View Article  Work now started on October issue of American Legal Tech Insider
Work has now started on the October issue of the American Legal Technology Insider newsletter – which now includes not just US news but also APAC/global news. The closing date for editorial content is close-of-business PST on Tuesday 5th October – the newsletter will be published on Thursday 7th.
View Article  Another Elite win - and a winning Elite event
Seattle-based Perkins Coie, which has 700+ lawyers, has chosen Elite 3E as its new financial and practice management system. Aware its legacy system was due for an upgrade, Perkins Coie undertook an in-depth evaluation of financial and practice management systems aimed at large law firms. Based on input from legal, administrative, and technical stakeholders within the firm, Perkins selected 3E as its platform to manage the firm's continued growth.

According to Orange Rag data, the firm's legacy system is an older generation Aderant PMS.

• Elite report that its UK/EMEA User Group meeting (which took place in London on 16th September) attracted nearly double last year’s attendance with 230 attendees from 66 law firms gathering to learn the latest methods of optimizing their Elite financial and practice management systems. Nine different countries were represented with 17 educational sessions packed in one 12-hour period. There was a shared focus between Elite’s 3E and Enterprise platforms, both of which will be receiving significant new version updates in the coming months.

View Article  Microsoft releases beta version of cloud CRM application
Microsoft has announced the beta release of its next generation Microsoft Dynamics CRM product for cloud-based and on-premises deployments. The beta release marks the worldwide rollout of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online service from Microsoft's global datacenters and will be released to customers and hosting partners for on-premises deployment as Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.
 
The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 beta is available in English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese. The beta of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 on-premises is available worldwide, and the beta of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is available in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the United States.
 
Those who want to download the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 beta or sign up for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online beta can do so at www.crm2011beta.com – in addition, you can follow the Microsoft Dynamics CRM community on Twitter at www.twitter.com/msdynamicscrm

View Article  September issue of American Legal Technology Insider newsletter out now
The September issue of the American Legal Technology Insider newsletter is out now. Top stories include new research that 78% of lawyers charge different clients different rates for the same work.

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View Article  Public Service Announcement: work now started on September American Insider
Good morning New York: work has now started on the September issue on the American Legal Technology Insider (ALTi) newsletter – we'll be publishing on Thursday 9th September.

At the risk of spoiling your Labor Day long weekend, the drop-dead deadline is close of business (PST) on next Tuesday 7 September.

Also, as part of a realignment of our news coverage, from the September issue ALTi will also be carrying global legal IT news from the rest of the world* including Australian & Asia-Pacific news.

* With the exception of UK & EMEA news which will continue to be the brief of the 'classic' Insider newsletter.