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Enfish Professional for Workgroups Integrated with Pillsbury Winthrop's New Relationship Management System; Lawyers to Gain a Single Point of Access to Relevant Case and Firm Information.


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PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2002

Pillsbury Winthrop LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , one of the country's largest 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]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
, will soon begin deploying Enfish Professional for Workgroups as a cornerstone to the firm's Relationship Manager, its new advanced client relationship management system.

A product from Enfish Corporation, Enfish Professional for Workgroups enables lawyers to securely display relevant relationship data, including documents, e-mail, and other information regardless of where the data is stored.

Relationship Manager (RM) was developed by Pillsbury Winthrop as part of an effort to create next generation client service technologies. When the phased rollout is completed in September 2002, Pillsbury Winthrop attorneys will have a single point of access to every piece of information about the people, companies and matters with which the firm works.

"Enfish Professional for Workgroups was selected as an integral component of Relationship Manager due to its powerful search capabilities and its unique ability to browse diverse sets of information," said Warren Jones, Director of Information Technology, Pillsbury Winthrop. "In many ways, Enfish resembles a traditional web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , enabling Pillsbury Winthrop lawyers to surf the Internet and use Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software.  favorites. But unlike the traditional browser, Pillsbury lawyers can type a client name in the 'GoTo' bar and simultaneously retrieve e-mail messages, tasks, documents, docket items, appointments and other information vital to the client relationship. With Enfish, our lawyers can find in seconds more information than can be found in minutes with Outlook alone. The graceful power and simplicity of Enfish Professional for Workgroups as part of our new Relationship Management system, will give our lawyers a tremendous advantage when serving clients."

Enfish Professional for Workgroups has a default ability to find, index and put into context all information in Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. , Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. , the Internet, and local or networked drives, including documents, e-mail, contacts, and appointments. Enfish Professional for Workgroups was customized for Pillsbury Winthrop to integrate with the web component of the firm's Relationship Manager, as well as its knowledge management portal called "Universe."

As part of its selection criteria, Pillsbury Winthrop selected Enfish Professional for Workgroups due to its ability to put contact information in context with related documents. Each time a contact is created or updated, Enfish Professional indexes all information related to that contact. Typing the name or company of the contact in the Enfish "GoTo" bar retrieves the contact record and messages, appointments, documents, web news about the contact, and puts this information into context with related information for Pillsbury Winthrop's Relationship Manager.

"Enfish Professional for Workgroups is an excellent tool for providing improved client services in the legal environment," said Louise Wannier, 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 Enfish Corporation. "The patented technology that drives Enfish Professional for Workgroups provides a powerful way to organize, share and contextualize con·tex·tu·al·ize  
tr.v. con·tex·tu·al·ized, con·tex·tu·al·iz·ing, con·tex·tu·al·iz·es
To place (a word or idea, for example) in a particular context.
 the information exchanged between attorneys and clients -- without changing any computing behavior."

About Pillsbury Winthrop

Pillsbury Winthrop is an international law firm with core practice areas in technology, finance, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
, global energy, and capital markets. The firm has 17 offices worldwide and nearly 800 attorneys serving clients in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe, Asia and Australia.

About Enfish Corporation

Enfish Corporation is a provider of enterprise software that effectively puts information to work across a variety of industries and market sectors. The company is committed to developing products and services that increase the effectiveness of businesses and workers in the electronic age, making information easier to use. The company's products and services include enterprise software products, e-business infrastructure and services for individuals, businesses and partners. Enfish's flagship products A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Enfish Professional for Workgroups and Enfish Enterprise, are the market's only personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
, integrated enterprise solutions that put corporate knowledge and personal knowledge in context - in a common collaborative environment. Enfish Professional for Workgroups and Enfish Enterprise offer flexible integration with application servers and enterprise-wide information systems, Intranets, Extranets and enterprise portals. For more information, visit www.enfish.com.
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