Tech-perplexed lawyers: We’ve enjoyed (not) seeing you at the Legal Tech Non Event.
Read on for a rundown of recent news from some of the companies that have joined us.
And as always, visit our Legal Document Management Software page for all of your tech-adoption needs.
iManage
iManage recently announced a strategic growth investment from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, to accelerate its organic growth and the continued evolution of its cloud-based, AI-enabled knowledge work platform. iManage will continue to operate under the leadership of the existing management team, led by its CEO and co-founder Neil Araujo.
The minority investment by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities will help iManage build on the increasingly important role it plays enabling knowledge-based organizations to work productively, improve information governance, optimize workflow, and collaborate seamlessly. iManage has deeply invested in cloud, governance, AI, and workflow technologies to help serve over 4000 legal, accounting, and financial services organizations in more than 65 countries.
“This is a proud and pivotal moment in iManage’s history. Endorsement by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities is a testament to the strength of the current business we have developed and the potential opportunity to grow and have a lasting impact,” said Neil Araujo, CEO, iManage.
iManage is also pleased to announce that Dean Leung, Executive VP of Digital Enablement and Communities at iManage was named Innovative Leader of the Year at ILTA’s Distinguished Peer Awards ceremony last week. Jack Shepherd, Principal Business Consultant at iManage was also honored as one of the Young Professionals to Watch.
NetDocuments
NetDocuments, the #1 trusted cloud platform where legal professionals do work, has reported record growth in 2022 with momentum continuing into 2023, with over 750 enterprise firms making the switch from top document management competitors or storage solutions to NetDocuments.
Why are 3+ firms per day choosing to leave other popular DMS solutions for NetDocuments? Today, the needs of document management go far beyond securing and organizing files. Firms are increasingly looking for a single platform that enables end-to-end legal document workflows while integrating with critical applications – all underpinned by state-of-the-art security and governance capabilities. NetDocuments is helping firms chart their move to the cloud, whether to accommodate a firm’s overarching “cloud-first” strategy or helping them take initial steps into the cloud at their own pace.
Vincent A. Marin, Sidley Austin’s Global Chief Information Officer, cited priorities integral to their project: “First, we needed to address specific pain points, missing capabilities, features, and functionality not available to us in the previous solution, and second, we followed our strategic direction to increasingly leverage cloud solutions, and work with the product demonstrating the most maturity in the legal tech space with a solid reputation.”
Epona
Epona USA’s Vice President Keith Vallely has been responsible for growing the sales footprint of Epona in North America for the last 12 years. He has seen the market change for legal document management systems over that time. Keith will be sharing his experiences as well as how law firms and corporate legal departments adopted new technologies that became available at consumer prices from Microsoft 365. Further, how the legal document management space changed dramatically with the advent of the COVID 19 crisis, and how this permanently changed the technology landscape.
With Epona’s new technologies, law firms and corporate legal departments are able to utilize the power of Microsoft 365 and quickly deploy a custom legal document management system, wherein the customer maintains security and document storage. This is a completely new paradigm, and the
technological landscape of the future.
To learn more about Epona services, software and solutions, please visit them at www.epona.com or email us at sales@epona.com.
