage cases and their business. Just as many are trapped in outdated legacy systems tied to a server, or use cloud platforms that lack innovation and depth,” Steele said. “We exist to help firms realise the potential in their business, and to get them back to practicing law rather than pushing paper and chasing timesheets.”
Katchr partners with Jayva Global
Javya Global, a leading provider of Leap PMS implementation and consulting services, has become a Katchr partner assisting in the referral and sale of Katchr’s Express and Enterprise legal BI solutions to the US and EMEA markets.
“Jayva Global are an internationally recognised brand when it comes to PMS implementation, law firm financial best practice and strategy advice and guidance,” said Graham Moore, managing director of Katchr. “Their understanding of a law firm’s financial needs makes them an ideal partner to educate law firms in how best to implement and utilise Katchr’s legal BI portfolio.”
Product news
UK
Tiger Eye Expand and Relaunch Tools for iManage
Tiger Eye has expanded and relaunched their range of iManage tools, with eight tools now included in the ‘Tiger Eye Tools for iManage’ range. The relaunch sees three new solutions added to the suite.
All of the Tiger Eye Tools included in the collection are iManage Cloud and Work 10 compliant and are customizable to meet individual firm’s needs. Among those added to the range are Tiger Eye Matter Manager, enabling efficient management of the matter lifecycle including the archiving and deletion of expired matters, all of which is handled through an intuitive interface. Tiger Eye have also launched Tiger Eye Accelerate, a solution which provides fast and easy access to iManage through Windows Explorer. Mirroring the OneDrive interface, Accelerate for iManage enables users to browse, open, save and edit iManage content from a web browser and within Windows without switching applications. It is hoped that this will enable all firm staff to benefit from iManage, without training on iManage’s UX and extensive functionality. Tiger Eye have also replaced their existing Migration Suite system with Tiger Eye Migration Duo for complete, on-demand migration management.
Dave Wilson, managing director of Tiger Eye, said: “It has been an interesting period of growth for our business, and I am excited about the expansion and relaunch of our Tiger Eye Tools range. Using real-world insights from customers, delivering on our core mission to provide ‘expertise, from the team that listens’ and as the leading iManage partner for knowledge and technical expertise, it is fantastic to be able to innovate and build on the iManage Platform with new functionality to suit our clients’ needs. We are pleased to now be able to offer our solutions to the wider market, to help more firms to tailor their DMS to suit their strategy and vision.”
To browse the full range of Tiger Eye Tools for iManage, visit their website here: https://www.tigereyeconsulting.com/solution/tec-tools/
North America
ProSearch and Text IQ Launch New Connector for Relativity and Text IQ
ProSearch and Text IQ have developed a new connector to speed up and simplify data transfers between Relativity and Text IQ, which was recently acquired by Relativity.
Text IQ leverages unsupervised machine learning to accelerate the review of privileged and protected content, reducing the time and cost burden of document review. Until now, a common challenge faced by legal teams was the lack of an automated solution for accurate and speedy transfer of fielded results obtained in Text IQ to Relativity for further review and production.
“The ProSearch Text IQ Connector speeds up the transfer of data between Text IQ and the Relativity platform,” says Omar Haroun, Text IQ co-founder and COO. “This will enable users to further reduce the time it takes to conduct document reviews, particularly when it comes to privilege review.”
“Our long-term partnership with Text IQ includes a history of collaboration for Global Fortune 500 customers,” says Julia Hasenzahl, CEO of ProSearch. “Together we drive significant value and cost savings by combining Text IQ’s machine learning platform with ProSearch’s expertise in developing AI workflows to automate privilege review. The new Connector is the latest example of our success in partnering for the benefit of our mutual clients.”
Integreon adds Breach Notification Services to its Cyber Incident Response Capabilities
Integreon has expanded its Cyber Incident Response(CIR) capabilities to now include Cyber Incident NotificationServices. Cyber Incident Notification Services will include delivery by mail or email to impacted individuals of required communications, along with call center support and credit monitoring services. This latest offering is designed to expertly assist clients to meet strict international, national, and state data privacy and consumer regulations deadlines and other compliance requirements.
Once an incident occurs at an organization, Integreon’s CIR professionals mobilize and partner with the affected clients’ internal security and privacy teams and their breach coaches, insurance carriers, and incident response consultants to identify, extract, and organize exposed sensitive data. Using a combination of technology and processes honed over thousands of projects, Integreon adeptly mines the data to identify sensitive information for the purpose of creating a detailed list of impacted individuals. This enables the company to confidently prepare for notification.
Integreon CEO Bob Rowe said: “As bad actors continue to attack businesses and exfiltrate sensitive personal data, Integreon has broadened its cyber incident response capabilities to help insurance providers, law firms and forensics shops assist their clients with efficient, effective notification services. This is exactly what Integreon does best. We apply technology, fit-for-purpose process, and the right people against a data-driven challenge. Notification is an essential step in the cyber incident response process, and we have built a superior team with qualified talent to do cyber breach notification right.”
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