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- Download: Introducing dna* from Axxia Systems Axxia dna* brochure: One system. Three letters. All the answers. (PDF File)
- Brochure: Axxia dna* for the criminal justice sector An overview of dna* and its application within the criminal justice sector sector
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- Article: Workflow solution to new risk management challenge We explore legal specific solutions that provide processes to aid compliance and risk management
- Article: The next generation PMS Doug McLachlan explores the evolution of the PMS and the merits of the browser
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- Presentation: Next generation practice management systems Axxia Systems explore the evolution of the PMS, the development of ERP, the role of workflow and what law firms and fee earners really want.
- White paper: Chester City When Chester City Council decided to purchase new IT systems to support its legal team, it created an effective (PDF File)
- White paper: BPM, dna* and the public sector Business process management could just be what the public sector has been waiting for
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  - DFMG Solicitors sign for dna* LexisNexis, the UK’s leading provider of information and services to legal, tax and corporate professionals, today announced that a new contract has been signed for its Axxia dna* product with DFMG Solicitors, a corporate commercial, Dublin-based law firm
  - LexisNexis Acquires Axxia to Strengthen Practice Management Axxia acquisition reinforces LexisNexis’s role as a total solutions provider in the mid-sized law firm market
  - Axxia Acquisition: Frequently asked questions Strategy and integration | Products/technology | Customer suppor
  - Users thrive with group dynamic For as long as there have been legal technology suppliers, there have been supplier user groups
  - Olswang selects dna* ahead of competition Olswang latest firm to announce dna* plans
  - Meeting the security standard Identifying, evaluating, treating and managing information security risks are key processes if businesses want to keep their information safe and secure.
  - Tameside MBC Legal Services purchases Axxia dna* Government Connect lead authority selects Axxia dna* to underpin service transformation
  - Pannone Solicitors adopts dna* platform Pannone's David Griffiths explains why the firm has elected to move to the dna* platform
  - Take off for dna* Axxia achieves business targets with dna* breaking 4000 user barrier
  - Axxia announce hosting capabilities Axxia continue to extend service offerings with full hosting capabilities for Axxia DNA
  - Axxia announce hosting capabilities Axxia has announced the latest developments to their consultancy and service offerings. Working with e-know.net, a Microsoft Gold Certified supplier of fully managed, hosted IT services with a subscription pricing principle and proven track record, Axxia
  - More local government success for dna* Axxia, creator of dna*, the first practice and case management system to be developed on a business process management platform, today welcomed Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council to the rapidly expanding Axxia Local Government Legal Services customer b
  - Million pound month for Axxia Axxia monthly sales hit £1million mark fuelled by dna* surge
  - Axxia dna* a very fair choice for Scarborough Scarborough opts for dna* after extensive system evaluation
  - Merton signs for dna* The London Borough of Merton signs for dna* and becomes centre of excellence
  - Axxia stats reveal changing face of UK supplier industry The legal software industry in the UK has come a very long way in terms of development budgets and commercial ambition
  - From Matter to Business Centric Computing New tools for a new age - Doug McLachlan explains how Axxia’s new management system, dna*, can help firms
  - It’s Multiple Views That Matter Doug McLachlan explains why the modern legal business shouldn’t restrict itself to the matter-centric view
  - DNA – The Law Firm´s View It’s no surprise that we’ve got lots to say about DNA. We bring you a selection of views
  - BPL Looks to Future with Axxia Leading legal technology provider Axxia Systems has announced details of its latest contract win
  - Taking user groups into account It probably won’t feature among your primary considerations or even your secondary considerations when changing suppliers but don’t think for that reason that a user group is of no account.
  - Meeting the security standard Axxia is keen to set the security standard in the legal technology industry – that’s why it’s well on its way to achieving ISO 27001
  - AXXIA.COM gets DNA makeover There’s a new look to www.axxia.com and it should be your first port of all for all things dna*
  - Legal Technology Awards 2008 We’re delighted to announce that Axxia has been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s Legal Technology Awards
- Product news Product news
  - Bulletin Board News on the latest dna* signing and more from the Axxia team Down Under
  - DNA hits the road again After a sell-out July tour, Axxia completes its second dna* roadshow in the autumn.
