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Repstor to Return to the British Legal Technology Forum

Following the launch of ES/Unity™ at last year’s event, Repstor expects keen interest from both law firms and in-house teams looking to exploit their Office 365 investments for matter lifecycle management

January 29th, 2018 –Repstor, the company that helps businesses exploit their SharePoint and Office 365 investments for matter lifecycle management, has confirmed that it will participate in this year’s British Legal Technology Forum (BLTF) in London. The event will take place on March 13th.

Last year, Repstor made a big splash at BLTF with its launch of ES /Unity™ in partnership with international law firm Eversheds Sutherland. The powerful legal matter management solution, which works with companies’ existing Office 365/SharePoint systems, has attracted a strong client base among corporate legal teams since its launch. National Grid, Wellcome Trust, Queen’s University Belfast, and Miral, an asset management company in the UAE, signed up within the first few weeks, and business continued to be brisk throughout 2017.

This year, the company will showcase its Office 365-native products including Matter Management; Repstor affinity™ the only truly native SharePoint Outlook integration delivering both online and offline access to SharePoint content plus other repositories including M-Files, High-Q, Microfocus Content Manager, OpenText etc; and Repstor assist™, categorisation technology that provides fast and accurate SharePoint email filing as well as other content stores and offers suggested locations based on existing filed content.

Repstor’s products have attracted worldwide interest because they increase return on Office365 and SharePoint investments. In particular by adding case and matter management to Office365, the company has experienced enthusiastic take-up among law firms and corporate legal departments.

Commenting on Repstor’s involvement at BLTF 2018, Alan McMillen, Repstor’s CEO, said, “We can’t wait to return to the British Legal Technology Forum this summer. Last year’s was a pivotal event for Repstor and our strategic partner Eversheds Sutherland. ES/Unity has been fantastically well received by the corporate legal sector. Having added mobile capabilities and exploiting more of the Office365 platform, plus the opportunities that Azure cognitive services (AI) present, we have an exciting portfolio to talk to firms about this year.”

The 2018 British Legal Technology Forum, Europe’s largest legal technology conference and exhibition, will take place on Tuesday, 13th March at London’s Old Billingsgate. Some 1,200 visitors from the world of law, legal technology and IT security are expected to attend, to debate and discover the systems, strategies, processes and platforms that will drive law firms and legal businesses into the next decade and beyond.

Legal Services Provider Halsten Implements Custodian for Legal

Working together on files in a safe and efficient manner

MAASTRICHT/AMSTERDAM, 18 January 2018 – Transform Data International has today announced that European legal services provider Halsten has selected and implemented Custodian for Legal as its Legal Dossier & Project Management system.

Halsten had for some time been seeking a solution to share documents in a user-friendly and secure manner with its client group, a group that consists mainly of legal departments. Halsten was also looking to automate file handling and archiving internally in its business. User adoption, optimal security and accessibility of employee and client data were key considerations.

Halsten has been working with Office365 for quite some time and was looking for a solution that fits seamlessly into their system. With Custodian for Legal, Halsten has a very secure, affordable and future-proof solution that gives online and offline access to all dossiers with minimal effort needed from IT Management.

Custodian for Legal is a collaboration and document management solution, based on the Repstor product suite and utilises the powerful and familiar interface of Microsoft Outlook and other Office applications to ensure the highest level of user-adoption. Custodian for Legal is used worldwide by firms and companies including Boels Zanders, Morris law, Eversheds Sutherland, Gunnercooke & KANA.

Roel Hakvoort, operations manager at Halsten Legal commented: “After a proof of concept, the end-user adoption turned out to be high and the system met all our needs. Custodian for Legal integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Outlook and other Office applications, enabling us to fully benefit from our investment in Office 365.”

Rob Kubben, managing partner at Transform Data added: “We are delighted to welcome Halsten to our customer base. A project like this shows once again that Custodian for Legal is not only suitable for large corporations but that also small and medium-sized companies can benefit from the functionality we have to offer.”

