Posted on Wed, Oct 31, 2001
Reduces Total Cost of Corporate Legal Management
HOUSTON -- November 1, 2001 -- Bridgeway Software, Inc., the leading provider of corporate legal solutions, announced today the release of its corporate Application Suite, version 5.2. The Application Suite includes eCounselTM, total legal department practice management software, and SecretariatTM, the premier corporate secretary automation solution, in a fully robust offering. The integrated suite offers information and management tools on desktop PCs regarding legal matters, corporate secretary communications and corporate records. This integration ensures data accuracy and security, reduces data duplication and saves money, time and resources. Bridgeway will provide Internet access to the Application Suite through its hosting service, or a corporation can install it on the company intranet.
Pat O'Donnell, President and CEO of Bridgeway, states, "We are pleased to bring this highly efficient and economical package to our corporate clients. The Application Suite allows the legal department and the office of the corporate secretary to share the data that both need. This eliminates duplicative effort while giving the offices simultaneous access. The Suite also offers secure access over the Internet for corporations that have operations in many states or nations."
Blane Erwin, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management for Bridgeway, says, "It is our goal to continue to integrate leading-edge software programs including electronic billing, workgroup calendaring and accounting programs with the Application Suite. The Application Suite makes it easier than ever for corporations to move forward with their automated systems with one smooth overall matter management program."
The Application Suite is seamlessly integrated with many widely used word processing, document management, email and other software, including Microsoft WordTM, WordPerfectTM, ShareDocTM Legal, Microsoft OutlookTM and Netscape NavigatorTM. The most recent additions to the Application Suite are HotDocs®, the legal industry's leading document assembly application, and popular document management programs from iManage and Hummingbird.
eCounselTM
Bridgeway Software's eCounselTM is an elite, Internet-based total practice management application for corporate legal departments. This software manages legal matters from inception through close. The legal department can review similar matter types, budget vs. actual costs, staff deployment, outstanding invoices, outside counsel costs and more. eCounselTM's user-driven design supports electronic billing, document collaboration, desktop calendar integration, drag-anddrop report design, document creation using HotDocs® integration and knowledge dissemination throughout the company's intranet. The eCounselTM solution shoulders the details freeing legal staffs to focus on the best legal outcomes for clients and the company.
SecretariatTM version 5
Bridgeway Software's SecretariatTM is the complete corporate secretary automation solution, designed for optimal performance on the Internet. This software application tracks a company's history from inception through its entire life cycle making corporate history recall a matter of point-and-click retrieval. Its sophisticated user-driven design supports wizards for repetitive tasks, a report writer for drag-and-drop report design, document creation with HotDocs® integration and knowledge dissemination through the company's intranet. Its international design adapts to the way a company does business, wherever it is located.
About Bridgeway Software
Bridgeway Software, Inc. develops, markets and supports the SecretariatTM and eCounselTM members of the Bridgeway Application Suite for the corporate legal community. Its best-inclass software and professional services are designed to automate the management of information for corporate secretaries and general counsel. Bridgeway has been recognized in the Inc. 500 as one of America's fastest growing companies as a result of its rapid growth. Founded in 1989, Bridgeway Software is headquartered in Houston, Texas with representative offices in Canada, Bermuda, and Barbados. For further information on the Application Suite, call a Bridgeway Managing Consultant at (888) 272-4699.
Media Contact:
Blane Erwin
713.599.8300
blane.erwin@bridge-way.com