  - DNA – Why it’s worth the trip If you've read about our new round of dna* roadshows, you may be asking yourself
  - DNA* going on tour again Axxia is going back on tour again with its groundbreaking dna* business process management system
  - Bulletin Board News on a key new appointment and the availability of archiving and email management solutions
  - DNA ROLLS ON – Part 2 If you’re looking for signs of approval from existing Axxia users for the new DNA solution, then here are the simple facts
  - DNA ROLLS ON – Part 1 The DNA business process management system is attracting a lot of attention
  - Bulletin Board News on Axxia at Legal IT 2007 and the DNA Spring Roadshow
  - Bulletin Board News on the latest Axxia intake, the support team’s new ‘remote rescue’ service and the launch of a next generation reporting solution
  - Q&A - All you need to know about axxia dna It’s the first business management system in the world written specifically for the legal market
  - Axxia announce DocsCorp partnership Axxia extends functionality with leading PDF solution
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  - Law Society must try harder on complaints The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner, Zahida Manzoor CBE, has released the findings of the 2006 Annual Case File
  - Survey reveals big disparity in law firm finance department salaries A new salary survey among financial staff in solicitor's offices reveals wide regional variations with some roles commanding double the salary in a North/South split
  - Now you can be a dictator with a Blackberry At the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando earlier this week, PaperIQ announced the launch of Enterprise Digital Dictation for BlackBerry smartphones
  - Ministry of Justice select audio conferencing service BT has been selected as an approved audio conferencing provider by the Ministry of Justice
  - Vin Murria gone from CSG/IRIS group Vin Murria, the controversial chief executive of the CS Group – and more recently the M&A Officer for the IRIS Group which acquired CSG last month – has gone
  - Legal Week now owns Legal Tech Bruce Wasserstein, the chairman of Lazard, has agreed to sell the American Lawyer Media group (which includes the flagship American Lawyer magazine and the Legal Tech trade shows) to Incisive Media in the UK
  - Government admits to SDLT problems The minutes of the latest HMRC SDLT & Third Party Developers forum at the end of July reveal that the government’s Gateway system for handling the e-submission of SDLT (Stamp Duty Land Tax) forms is still not working properly.
  - 2008 Legal Technology Awards launched Legalease has opened up nominations for the 2008 Legal Technology Awards
  - Law firm website winners and losers The Intendance Fast 50 – the industry-standard benchmark for law firms’ websites – was published in early May
  - ITLA launch UK chapter ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) has announced the formation of a chapter for the UK Region
  - Nominet opens consultation on domain name disputes Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, has launched a consultation on domain name disputes
  - Environmental legal advice line launched The UK's first national environmental legal advice line was launched by Friends of the Earth today
  - Recommind adds e-discovery to MindServer Recommind has announced details of the next generation of its flagship MindServer platform
  - Lexis Nexis continues buying spree Having purchased the UK case management systems supplier Visualfiles last month, LexisNexis
  - CS Group buys Laserform... Computer Software Group plc (CS Group), the AIM-listed niche IT software consolidator, has acquired the whole of the issued share capital of Laserform
  - Draft PISCES schema for search order processing PISCES has announced the publication of the first draft of the Search Order Processing and Result Query schemas from the Searches Workgroup
  - Law Society criticises latest HIPs plans The HIPs trial appears to be being hijacked by an unregulated group of commercial interests
  - Legal Support Network launch This month saw the launch of the Legal Support Network (LSN)
  - Insider launches new webzine Legal Technology Insider has launched a new webzine – called the Insider Colour Supplement – to complement the Insider’s coverage of legal IT developments and events
  - XML standard announced for e-discovery industry The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), an industry group created to develop and establish practical guidelines and standards for electronic discovery, this week announced that it has developed an Extensible Markup Language (XML) standard
  - nFlow pull off Fast 50 triple Digital dictation supplier nFlow has been ranked 23rd in the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies by revenue in the UK. Rankings are based on growth over five years.