About Halsten
As a provider of legal services, Halsten acts as your external legal department. The team consists of corporate lawyers who have expertise and experience in various fields. Halsten works from its own locations in Amsterdam and Eindhoven and regularly at the locations of its clients throughout the Netherlands.

More information can be found at www.halsten.nl

About Transform Data International
Transform Data creates context based systems on the principle of “Business First, User First”. By prioritising business innovation and the end-user, Transform Data creates an environment that combines structured data, unstructured data and controlled activities within an intuitive user interface using renowned software products. Companywide adoption is the goal.
Transform Data provides solutions to many industries, but has a specific focus on professional and financial services organisations, law firms and legal departments. Transform Data’s solutions strengthen the adoption of Office365 and SharePoint. They ensure the optimal use of information within organisations. Transform Data helps organisations to optimize their employees’ total productivity by combining documents, tasks, workflows, external data and reports into one context based user interface. More information can be found at: http://www.transformdata.eu/

Pact Advocaten Implements Custodian for Legal in 10 days

New ‘Out of the Box’ implementation approach delivers integrated Office 365 for matter management in a fraction of the time of other systems- days rather than weeks.

MAASTRICHT/AMSTERDAM, November 1st, 2017 – Transform Data International today announced that Custodian for Legal has been chosen by Pact advocaten as its document, email and knowledge management system.

Pact advocaten greatly values end user adoption and the security of its customer data. The firm has been using Office 365 for several years and was looking for a solution to improve end-user adoption. As Custodian for Legal seamlessly integrates with Office 365, Pact advocaten is now taking full advantage of its advanced functionality designed for the legal market such as matter management, document and email-management, collaboration, archiving and knowledge management.

Implementation began early October and was finished within 10 days. All Pact employees are using the new solution daily.

Custodian for Legal is a collaboration and document management solution, based on the Repstor product suite. It utilises the powerful and familiar interface of Microsoft Outlook and other Office applications to ensure the highest level of user-adoption. Custodian for Legal is used worldwide by law firms and corporate legal departments including Boels Zanders, Morris Law, KANA, Eversheds Sutherland & Gunnercooke.

Rob Kubben, managing partner at Transform Data said:

“We are delighted to welcome Pact advocaten to our customer base. It is particularly gratifying to have successfully implemented custodian for legal in such a remarkably short timeframe – 10 days!” This is down to our new ‘out of the box’ implementation approach which means systems are implemented in days rather than weeks.”

Maarten Klaassen, Lawyer at Pact advocaten added:

“In order to keep delivering the best service to our clients, we like to invest in IT solutions that allow us to work more efficiently and serve our clients faster.

The combination of advanced search capabilities, ease of access to knowhow libraries and matter management within the familiar interface of Outlook, allows us to deliver even better service to our clients.”

About Pact advocaten
Pact lawyers is a young, ambitious law firm with specialists in employment law, real estate law, IT law, corporate law and zoning law. Pact lawyers offers commercial, professional services tailored to the demands of the current market. Our approach is governed by several key elements: practical, no-nonsense service, close client contact and a highly competitive fee structure.

Our lawyers realise that the current climate requires nuanced client relationships and a modern approach. More at www.pactadvocaten.nl

About Transform Data International
Transform Data helps businesses optimise their workforceproductivity through the implementation of ECM, Mobility and Cloud solutions.

Many organisations across Europe rely on Transform Data to solve their information management challenges whether to support decision-making processes or by automating day-today operations that rely on accurate data.

With a focus on professional services and health markets, Transform Data helps companies and corporate departments to manage their information easily and intuitively, meeting compliancy and efficiency goals.

