Legal Software for Sales or Rent: Gigatron Introduces Software Rentals to Competitive Legal Market.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1998--In a bold move to attract attorneys and other legal professionals currently shopping for legal software tools, Gigatron Software Corp. Wednesday announced a software rental program for their TrialBook 32 product. The rental provides users with the full product and unlimited technical assistance during business hours, all for $49/month. Gigatron hopes that this alternative to the regular on-time license fee of $1,275 will attract users who want to try the software in their normal work environment before making the full investment. Not to be confused with a leasing program, the rental allows the user to cancel at any time with thirty days notice. Robust in its capabilities, yet designed with the "technophobic Afraid of technology. See lamer and Luddite. Contrast with technophile." attorney in mind, TrialBook 32 contains an intuitive and easy-to-use interface, which allows for quick access to its many features with a simple click of a mouse. The compendium of TrialBook's specially-enhanced features includes five tools: a case explorer, transcript browser, intelligent notepad The text editor that comes with Windows. It is a very elementary utility, but gets the job done most of the time. See text editor and WordPad., exhibit manager, and paralegal paralegal n. a non-lawyer who performs routine tasks requiring some knowledge of the law and procedures, employed by a law office or who works free-lance as an independent for various lawyers. Usually paralegals have taken a prescribed series of courses in law and legal processes, which is much less demanding than those required for a licensed attorney. report generator Same as report writer.. To meet the demands for expanded instruction, Gigatron rebuilt the system with a self-executing self-executing adj. immediately effective without further action, legislation or legal steps. Some statutes are self-executing, as are some legal rights (such as when a person holds property as security, title may pass automatically when payments are not made). Most judgments in lawsuits are not self-executing and are only documents giving the winning party the right to try to collect. install process and ten-minute product overview and added over an hour of multimedia training tutorials about commonly used operations. "We're pleased to offer this rental option to attorneys, judges and paralegals, as it will allow them to take advantage of the software for as long or short as required," said Bill Holmes, vice president of Sales and Marketing for Gigatron. "Those who find it indispensable can purchase the software or, if they are concerned about technology leaps in versions, can continue to rent and upgrade as they go." For more information about TrialBook 32 or how to get one for evaluation, contact GSC sales at 800/909-9199, or visit their Web site at www.trialbook.com. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion