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Digital transformation of the legal function has never been more urgent

As legal teams adapt to the ‘New Normal’, the urgency around digital transformation of everyday processes is starker than ever.

In particular there is now a heightened need for dispersed teams to be able to collaborate productively and efficiently from home – using tools they already have. It’s why we are seeing so many legal professionals embrace platforms like Microsoft 365 – including MS Teams and MS Planner – more broadly. It’s proving the ideal means to collectively organise and process matters in a secure and managed way.

We know this is happening, because of the very high levels of interest in our current bite-sized webinar series. Each week, our CTO Fergus Wilson provides practical tips on using Teams to maximum effect for remote collaboration during the ongoing lockdown. (A recent session addressing a common question from legal teams can be played back here.)

Introducing Panoram: our exciting new legal digital transformation partner

In the current state of market upheaval, the announcement of Repstor’s partnership with Panoram – an exciting new legal digital services start-up – could not be timelier.

Panoram is a brand new legal transformation specialist, which has deliberately brought forward its business launch during the Covid-19 lockdown, in response to the growing sense of urgency around digital transformation in the sector.

Poignantly, Panoram shares Repstor’s belief that harnessing existing technology investments is the surest way to adapting to the current climate with enhanced content management & collaboration; to enabling new digital ways of working immediately, and without disruption to everyday activity.

It’s why Repstor was the obvious technology partner for matter lifecycle management. Panoram will recommend and implement Repstor Custodian for Legal™ as its default matter management offering, linked to Microsoft 365 (the Office 365 subscription service). Custodian for Legal is ideal for corporate legal departments and law firms anxious to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives, because it builds on a software investment many legal teams have already made. It’s no coincidence that the software has become a firm favourite for transforming matter-related document and email management, as well as legal matter-based collaboration.

A meeting of minds: legal visionaries & technology heavyweights

Panoram’s founders are respected experts in legal technology and legal practice. They include Rick Seabrook, a digital transformation leader and formerly a Partner at Accenture. He believes strongly that law firms and in-house legal teams have no choice but to embrace digital technologies and new delivery models if they want to survive, and stay relevant and agile.

Another co-founder Greg Wildisen, is a technology visionary who, before Panoram, co-launched the European arm of AI automation software company Neota Logic with Rick. And Martin Bonney, one of the world’s leading eDiscovery managed services experts, brings over 25 years’ experience gained in ‘magic circle’ law firms, eDiscovery service providers, and global consulting organisations.

At Repstor, we’re delighted at this obvious, timely and powerful match. Panoram offers a unique combination of law firm heritage, deep digital/technology expertise, and independence (because the company isn’t owned by an IT vendor or a law firm). Together, our two companies offer something very special – which this market is clearly hungering for.

Latest Microsoft Teams™ Webinar from Repstor will Explore How Planner™ Integration Can Transform Task & Work Management

Highly experienced Microsoft Office 365 practitioners will give best practice tips on how combining Teams & Planner can help colleagues collaborate more efficiently
Attendees will also learn how to further improve the user experience of Planner & Teams with Repstor’s ECM capabilities, embedded in Microsoft Office 365

Belfast, January 10th , 2020 – Repstor, the ECM software and matter management specialist, has today announced the next in its series of practical Microsoft Teams™ webinars, focused on the productivity benefits of integrating Teams with Microsoft Planner.
In the latest session, on Monday January 14, Repstor’s experienced Microsoft Teams practitioners, Fergus Wilson and Richard Barbour, will walk through the many benefits of Microsoft Planner – a web-based tool designed to help small groups of colleagues collectively organize plans and assign and track project-based tasks in a visual and open way.
Specifically, they will highlight how integrating MS Planner with Microsoft Teams can enhance productivity benefits – for example by making Planner a tab within Microsoft Teams to give all team members up-to-date visibility of who’s working on what and which deadlines are looming.
The webinar will demonstrate how Repstor can further transform group task-based productivity with additional integrated content management capabilities.