More at www.transformdata.eu

ES/Unity™ from Repstor & Eversheds Sutherland shortlisted for 2 British Legal Technology Awards

The result of a unique collaboration between a software vendor and global legal practice, the Office 365-based legal matter management system is a finalist in both the New IT Product of the Year & Technology Venture of the Year categories

Belfast, October 17th , 2017 – Repstor, the ECM adoption company that helps businesses exploit their SharePoint and Office 365 investments, has been named a finalist twice over in the British Legal Technology Awards 2017, with strategic partner Eversheds Sutherland, for their jointly developed legal matter lifecycle management solution, ES/Unity™.

Strong contenders in both the New IT Product of the Year, and Technology Venture of the Year, categories, ES /Unity’s double shortlisting was announced at the London Law Expo on October 10. The winners will be announced at a lavish awards ceremony at Plaisterers’ Hall in the City of London on November 15th.

Judged by an independent panel of experts, the British Legal Technology Awards acknowledge and reward excellence in Legal Technology and IT Security within the UK and European Legal Sectors. Hosted by Netlaw Media, the 2017 Awards aim to recognise leadership, innovation in technology and the individuals, teams and suppliers transforming the future of legal services.
Launched at the annual British Legal Technology Forum in March this year, ES/Unity combines Eversheds Sutherland’s years of legal experience with Repstor’s success in creating high-impact matter/case and email/document management solutions that work natively within Microsoft Office, Office 365 and SharePoint.

Eversheds Sutherland was already using Repstor technology internally to transform its own matter management. The idea for ES/Unity was born out of the Eversheds Sutherland’s own experience added to what it knew corporate legal teams needed (the firm has its own UK-based team, Ignite, which provides fast-turnover legal work for corporate clients).

One of ES/Unity’s significant differentiators is that the software was developed in close collaboration with Eversheds Sutherland’s own legal teams, so it reflects the way legal people naturally work. Eversheds Sutherland’s consulting team, which is responsible for taking ES/Unity to market, can show legal teams how to use it to improve process efficiency and content organisation, without users having to alter their normal work patterns.

Responding to the news of ES/Unity’s double shortlisting in the British Legal Technology Awards, Sheila Gormley, Repstor’s Director of Business Development, said,

Our colleagues at Eversheds Sutherland are as thrilled as we are to have been recognised in this way and named as finalists in these prestigious awards. We knew that we had created something special in ES/Unity, and the early market response – not just in the UK, but globally – has exceeded our wildest expectations.

About Repstor
Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Belfast, Repstor helps companies exploit their SharePoint and Office365 investments.
Repstors’ founders have deep heritage and experience in Microsoft and ECM technologies uniquely equipping them to deliver world-class integration technologies that transform user adoption and acceptance of SharePoint and other content stores.
Our world-class suite of products from SharePoint , Office 365 & Content Store integrations to our case management and legal matter management solutions, underpin the success of many organisations including Eversheds Sutherland, gunnercooke, ForFarmers, Pentland Brands, Value Retail , Boels Zanders Advocaten and Brose Group.
More at www.repstor.com and on Twitter @Repstor1.

About Eversheds Sutherland

As a global top 40 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 72 of the Fortune 100, 61 of the FTSE 100 and 120 of the Fortune 200.

With more than 2,400 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in 66 offices in 32 jurisdictions across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalised alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa, provide support around the globe. More at www.eversheds-sutherland.com

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Transform Data to expand distribution of Repstor ECM product suite to DACH region after its own success in Benelux & the Nordics

Strong demand for exploiting existing Office 365/SharePoint investments for effective case management bodes well for new channel partnerships across the German-speaking markets

Belfast, October 2nd , 2017 – Repstor, the ECM adoption company that helps businesses exploit their SharePoint and Office 365 investments, has announced plans to expand sales of its content and case management solutions to the German-speaking countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the so-called DACH region).
Repstor’s strategic partner for mainland Europe, Transform Data, will be responsible for establishing new channel partnerships in the region. The move follows strong sales across Benelux and the Nordics, particularly in the legal sector, fulfilled by the Dutch company.