  - Blackberry: Handy gadget or critical application? Legal Technology Insider recently asked a series of questions in its online reader poll to see whether the Blackberry device was still regarded as a handy gadget or had now become a business critical application for law firms.
- Features Features
  - Beyond Clementi Just one area being explored in extensive research being carried out by Practical Solutions on behalf of the the LSSA
  - IT and the smaller firm – Are we missing out? In the third article of this new series aimed at the smaller law firm, Tom Paul explores the difficulties around the final decision to upgrade
  - Digital dictation - many happy returns If there’s one technology that’s been an almost ever present on the legal IT pages in recent times it is digital dictation.
  - DNA - A new breed of PMS Axxia dna* allows small to medium sized law firms to have their cake and eat it: every bit of mainstream PMS functionality together with business process management and workflow control, all in one unified system. It is indeed a new breed.
  - Joining the conversation Even dogs have blogs these days – so what is it about this new web phenomenon?
  - Data in, knowledge out Adam Westbrooke offers some practical advice on doing more with the data in your PMS. There’s knowledge in them there systems!
  - IT and the smaller firm – Are we missing out? In the fourth article of this new series aimed at the smaller law firm, Tom Paul argues that IT can be the best form of defence in the battle with Tesco Law
  - Future tech Adam Westbrooke, crystal ball in hand, takes a look at what might happen to technology in the next few years, and in particular what law firms may like to keep an eye on
  - Twenty questions Chris May of conveyancing specialists BPL steps up to the plate in another of our occasional Twenty Questions series.
  - How to join the conversation After exploring the phenomenon of “social media” in the last issue, top legal blogger Nick Holmes is back to explain the art of effective blogging
  - Welcome to logoland Chris May of conveyancing specialists BPL explores the issue of law firm branding and how technology can support the brand experience
  - You’re not alone Adam Westbrooke explores the do we, don’t we dilemma faced by firms as they assess the merits of Vista, Office 2007 and Sharepoint
  - I.T. projects: systems change Adam Westbrooke explores the issue of systems change from the management perspective. How do those at the top ensure that projects are being undertaken in the right way and for all the right reasons?
  - DNA does it down under Minter Ellison SANT, part of the largest full service law firm in the Asia Pacific region, has given a clear thumbs up to dna* following an intensive evaluation period
  - Get Carter Plans for a thorough overhaul of the legal aid system were unveiled last July by Lord Carter of Coles as part of the Government's drive to stem the rising cost of publicly funded cases
  - Weightmans set to build business on DNA platform Axxia Systems and top 75 firm Weightmans have announced details of a major project that will see Axxia DNA rolled out to the entire 750 strong organisation
  - IT Projects: Practical, Pragmatic or Prestige? The IT service in any organisation can be seen as two areas: support and projects
  - I.T. and the smaller firm - Are we missing out? Consultant Tom Paul offers a general introduction on technology as a business function and an essential area of investment
  - Earthquake or glacier? Grant Thornton’s Head of Professional Practices, Roger Zair, gives us his ‘geographical’ take on the post-Clementi world as he asks whether the moves afoot are more akin to an earthquake or a glacier
  - Twenty Questions In this occasional series, we put law firm personalities under the spotlight and find out a little more about them with the aid of twenty questions
  - Knowledge Base We look at the issue of website optimisation and offer some practical advice on enhancing your online presence
  - From not necessary to must have A guide to essential technology for the smaller firm
  - Twenty Questions Under the microscope this month is Ian Thomson, one of the pioneering users of case management in this country when he was with Morton Fraser
  - Balancing Act Adam Westbrooke looks at how technology, far from enslaving people with its ‘always on’ culture, can instead be a force for liberation and help secure a better work/life balance for many
  - The evolution of legal services -The path from bespoke to commodity Ten years ago, Professor Richard Susskind wrote a seminal paper on the impact of technology on the legal profession
  - CRM: new options, new opportunities "Risk management" has become a crucial area for most law firms within just a few years, even though the term was rarely heard in relation to managing a legal practice 10 years ago.
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