Full of practical takeaways, the webinar will cover:

The features and benefits of Microsoft Planner
How it improves task and work management in the modern workplace
How to quickly and easily integrate MS Planner & Teams to maximize productivity
How Repstor integration can further enhance task/ work management via Planner & Teams

The Planner webinar is the latest in a series of practical sessions hosted by Repstor, designed to equip those managing MS Teams deployments with practical tips to get the best from the powerful, popular collaboration platform.
The MS Teams/Planner webinar will take place on Monday January 14 at 10:30 GMT & 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET

Attendees can register and request reminders here.

Repstor, which comprehensively addresses Teams management through its Custodian product suite, and provides rich value-added content management capabilities natively within Office 365, recently published 2 timely white papers exploring practical considerations in the light of proliferating MS Teams adoption:

5 Ways to Maximize Microsoft Teams & Avoid Information Compliance Headaches, aimed at CIOs & information compliance managers, targets common pain points as enterprise use of MS Teams proliferates. Download the paper here.

5 ways to keep control of matter management as Microsoft Teams becomes the default collaboration platform for legal professionals looks more specifically at implications for legal operations managers as law firms standardize on MS Teams for discussing and processing client matters. Download the paper here.

Cyber Essentials Plus Certification achieved by Repstor

In line with our on-going commitments to security, Repstor have now achieved Cyber Essentials Plus Certification which has been verified by Pentest People, who are a CREST accredited UK Security Consultancy. This certification provides re-assurance to our customers that Repstor takes cyber security seriously and that we have annual commitments in-place to verify our security standards and ensure they meet National Cyber Security Centre Standards.

You can also validate our certification via the National Cyber Security Centre or you can quickly access our certification details by clicking here

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Timely Webinars from Repstor Will Provide Practical Advice on Compliant Microsoft Teams™ Rollouts

Highly experienced Microsoft Office 365 practitioners will give best practice tips on how to maximize Microsoft Teams’ collaboration capabilities, without risking loss of control over content
The first 3 sessions feature a generic webinar for anyone deploying Teams, plus a Legal and Professional Services market-focused version

Belfast, November 20^th , 2019 – Repstor, the ECM software and matter management specialist, has today announced the launch of a Microsoft Teams™ Webinar Series designed to help organizations get the best from this powerful platform, without introducing new risk around content management.

In the first three webinars (full details below), experienced Microsoft Teams’ practitioners, Fergus Wilson and Scott Brant will use Repstor technology and specific use cases to highlight the main risk factors if appropriate information governance policies and controls are not applied.

For each audience, Fergus and Scott will offer practical advice under 5 categories:

Governance/Team creation
Team naming conventions & Navigation
Content & Matter Management
Security & content sharing
Lifecycle management/Team classification

Announcing the timely webinar series, Fergus commented, “The soaring popularity of Microsoft Teams confirms the intuitive way people want to be able to collaborate today – on projects, ideas, problem-solving and decision-making. But without governance and control, Teams’ use can create new chaos for information and IT managers. In these three sessions we will equip those in charge with practical tips to get the best from this powerful platform, without introducing new risk around content management.”

The series kicks off on November 26^th with a generic webinar targeting any company deploying Microsoft Teams and is followed by two sector specific webinars for Law Firms & In-house Legal Departments (December 3^rd) and Professional Services (December 10^th).

The 3 webinars are scheduled as follows:

5 ways to maximize Microsoft Teams™ and avoid information compliance headaches

10:30 GMT & 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET

26^th, November 2019

Making Microsoft Teams™ work for Law Firms and In-House Legal Departments

10:30 GMT & 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET

3^rd December, 2019

Making Microsoft Teams™ work for Professional Services

10:30 GMT & 9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET

10^th December 2019

Go here to register and receive reminders.

Over 13 million people use MS Teams daily, while 19 million people use it every week^[1]. These span more than 500,000 organizations around the world, including 91 per cent of the Fortune 100^[2].

