RainMaker Welcomes New Client Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog
LLP
Firm Purchases Platinum for Strategic Reporting Flexibility
and to Improve Efficiency
March 27, 2007
RainMaker Software announced that the 135-timekeeper firm of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (CSH) has purchased RainMaker Platinum, a fully-integrated software system for mid-to-large sized law firms, consisting of Financial Management, Practice Management, Business Intelligence and Microsoft® SharePoint Portal Integration. The law firm selected RainMaker for its business intelligence reporting features, its ability to more effectively manage the firm's cash cycle, and to support tracking of legal services being provided in multiple states.
Barry Pennell, CSH's executive director, said the adoption of new technology will enable the firm to stay competitive in an increasingly challenging business environment. "RainMaker's reporting ability was appealing in that we will have access to historical data and can utilize that information for driving future strategies. This will enable us to use the information as a rudder, rather than a 'wake'."
RainMaker provides reporting flexibility through its Platinum Business Intelligence (BI) software, which allows firms to easily access, extract and analyze information in practical formats for supporting firms' business decisions. BI tools eliminate the cost, frustration and delays involved with custom programming and report writing. Information is automatically presented to the user in a variety of preferred formats including Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets, PivotTables, charts and email notifications. BI is built around a data warehouse which is, in short, a database that is separate from the time and billing system, but automatically populated by it. It is designed specifically to provide fast access to data for analysis. Once a BI system is in place, the firm's financial history provides strategic planning opportunities and numerous other benefits. The value of the information residing in the financial system extends beyond billable hours, work-in-process and accounts receivable. While isolated numbers are important, they are more meaningful when paired with information from prior months and years in order to identify trends and the direction the firm is heading in relation to those trends.
"We are very pleased that Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP selected RainMaker Platinum," said RainMaker President Jim Hammond. "This firm realized they had outgrown their former system and needed larger law firm capabilities. Platinum will allow them to leverage key performance indicators to capture potentially lost revenue. We are looking forward to a long-term relationship with this prominent North Carolina-based firm."
About Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP
Founded in 1992, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP is
a law firm which concentrates its practice in the defense of civil
claims and lawsuits, representing individuals and businesses of
all types. Consistently ranked as one of the largest in North
Carolina, the firm has more than 90 attorneys and three locations:
Raleigh, Charlotte and Wilmington. The firm handles cases in a
variety of practice areas, including medical and professional
negligence, products liability, construction defects, police and
municipal law, premises liability and security, trucking/transportation
law, education law, employment law, workers' compensation claims,
commercial litigation and land condemnation. With its experienced
litigators and support personnel utilizing the latest technology
available, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP is generally recognized
as one of the most creative and innovative litigation firms in
the state today. For more information, visit http://www.cshlaw.com.
About RainMaker Software
RainMaker Software provides progressive, proven and practical
financial and practice management systems designed to help mid-to-large
sized law firms effectively and profitably manage and grow their
businesses. With more than 37 years of legal-specific development
experience, RainMaker has consistently delivered stable and feature-rich,
yet easy-to-use products. The company's premier RainMaker Platinum
product line provides a comprehensive offering of useful features
and functionality, along with a proprietary Business Intelligence
toolset designed to extract decision-support data in practical
formats for reporting and analysis, with no custom programming
required. RainMaker takes a hands-on, customer-centric approach
to evaluating and responding to firms' needs, and is dedicated
to long-term client satisfaction. RainMaker is a Microsoft® Gold
Certified Partner. RainMaker is a wholly owned subsidiary of ASA
International, Ltd. Additional information about RainMaker Software and its products can be obtained by contacting the sales
department by phone at 1.800.341.4012 x3413, via email at legalinfo@rainmakerlegal.com
or by visiting the company website at http://www.rainmakerlegal.com.
About RainMaker Platinum 8.0
RainMaker Platinum is a financial management system developed
specifically with the mid-large sized law firm in mind. In addition
to its core time and billing functionality, Platinum includes
integrated practice management and business intelligence modules
enabling users to operate the law firm, increase efficiency, monitor
performance against key business goals and make more informed
decisions; facilitating firm growth. In total, there are more
than 400 new items touching 20 modules in Platinum 8.0 which include:
• Time and Billing
• Accounts Payable & General Ledger
• e-Billing Module
• Validator/Devices for 3rd Party Interfaces
• Core Relationship Management Module
• Case Manager Docket & Calendar Module
• Conflict Avoidance/Search Module
• Microsoft Outlook/Exchange 2003 - 2 way integration
• BI .NET - Business Intelligence with Data Warehouse
• New Case Electronic Entry & Work Flow Module
• Graphic Bill Designer
• Trust Accounting
• Active Reports Developer and Viewer
• Management Reporting Package with Bursting
• Attorney Desktop Time and Expense Entry
• Marketing/Mail List Management Module
• A/R Collections with Wizards Module
• Web and Standalone Time Entry
• Digital Scorecards
• Zoom .NET Inquiry Module
For more information regarding RainMaker's products, interested
parties can contact the sales
department at 1.800.341.4012 x3413 or via email at legalinfo@rainmakerlegal.com.
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