European clients including Strukton, Boels Zanders, ForFarmers, Morris Law and Haldor Topsoe have been snapping up Repstor’s solutions, which in the legal sector harness organisations’ existing investments in everyday Microsoft office platforms, to deliver powerful case and matter lifecycle management.

Transform Data, which specialises in legal enterprise content management (ECM) solutions and distributes and builds Repstor’s legal solutions such as custodian, in target European markets, has been successfully implementing Repstor’s product suite in Benelux and the Nordics for the last three years, achieving significant success with law firms and in-house corporate legal teams.
In common with Repstor, its mission is to help customers improve productivity and deliver transformation using existing systems they have bought.

Commenting on the European expansion plan, Alan McMillen, Repstor’s CEO, said, “Broadening into the German-speaking DACH countries is a logical and exciting move given the impact Transform Data has had with our legal solutions in the Benelux and Nordic regions. The pressures and demands around ECM are the same wherever you go in the world, so the wider opportunity is substantial, and Transform Data is the perfect distribution partner to help us capitalise on these additional markets.

“What’s great about our partnership with Transform Data is that the company was founded on the same ethos as ours – to encourage customers to build on the software investments they’ve already made, instead of starting again for every new thing they want to do. With added controls and usability, Office 365 and SharePoint are the obvious foundation for content management, and our products are proven in this context. Transform Data understands and has first-hand experience of this, so who better to build new channels for us?”

René Beulen, responsible for partner management at Transform Data added, “We’re delighted to have this chance to take Repstor’s products to the DACH region and appoint new partners there. We feel privileged to have been entrusted with this opportunity, and we can’t wait to take this forward. With demand as high as it is for solid, practical and user-friendly ECM case management, we all have much to gain from this strategic expansion.”

About Transform Data
Transform Data helps businesses optimise their workforce productivity through the implementation of ECM, Mobility and Cloud solutions.
Many organisations across Europe rely on Transform Data to solve their information management challenges whether to support decision-making processes or by automating day-to-day operations that rely on accurate data.
With a focus on professional services, finance and health markets, Transform Data helps companies and corporate departments to manage their information easily and intuitively, meeting compliancy and efficiency goals.

More at http://www.transformdata.eu/

Repstor to Exhibit and Speak at Europe’s Largest Law Expo – London Law Expo 2017

The company prepares to launch a new campaign to help Law Firms exploit Office 365 for Matter Management

September 29th, 2017 – Repstor, the ECM adoption company that helps businesses exploit their SharePoint and Office 365 investments, has today announced that it is participating as an exhibitor and speaker at this year’s London Law Expo 2017.

This year’s event is being held at Old Billingsgate on October 10th and sees the amalgamation of the London Law Expo and the European Legal Security Forum. The event features 6 presentation stages, 70 expert speakers, 80 exhibitors and an estimated 2,000 visitors from the world of legal practice management, technology and IT security.

Repstor and strategic customer and partner, Eversheds Sutherland, join a line-up of world class speakers to present at 2PM on the Technology Hub stage. The talk entitled, ‘Exploiting Office 365 for Matter Management’, will be presented jointly by Eversheds Sutherland’s Graham Richardson and Repstor’s Sheila Gormley.

Repstor will launch its Office365 for Matter Management campaign featuring its new white paper ‘7 Indisputable Reasons to use Office 365 for Matter Management’. London Law Expo delegates are invited get their complimentary copy from stand A24 or download a PDF here.

CTO of Repstor Fergus Wilson added:

“Office 365 is an existing resource most firms have already invested in, and many of its capabilities are inherently superior to those of dedicated matter management systems. This is largely due to the huge investment Microsoft has made in Office 365, added to the vast ecosystem of Microsoft software partners which are enhancing Office 365 all the time with new, specialist features and integration options.”

Fergus continues, “Our latest campaign will help firms to make the case for selecting Office 365 for complete matter lifecycle management – a move that law firms ranging from large international practices like Eversheds Sutherland to challenger firms like gunnercooke have already made.”

