Can you TAL, or are you a PRO?
Celebrating its 25th year in production in 2010, Sage Timeslips has acquired a well-deserved reputation as the “gold standard” for stand-alone time tracking and billing applications with many attorneys and other professionals who track and bill for time. Users...
Belt & Suspenders: Data Protection Schemes, Part 2
In part 2 of this series, the author identifies some of the more common pitfalls to all of the previously discussed data protection schemes, and offers some recommendations for safeguarding critical company data. Common pitfalls to available data protection schemes...
Breaking News from the Lexis Consultant Conference-Part 2
While attending the LexisNexis annual Practice Management Conference in Las Vegas this past week, we learned that PCLaw 11 is in the works. Release is targeted for the first quarter of 2011, about the same time that Time Matters Version 11 is slated for release....
Breaking News from the Lexis Consultant Conference-Part 1
LexisNexis' annual Practice Management Conference this past week in Las Vegas gave the good people of LexisNexis an opportunity to communicate their latest ideas and strategies for one of the stars in their portfolio: Time Matters. For some time now, the strategy...
Belt & Suspenders: Data Protection For Business Continuity
Modern businesses are increasingly reliant on records stored electronically in computer systems, and the failure of these systems can cause serious problems. In law firms, computer-related data loss may result in serious harm to clients and resultant damage to the...
Windows 7 for the Legal Office – Part II
In our previous article we looked at Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 7 64- and 32-bit versions. If your firm has decided to incorporate this into your network environment, we looked at general, hardware requirements. But what about your software? How...
Capturing Billable Time On the Run
In our smartphone-powered society, being able to keep track of everything you do while “on the go” has become increasingly important. This is especially true for mobile professionals who need to bill for – or at least accurately track – all of their professional time....
Windows 7 for the Legal Office – a First Look
Recently we’ve been getting calls from clients reporting that either they have just added a new workstation at their office that runs the new Windows 7 operating system, or they are about to do so. The questions we hear from them are – What are the system...
File, File, Who’s Got the File?
Let me describe an all-too-common scenario called “Who has the file?” It depicts an old fashioned law firm that has gone completely topsy-turvy trying to find a physical file. You can picture the scene: The impatient attorney stands in the middle of the scene,...
Timeslips 2011 – First Look
Sage Timeslips 2011 was previewed today at the Sage Insights Conference, and the final release dates were announced. Product shipments will begin to customers on June 18, 2010. It was noted at the conference that this is the 25th anniversary of the Timeslips product,...