DataCert Announces Strategic Partnership With Law Manager.Business Editors/Legal Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2001 DataCert, a leading provider of e-Billing services, and Law Manager, a leader in case/matter management systems for law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
DataCert provides e-Billing services for the secure exchange of information between corporate legal departments and outside law firms, and Law Manager provides the software that interfaces with the most advanced time and billing systems on the market today. "This partnership represents another major win for us," said Eric M. Elfman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DataCert. "The addition of Law Manager as a DataCert partner means we are now fully cross-compatible with a leader of major matter-management applications in the legal marketplace. It also is indicative of the industry's increasing desire to build e-Billing networks in order to create administrative efficiencies and enable informed decision-making decision-making, n the process of coming to a conclusion or making a judgment. decision-making, evidence-based, n a type of informal decision-making that combines clinical expertise, patient concerns, and evidence gathered from ." DataCert and Law Manager have partnered strategically to provide law firms and corporate clients a comprehensive solution that securely transfers documents and files to and from Law Manager 98(R) and Law Manager 2000(R). ShareDoc/LEGAL(TM), DataCert's legal market service, utilizes sophisticated encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. technology, public key infrastructure (PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of ) and digital certificates to secure the movement of all information. Working behind firewalls to integrate electronic invoices into Law Manager 98 or Law Manager 2000, ShareDoc/LEGAL interprets any invoice An itemized statement or written account of goods sent to a purchaser or consignee by a vendor that indicates the quantity and price of each piece of merchandise shipped. A consular invoice is one used in foreign trade. format a law firm provides. Then, using advanced Web technologies and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. (eXtensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. ), ShareDoc/LEGAL standardizes the invoice into a common format used by legal departments and delivers it securely to Law Manager applications. This integration enables full tracking and reporting capabilities and allows corporations and their law firms to agree on business rules and validations to be applied to the invoice data as it moves -- thus guaranteeing the receipt of pre-validated invoice information. Tom Platt, vice president of sales and marketing for Law Manager, sees the integration as a powerful new offering for Law Manager clients. "For the first time, corporate legal departments can receive very detailed, pre-validated invoice data securely, from each of its law firms, through a single Internet connection in a standard format. Applying Law Manager's sophisticated management and reporting tools to that data gives managers capabilities they have never had before. This partnership will quickly become a powerful vehicle for change in corporate legal departments." About Law Manager Law Manager is a leading provider of advanced case management, docketing, records management and e-commerce systems, as well as a full range of implementation services to large law firms, corporate legal departments and government. Law Manager's clients include the largest corporate legal departments in the country, as listed by the Corporate Legal Times survey, and some of the largest federal agencies and state attorneys general offices. Law Manager is a subsidiary of Elite Information Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELTE ELTE Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) ELTE El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail (US National Park Service) ELTE Ethernet Line Termination Equipment ), an international provider of financial and practice management products, including integrated time and billing, general ledger General Ledger A company's accounting records. This formal ledger contains all the financial accounts and statements of a business. Notes: The ledger uses two columns: one records debits, the other has offsetting credits. and accounts payable products and related consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" . For more information, contact Law Manager at 610/825-5400 or visit their Web site at www.lawmanager.com. About ShareDoc/LEGAL(TM) ShareDoc/LEGAL is designed to move sensitive information between law firms and their clients. Special tools allow ShareDoc/LEGAL to facilitate electronic invoicing in·voice n. 1. A detailed list of goods shipped or services rendered, with an account of all costs; an itemized bill. 2. The goods or services itemized in an invoice. tr.v. by translating e-Billing information from different law firm billing-packages into something that their clients can more easily understand and use. ShareDoc/LEGAL works behind firewalls to integrate e-Billing seamlessly into existing case management and financial systems. ShareDoc/LEGAL can interpret any invoice format that a law firm provides, and then standardize stan·dard·ize v. 1. To cause to conform to a standard. 2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard. the invoice into a common format used by legal departments. About DataCert DataCert provides e-Business services for the secure exchange of information between trading partners and applications. Their proprietary technology serves as a "smart bridge" among companies to enable the flow of information along supply chains, a projected $79 billion market. DataCert focuses on client-centered marketplaces to help companies eliminate redundant processes and reduce costs. The service also extends the business processes of the enterprise beyond traditional barriers directly to trading partners, so the software applications can communicate -- helping to create more effective business Webs. They can be reached at 713/572-3282; or, visit their Web site at www.datacert.com. |
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