| SAN FRANCISCO, California, February 22, 2000 -
Casecentral.com, Inc., a leader in litigation information management, today announced a partnership with Punch Networks to integrate the company's online file collaboration service (Punch WebGroups) into the casecentral.com solution. The WebGroups application will expand storage and collaboration functionality in the casecentral.com application. This announcement comes on the heels of other recent partnerships, and demonstrates casecentral.com's continued commitment to providing the ultimate platform for the delivery of litigation support services.
"We've created a solution that is above and beyond the competition by incorporating Best-of-Breed technology," stated Christopher Kruse, chairman and CEO of casecentral.com. "We've recently partnered with realLegal.com to integrate their Pubnetics software into our platform, and now our partnership with Punch Networks enhances our solution even further. These partners are key to our success and growth as we continue to build upon our position as the industry's premier litigation support platform."
The casecentral.com solution is a complete, Internet-based document repository and litigation management system that gives legal teams the ability to instantly search and retrieve critical case-related documents and information from anywhere, at any time. The implementation of the WebGroups utility will augment casecentral.com's service by adding several key functions.
- Access control: WebGroups users can restrict or grant access to files, file folders or groups, enabling more efficient and secure collaboration. This is especially important for lawyers collaborating on sensitive and private documents.
- Automatic versioning: It is common for legal documents to undergo multiple revisions, so WebGroups automates the process. WebGroups includes built-in tools that automatically store and track versions of files on the Web, eliminating the need to save multiple versions of a file on the user's local or network drives. Only the most current version of a file is stored in the user's local machine, thus allowing them to save their valuable hard drive space for other purposes.
- Audit trails: Punch WebGroups tracks all user activity, including when users download files. So a lawyer can check the audit trail to see if/and when a client has downloaded a file. This capability helps everyone make sure they're working on the right file version, and that the people in their group are up-to-date.
"Punch Networks' WebGroups application is a leader in Web-based collaboration technology. We are confident that this service will provide significant value to our clients," continued Kruse.
By providing a sophisticated yet simple Internet based litigation support application service, casecentral.com offers the most cost-effective and easy to use alternative to creating and operating an in-house infrastructure for managing case-related information. In addition to its increased document management capabilities, casecentral.com provides a variety of collaboration and litigation management features, including 24-hour professional support services, a case calendar, and full access to all deposition materials, including exhibits.
About Punch Networks Corporation
Founded by David Campbell in 1995, Punch Networks develops software products, services and technologies that help people effectively manage changing digital information. The company's first service, Punch WebGroups, lets anyone store, share and automatically update their files using just their Web browser. The Company offers WebGroups as a hosted service to business partners and to companies as an outsourced service.
For more information, visit the Punch Networks website at www.punchnetworks.com, email info@punchnetworks.com, or call (206) 343-7661.
About casecentral.com, Inc.
Casecentral.com was founded in 1993 in San Francisco as an outsource information management company for the legal market and quickly led the industry with its products and services.
Today, casecentral.com provides secure online access to case documents via the Internet. Documents include imaged discovery, pleadings, transcripts, and attorney work-product. In addition to this core application component, casecentral.com provides a number of value-added case management services including shared calendars, collaborative document libraries, email utilities, custom Web content indexers, and electronic discovery applications.
With more than 60 million pages of documents maintained and managed at the company's four separate facilities, casecentral.com is now the dominant legal industry player for online electronic case information and litigation support repository services.
Casecentral.com headquarters and a repository center are located in San Francisco, California. The company can be contacted at (415) 989-2300, or on the Internet at www.casecentral.com. In addition to its San Francisco headquarters, casecentral.com also operates repository centers in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C., which also serves as its disaster recovery center.
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