Drop by stand A24 to discuss how Repstor can transform your firms’ SharePoint and Office 365 adoption.

New Repstor paper sets out ‘7 indisputable reasons to use Microsoft 365 as a matter management platform’

Reason 1: It’s where the investment is

September 27th , 2017 – Repstor, the ECM adoption company that helps businesses exploit their SharePoint and Microsoft 365 investments, has published a new paper setting out ‘7 Indisputable reasons to use Microsoft 365 as a matter management platform’, challenging legal teams to look at the software they already have (and use every day) before exposing themselves to the expense and upheaval of deploying a dedicated document management system.

As all law firms and in-house corporate legal teams come under pressure to improve efficiency, measure productivity and collaborate more effectively, interest in systematic content management is rising sharply. But as the new Repstor paper makes clear, there is no need to invest in a dedicated, separate system for this when the vast majority of legal professionals already have established office systems they use routinely for sharing matter-related content.

Although, left unchecked, the popular practice of using email to distribute documents can be inefficient – and consume a lot of computer storage – this can be addressed easily using integrated Microsoft partner solutions which introduce new order and transparency to the way matter content is managed.

Reason 1 to default to Microsoft 365 (M365) for matter management, according to the paper, is the sheer momentum around the platform. M365 user numbers are expected to exceed 100 million by the end of 2017, propelled by heavy investment in the platform by Microsoft as well as its cloud partner ecosystem – estimated to be 10 times larger than Google’s. So it’s a robust platform for legal teams to align their routine processes with.

Other arguments include M365’s impressive feature set, made even richer by partner solutions such as Repstor custodian or ES/Unity which among other things add structure and workflow to email content filing. Then there’s the advanced management reporting, and the inherent security controls. And so on.

But probably the most obvious reason legal teams should centre their matter management on M365 is that it they have already invested in Microsoft technology – and, crucially, users are comfortable with it. As the paper makes clear, “By choosing to buy a distinct content management system for legal matters, firms are incurring unnecessary cost and complexity.”

Download ‘7 indisputable reasons to use Microsoft 365 as a matter management platform’ here

7 Indisputable Reasons to use Microsoft 365 for Matter Management

September 2017 – Our newest Paper, challenging legal teams to look at the software they already have (and use every day) before exposing themselves to the expense and upheaval of deploying a dedicated document management system.

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Repstor Unveils New Campaign to help Law Firms Exploit Microsoft 365 for Matter Management at ILTACON 2017

Repstor will present alongside other key Northern Irish legal technology innovators on the Invest Northern Ireland pavilion at ILTACON 2017

August 3rd, 2017 – Repstor, the ECM adoption company that helps businesses exploit their SharePoint and Microsoft 365 investments, has selected the 2017 ILTACON event in Las Vegas to launch its newest campaign for law firms centering on ‘7 Indisputable reasons to use Microsoft 365 as a matter management platform’.

This most recent campaign adds further momentum to ES /Unity™, a new matter management solution created by Eversheds Sutherland Consulting in collaboration with Repstor and launched in March this year. The new digital offering, built exclusively for the Microsoft 365/SharePoint platform and offering native integration into Microsoft Outlook, empowers legal teams with sophisticated legal matter management.

Repstor will launch its Microsoft 365 for Matter Management campaign at ILTACON which runs August 13 through 17 using law firms like Eversheds and gunnercooke as successful proof points and case studies.

ILTACON is the premier educational and networking event for the legal sector. Drawing on the personal and collective strengths of professionals working in technology within law firms and legal departments, ILTACON empowers its visitors and exhibitors to share what works, what doesn’t and what’s next.

Repstor will join other Northern Irish legal technology innovators at ILTACON to showcase their solutions on booth numbers 522 and 524.

CTO of Repstor Fergus Wilson added:

“Microsoft 365 is so integral to everyday business activity, including routine content management and collaboration, that it is the obvious platform for legal matter management.

