You Talkin’ to Me? Alexa, Siri, Cortana and Voice Activated AI
Amazon sold millons of its Echo devices -Dot, Tap, Show, etc. – in 2016, and has so far captured about 70% of the market in consumer-oriented Voice Activated AI (Artificial Intelligence). According to an article by Nick Wingfield in the August 30 edition of the New...
There’s Gold in your Current Software
Is your inbox full of marketing pitches urging you to switch to new software? Sometimes it pays to switch, and sometimes not. Since moving to new software can be expensive and disruptive, often the answer is to make better use of the software you already have. Here...
NetDocuments and ndOffice 2.1
Current NetDocuments users know about the excellent, tight integration between this world-class document management system and Microsoft Office (and Adobe). What you may not know is that a new version recently came out, with some excellent new options and features. ...
Can Your Email Habits Get You Into Trouble?
Over the past couple of decades, email has become so commonplace that it is the automatic “go-to” for public and private sector communications. But lately, it seems that email has been in the news in a major way, to the point where intercepted or leaked email messages...
Use A Slip Trigger in Timeslips To Capture Your Billable Costs
When creating a time entry slip, a related task - or related expense - might frequently happen together with that time entry. For example, if you are entering a time slip for the time it takes to file a motion, you may typically need to also enter an expense slip for...
Sage Timeslips 2018 Edition – The Highlights
This month Sage will release the latest edition of its popular Timeslips time and billing application, Timeslips 2018. Heading into its second year of having two different “flavors” of the product (Premium and Perpetual) - both now using the Firebird database - Sage...
Timeslips to TimeSolv-The Right Move for You?
Timeslips is an excellent billing application that is used by hundreds of our clients, and has been popular in law offices for many years. Some recent changes in the way Timeslips is being sold and supported by Sage (the licensor for Timeslips), however, has caused...
Launching a Process Change Project: Part 2
In last week’s post we discussed the importance of carefully reviewing the firm’s current processes and workflow before abandoning a software application for “the latest and greatest” new product. In this week’s post we review the activity that a firm would typically...
Launching a Process Change Project: Part 1
Clients often reach out to Crosspointe because they want to replace their billing, practice management, accounting, or document management software. The first question they ask is: "What is the best software out there for what I need?" The answer to that question is...
Sage Announces Changes to Timeslips Obsolescence Policy
In recent years, Sage has been actively supporting the current perpetual-license version of Timeslips, along with the two most recent versions. Recently, our Timeslips clients began to receive emails from Sage indicating that support for both Timeslips versions 2015...