Repstor, which comprehensively addresses Teams management through its Custodian product suite, has recently published 2 indispensable white papers exploring the practical considerations as more organizations default to MS Teams as their primary means of communication and collaboration:

5 Ways to Maximize Microsoft Teams & Avoid Information Compliance Headaches, aimed at CIOs & information compliance managers, targets common pain points as enterprise use of MS Teams proliferates. Download the paper here.

5 ways to keep control of matter management as Microsoft Teams becomes the default collaboration platform for legal professionals looks more specifically at implications for legal operations managers as law firms standardise on MS Teams for discussing and processing client matters. Download the paper here.

[1] Microsoft Teams Reaches 20 Million Daily Users: Microsoft reveals daily user numbers for the first time, UC Today, July 2019

[2] Microsoft Teams: Celebrating 2 Years of Continued Growth, Microsoft, March 2019

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Repstor publishes timely white paper advising CIOs & information compliance managers on how to keep control of Microsoft Teams™

The paper, 5 Ways to Maximise Microsoft Teams & Avoid Information Compliance Headaches, targets common pain points as use of Microsoft Teams spreads like wildfire

Belfast – October 30^th, 2019 – Repstor, the provider of Office 365-based content and collaboration management solutions, has published a new white paper with practical advice for information managers on how to keep control of Microsoft Teams content, as use of the platform proliferates.

The paper, 5 Ways to Maximise Microsoft Teams & Avoid Information Compliance Headaches, acknowledges the vast growth of Microsoft Teams, as organisations default to the platform as their primary collaboration tool.

“Microsoft Teams is fast becoming the business world’s default collaboration environment,” notes Fergus Wilson, Repstor’s CTO and author of the paper. “Today, more than 13 million people use it daily, and 19 million weekly. This is great, as Teams is very modern, powerful and easy to use and a great productivity enabler. But at the same time, it needs some controls to get the best from it.”

After years of perfecting information management policies and adhering to the latest Data Protection requirements, organisations can’t afford to risk undermining those efforts by giving employees carte blanche to set up Teams and share content as they see fit.

“The risks sound daunting, but they needn’t be,” Fergus says. “It’s something we’ve explored in detail in our new white paper. We advocate that companies adopt best-practice governance, just as they have in all other aspects of team collaboration and content management.”

The paper sets out a number of proactive measures organisations can take to maintain order. These include controls over Team creation; establishing naming conventions and agreed classifications; maintaining control of emailed content; setting appropriate content security parameters; and automating content lifecycle controls (around archiving or deleting old Team content, for instance).

“Our latest Repstor Custodian content management solutions, designed to be embedded directly within Microsoft Office 365, include all of the necessary controls to ensure that Microsoft Teams fulfils its potential as a powerful aid to collaboration – without exposing organisations to content management chaos,” Fergus notes. “We have listened to CIOs’ concerns and directly addressed them in the latest version of our products.

“These latest capabilities around Microsoft Teams are drawing a lot of attention from CIOs and information compliance managers who are worried about Teams’ use spiralling out of their control,” he adds. “They’re relieved that we’ve come up with a timely solution, just as MS Teams use goes stratospheric.”

The new Repstor white paper, 5 Ways to Maximise Microsoft Teams & Avoid Information Compliance Headaches, is available for download here.

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Repstor Customer Anthony Gold Solicitors to Present at London Law Expo 2019

Head of Operations David Smith will explore Matter Management Solutions on Office 365 while Repstor is once again an event sponsor and exhibiting at Booth B23

Belfast, September 30th, 2019 – Repstor, the ECM and matter lifecycle management specialist, today announced that its customer, Anthony Gold Solicitors, will present at the forthcoming London Law Expo, of which Repstor is also a key sponsor. Partner and Head of Operations David Smith will present ‘Successfully Transitioning to a Matter Management Solution on Office 365’ at 10am at the 8×8 UK tech Hub on the 8th October.

