eSignatures: A sign of the times

These days, using the internet or a smartphone app to book a taxi, check-in for a flight or manage your personal finances has become second nature to most of us and handling legal transactions digitally should be no different. In fact, the emergence of eSignatures is making this an ever-growing reality. In an increasingly competitive […]

Frettens implements Hubshare as as their client portal and document collaboration platform

Dorset-based Frettens Solicitors, who specialise in corporate & commercial, commercial property, employment, and dispute resolution, as well as private client work, have selected Hubshare from Nikec Solutions, as their client portal and document collaboration platform. Jane Newman, IT Manager at Frettens, commented “At Frettens we pride ourselves on understanding our clients’ needs and offering the […]

Flexible and remote working roundtable hugely popular at LPM South

On Thursday 7th February DPS Software attended the Annual LPM South Conference at The Royal Society in London. The event is specifically designed for Legal Practice Managers of SME firms in the UK, a market which matches DPS perfectly. The conference included numerous interesting keynote speeches such as “What technologies are changing the shape of […]

10 reasons to use document management software

Digitisation is the process of moving from “paper” to ”data”. Businesses of all types, law firms included, are embarking upon projects to introduce electronic working and achieve their paperless office goals for a whole multitude of reasons. The primary vehicle for doing so is document management software (DMS). Take our Interactive Documents as an example of […]

The Council of Europe partners with Tikit to select NetDocuments as its document management solution

The Council of Europe, Europe’s leading human rights organisation, has partnered with Tikit, a global provider of technology solutions to legal and professional services firms and governmental organisations, to select NetDocuments as its cloud-based document management platform (DMS). The contract is the result of a year-long competitive process that looked at several suppliers of document […]

Insight Legal now recognised by HMRC for making tax digital compliant software

Independent software company, Insight Legal Software has today announced it has been formally recognised by HMRC’s list of VAT compatible software products, ahead of the upcoming Making Tax Digital (MTD) regulation coming into effect on 1st April 2019. MTD is part of the government’s initiative to make it easier for businesses and sole operators to ensure they get their […]

Hubshare goes from strength to strength with a record quarter and a new collaboration with Birkett Long

Following a record quarter at the end of last year, and its growth in general in 2018 where 19 clients signed up to their secure file sharing and collaboration platform, Hubshare signs up Birkett Long as their first new collaboration of 2019. Essex based law firm, Birkett Long, has selected Hubshare, from Nikec Solutions as its […]

Wilkinson Woodward selects Converge TS to provide private infrastructure solution

Converge TS, the cloud provider to the legal sector has been selected by Wilkinson Woodward to provide a fully-managed private infrastructure solution in preparation for the firm’s transition to a new Practice Management Software. The aim is to provide a more resilient and efficient IT environment in order to enhance productivity. Wilkinson Woodward has been […]

Central office services vs local administrative support—have you got it right?

The way law firms operate has changed substantially over the past decade. The sector has become more competitive, clients even more discerning, and the use of technology is slowly transforming many aspects of legal service delivery, and in some cases automating work that was previously the vanguard of fee earners themselves! Support structures have changed […]

Dentons to adopt iManage Work as global document and email management platform

World’s largest law firm selects iManage for global adoption program following market evaluation Dentons – the world’s largest law firm, delivering legal services to clients across 174 locations serving 78 countries – has selected iManage Work as its Work Product Management platform across all of its global locations. This follows a market evaluation of document and […]