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Recommind, a leading provider of enterprise search, automatic categorization and eDiscovery systems for enterprises and law firms, today announced that Shook, Hardy & Bacon, a top international law firm, has chosen Recommind's MindServer(TM) Legal platform to power its internal information retrieval system. The MindServer Legal platform enables Shook, Hardy & Bacon's partners, associates, analysts, and paralegals in nine offices around the world to more effectively search, access and manage information to support client objectives in a cost-effective manner.

"We selected Recommind's MindServer Legal platform because our lawyers, analysts, and legal staff found it intuitive to use, identifying not only relevant documents and files, but also the on-point expertise of individual lawyers and analysts in the firm," said John Anderson, CIO at Shook, Hardy & Bacon. "In comparison with other platforms, Recommind's platform was more effective and will take employees less time in the searching process, leaving more time for clients."

Shook, Hardy & Bacon has chosen to deploy the following MindServer Legal components: -- Enterprise Search, which utilizes powerful, concept-based search capabilities to connect relevant information in document management, records management, portal and e-mail systems and myriad other applications and databases with the attorneys that need it. -- Matters & Expertise which provides a comprehensive, firm-wide view of matters, deals, cases, and the vast array of expertise contained within a firm by tapping into a variety of information sources such as time and billing systems, CRM applications, intranets, internal firm databases and other information repositories.

Innerhalb von nur 3 Monaten wurde MindServer Legal bei Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP als kanzleiweites Knowledge Management- und Retrieval-System eingeführt. Die Lösung greift unter dem internen Namen "KnowledgeSearch" auf sämtliche Datenbestände der Kanzlei zu und verbindet so die allgemeine Dokumentenverwaltung, eine KM-Bibliothek, ein Managementsystem, das gesamte Intranet sowie externe Quellen wie z.B. Rechtsdatenbanken.

"Im Legal-Bereich verfügen wir über eine einzigartige Expertise und die Auszeichnung belegt, das wir wissen, was unsere Kunden wollen und dies auch konsequent umsetzen."

Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP hat darüberhinaus noch den Preis als "Best Knowledge Management und Information Team of the Year" - auch für den Einsatz von MindServer Legal.

MindServer™ Categorization automatically maps structured and unstructured information into an information structure - taxonomy, ontology, or subject heading classification.

Recommind has continued its success in the legal sector in 2008 with deployments announced with law firms including Simmons & Simmons, Reed Smith, Addleshaw Goddard and Eversheds. Recommind’s MindServer™ Enterprise Search platform enables law firms to search all databases and core knowhow across multiple locations, allowing lawyers to easily access and share the information they need.

Recommind, a provider of enterprise search, email management and eDisclosure systems for enterprises and law firms, today announced that it has been shortlisted in the ‘Best of Breed System of the Year’ and ‘Most Customer-Focused Supplier of the Year’ categories for the Legal Technology Awards 2009.