Europe’s largest law expo returns to the Old Billingsgate, London on Tuesday 8th October 2019 and will welcome visitors from the world of legal practice management, technology and IT security. With five presentation stages, 50 expert speakers and over 45 exhibitors, the London Law Expo will explore a wide array of topics, issues and opportunities to assist law firms and legal businesses increase their overall performance, profitability and levels of IT security.

David Smith is a solicitor specialising in residential property litigation and is also Head of Operations for Anthony Gold Solicitors. He is responsible for much of the non-legal staff and operations in the business including all IT purchasing and supply. His session will show how the company moved to the cloud, why it chose to deploy Office 365 and Repstor Custodian for Legal™ and what the next steps are in the company’s journey of digital transformation.

Commenting on Smith’s appearance at the London Law Expo, Sheila Gormley, Repstor’s co-founder and director of Legal Solutions, said: “Law firms and legal teams globally are moving to Office 365 – but few are getting the best out of it. This powerful presentation from David will help legal specialists make the most of their Office 365 investments.” Sheila continued, “It is also very fitting that David is speaking at the event. It is a year ago since he first met Repstor at this very same event and became a customer shortly afterwards!”

Repstor is also exhibiting at Booth B23, where it will showcase Custodian for Legal™, its Office 365-based document, email and matter lifecycle management system, which is relied on by legal teams across the globe. Its collaboration and document management capabilities, optimised for legal users, harness the familiar interface of Microsoft Outlook and other popular Office 365 applications including SharePoint and Microsoft Teams, reflecting the way people instinctively communicate and share content with clients and colleagues.

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5 ways to maximise Microsoft Teams

5 ways to maximise Microsoft Teams – This paper sets out the most critical content management issues that can arise with overzealous or poorly governed Teams use – offering practical advice about how to address them while maximising the benefits of this exciting and very powerful collaboration aid.

Repstor to present at The Legal IT Conference

Microsoft technology experts to demonstrate how law firms can get the most out of Office 365

Belfast, September 11th, 2019 – Repstor, the ECM and matter lifecycle management specialist, will present Getting the most out of Office 365 at the forthcoming Alternative Legal IT Conference, at De Vere Beaumont Estate, Windsor on 1st October.

Now in its 11th year, this year’s conference will continue to showcase the best in mid-market legal innovation. The highlight of the conference is the IT Director-led case study round-table sessions. The conference will attract a great community of talented, innovative and ambitious professionals in mid-market law firms – with regular attendance of over 200 IT Directors and Managing Partners.

Repstor is the matter lifecycle management specialists for Law Firms and Legal departments. Custodian for Legal™, its Office 365-based document, email and matter lifecycle management system, is relied on by legal teams across the globe. Its collaboration and document management capabilities, optimised for legal users, harness the familiar interface of Microsoft Outlook and other popular Office 365 applications including SharePoint and Microsoft Teams, reflecting the way people instinctively communicate and share content with clients and colleagues.

Commenting on Repstor’s plans for the Alternative Legal IT Conference, Sheila Gormley, the company’s co-founder and director of Legal Solutions, said: “Everyone’s using Office 365 – but few are getting the best out of it. During this talk Repstor will give deep insight into using Office 365 tools such as Teams, Flow, Planner, Power BI and SharePoint to deliver legal use cases in your Firm – focusing directly on the legal user.”

Sheila is Repstor’s legal and professional services expert, with deep knowledge of the way these sectors need to manage content to be more productive, efficient and compliant. In particular she has championed the take-up of Repstor Custodian for Legal by law firms and Corporate Legal teams seeking tighter control of matter lifecycle management, harnessing the Microsoft Office 365 suite to deliver legal use cases.

The Alternative Legal IT Conference is at De Vere Beaumont Estate, Windsor on 1-2nd October.

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Expanded Repstor Product Suite Listed on G-Cloud 11

Repstor’s complete product portfolio, including Custodian/Custodian for Legal’s enhanced support for Microsoft Teams, and Repstor Mobile, which transforms filing on the go, has been approved & listed on the updated UK public sector procurement framework

Belfast – August 15^th, 2019 –Repstor, the provider of embedded Microsoft Office 365/Outlook information solutions, has today confirmed that, once again, it has been approved as a supplier to the latest iteration of the Government G-Cloud framework, the official digital marketplace for the UK public sector – now updated to G-Cloud 11.