“Microsoft 365 is an existing resource most firms have already invested in, and many of its capabilities are inherently superior to those of dedicated matter management systems. This is largely due to the huge investment Microsoft has made in Microsoft 365, added to the vast ecosystem of Microsoft software partners which are enhancing Microsoft 365 all the time with new, specialist features and integration options.”

Fergus continues, “Our latest campaign will help firms to make the case for selecting Microsoft 365 for complete matter lifecycle management – a move that law firms ranging from large international practices like Eversheds Sutherland to challenger firms like gunnercooke have already made.”

Find out more about Repstor’s Microsoft 365 for Matter Management on the Northern Ireland Group booth #522/#524.

Repstor Marks Business Growth and Expansion by taking up Residence at the Iconic Scottish Provident Building

Repstor moves offices to Belfast’s most prestigious location on Donegall Square and announces a doubling of revenues year on year

July 3rd, 2017 – Repstor, the ECM adoption company that helps businesses exploit their SharePoint and Office 365 investments, is today celebrating its business growth and expansion with an office move to the Scottish Provident Building.

Considered the best location in Belfast city centre, the Donegall Square-located Scottish Provident Building is immediately adjacent to Belfast City Hall and mere steps away from all the best city centre establishments, restaurants, shops and transport links. Repstor will join other resident technology companies including aPriori, Blackduck Software, Unosquare and BDNA.

Repstor, which is approaching its financial year-end, has seen a doubling of revenues over the same period last year for the second year running. The surge reflects increasing demand from global and national brands, which are exploiting Repstor’s ECM adoption technologies to better exploit their investments in ECM platforms like Box, M-Files, OpenText, HP and particularly Office 365 and SharePoint. Further bolstering Repstor’s success are its case and matter management products which are being deployed by several Law firms and legal departments, most notably Eversheds Sutherland, gunnercooke, ForFarmers, Pentland Brands, Value Retail and Boels Zanders Advocaten.

Partnerships too have gone from strength to strength this year. In March the company announced a new partnership with international law firm, Eversheds Sutherland and together launched ES /Unity™ a new matter management solution powered by Repstor at the British Legal Technology Forum in London in March. Built exclusively for the Microsoft SharePoint/O365 platform and offering native integration into Microsoft Outlook, the software has been designed from the outset to be Cloud ready but also have the flexibility to be deployed on client’s own networks if required. Eversheds Sutherland Consulting will focus on project management and working with clients to maximise the business benefits of using legal matter management technology, with Repstor providing the technical software expertise.

Since its launch in March, ES /Unity has attracted global and national attention and its first customers will be announced in the coming weeks.
Among Repstor’s latest high-profile customer wins is a key UK Public sector organisation, a large scale Real Estate organisation, regulatory organisations in the US and EU, a specialist European Insurer and another of the Big 4 consultancies. Eversheds Sutherland, a top 40 Global law firm, deployed Repstor’s custodian for legal™ as its firm-wide matter management solution and German automotive supplier, Brose is also amongst Repstor’s latest new customer acquisitions.

CEO of Repstor Alan McMillen added:

‘We are delighted to have had another very positive year of growth. We have added new products to our suite, launched ES /Unity with Eversheds Sutherland, unveiled a new mobile content management platform and we’re expanding our partner programme. This move to the Scottish Provident building gives us the flexibility and growth to support our future plans and we look forward to welcoming our customers, partners and prospects to visit over the coming months.”

In addition to new customer acquisitions, Repstor has seen deepening technology adoption across existing customers. “Once they’ve seen the impact of our ECM adoption and case/matter management technologies, it’s very common for our clients to want to build on that success through additional ECM innovation,” Alan says. “Often an organisation will start off by incorporating our Outlook integration/Repstor affinity™ into their Office 365 or SharePoint platforms and, when they see the uplift in user interaction and adoption, they’re keen to push things to the next level, increase licences and add on complimentary technologies.”