Repstor’s expanded product set of content management solutions is now listed. These solutions enable public sector bodies to empower users to manage, find and share content more effectively and in a compliant way, and derive a greater return on their existing investments in Office 365/SharePoint/MS Teams and other ECM solutions.

G-Cloud 11 solutions from Repstor include:

Repstor affinity (with all connectors)
Repstor assist
custodian (now including enhanced support for Microsoft Teams)
custodian for legal (now including enhanced support for Microsoft Teams)
Repstor Mobile (transforming filing on the go for iOS and Android users from everyday mobile email)

G-Cloud gives central government, local councils, NHS Trusts and other public sector bodies a way to purchase cloud-based services such as web hosting from a single, central web site. It is accessed through the Digital Marketplace – created in 2014 by Crown Commercial Service and Government Digital Service to make government procurement easier and more transparent.

Alan McMillen, CEO at Repstor, expressed his pride at once again having the company’s entire product line approved for listing on G-Cloud, for easy access by public sector organisations.

“We’re delighted to be on the Framework, and to have added our new Mobile product and enhanced Teams controls and capabilities,” he said. “The public sector continues to be a successful growth area for Repstor, with both new wins and existing customers investing more in or doing more with our product set.”

Natural Resources Wales, North Lanarkshire Council, Invest Northern Ireland and the Youth Justice Board (an agency of the Ministry of Justice), are among Repstor’s most notable public sector business wins. Indeed, Repstor is continuing to enjoy healthy growth across all of its industry sectors in 2019.

Its products increase return on customers’ existing software investments, by transforming how users access, store and manage content wherever they are and making this very intuitive.

To find out more about G-Cloud, visit the Digital Marketplace.

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Repstor to Showcase Custodian for Legal™ at ILTACON 2019

The highly sought-after document, email and matter lifecycle management solution for law firms & corporate legal departments harnesses existing investments in Microsoft Office 365
The company has launched an integration with Microsoft Teams for internal and external collaboration
The software is a big hit in the US legal market due to the productivity & efficiency benefits of managing the complete matter lifecycle via software that teams already use every day
The prominent US event for the legal sector takes place August 18-22 in Orlando, Florida

Belfast, August 6th, 2019 – Repstor, the ECM and matter lifecycle management specialist, will continue to capitalize on high demand in the Americas for its legal sector solution, custodian for Legal™, with a booth at ILTACON 2019 – the premier US educational and networking event for the legal sector – next month, in Orlando, Florida.

Custodian for Legal, Repstor’s Office 365-based document, email and matter lifecycle management system, has proved a big hit with legal teams on both sides of the Atlantic. Its collaboration and document management capabilities, optimized for legal users, harness the familiar interface of Microsoft Outlook and other popular Office 365 applications including SharePoint and Teams, reflecting the way people instinctively communicate and share content with clients and colleagues.

Custodian for Legal has an impressive international client base comprising both law firms and internal corporate legal teams; it is also used by 5 of the top 10 global management consultancies. Repstor’s legal matter management business is expanding globally too, with a number of high-profile international appointments over the last year, particularly in the Americas.

Commenting on Repstor’s plans for ILTACON, Sheila Gormley, the company’s co-founder and director of Legal Solutions, said: “This is an important event in the North American legal calendar which we’re delighted to be attending. We’ve had an incredibly busy six months, featuring some impressive customer wins – we now have 170+ customers in more than 20 countries worldwide.” Sheila continues, “We have recently launched Repstor Mobile™ and just announced an integration to Microsoft Teams which delivers support for internal and external collaboration and adds information management capabilities. So we have a lot to demonstrate and talk about in Orlando.”

ILTACON runs August 18-22 at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando. Repstor will be showing Custodian for Legal at Booth #1204.

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