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Technical Services

Advanced Legal Systems, Inc., is dedicated to Creating Technological Calm™ by providing the highest quality technical and Web-based services to the legal community. We focus on thorough and strategic project planning, execution and education to ensure our clients’ success on each of their technology initiatives. By offering expertise in nearly every area of legal technology, we can manage one or many projects and allow smooth transitions when projects overlap or influence one another. When technology is stable, efficient and effective, our clients can maintain their focus on the practice of law.

Advanced Legal Systems, Inc., provides comprehensive, legal-specific expertise in the following areas:

Facilities Design & Relocation Services
Workflow/Process Engineering
Workflow Automation
Network Maintenance & Systems Administration
Network Status Monitoring
Remote Access & Ticketing (ALRT)
Hardware/Software Purchasing & Installation
Conference Support & Services
Strategic Technology Planning
Systems Integration & Conversion (Intranet & Extranet)
Security/Service Auditing
Telephony System Evaluation & Integration
Project Management

Facilities Design & Relocation Services

Advanced Legal Systems, Inc., offers design and relocation services for firms that need to ‘change locations’. Comprehensive planning and coordination of the actual move is done by the experienced office and data center design specialists on our staff:

LAN/WAN design for the new office space
Disaster-proof data center design
Server room/rack solutions
Equipment power management solutions
Telecom & data/ISP services coordination

Strategic Technology Planning

Strategic planning is a process which aligns technology with the business goals of the firm. Selecting and implementing technical solutions requires a well-defined route to achieve success.

From budgeting to detailed conversion plans, Advanced Legal Systems, Inc., assists firms with their strategic planning processes. Examples range from:

Review of your network infrastructure
Review of your operating systems
Capacity planning
Desktop configuration
Disaster plan design
Analysis and presentation of plans, as well as ISP and capacity planning
Annual budget design and review
1-,3-,5-year all-encompassing IT budget planning services
Hardware and software lease vs. buy comparisons and analysis
Licensing compliance analysis
Equipment warranty analysis
Accounting system conversions
Cost recovery software recommendations and implementation
Vendor management
ROI & TCO studies

Workflow & Process Engineering

Advanced Legal Systems, Inc., offers:

Scanning to document systems
Cost recovery and bill-back integration into current accounting systems
Calendaring/docketing and scheduling of resources and facilities
OCR, Bates numbering, and document distribution solutions
Creation of custom solutions and integration of word processing with database stores/document management systems and automated assembly techniques
Creation of custom Outlook solutions, including automated and published forms and data gathering points for information

Remote Access Solutions

Advanced Legal Systems, Inc., provides remote access solutions for:

VPN’s
Microsoft Terminal Services
Web Access to E-mail Services
Exchange 2003 Synch to Outlook 2003 Client via RPC over https
Citrix Solutions
Wireless Network Implementation
Web Portals/Extranets
Thin Clients
Microsoft Windows Mobile Edition
Palm-Blackberry/Goodlink
Laptop Connectivity Support

Systems Integration & Conversion

Working hand-in-hand with strategic planning, our team can plan and execute your large systems conversion or upgrade project. With extensive experience in WordPerfect to Word conversion and server platform conversions/upgrades, as well as document management and practice management integration, Advanced Legal Systems, Inc., can provide a proven approach to these mission-critical projects.

Again, the emphasis on planning and detail-oriented implementation ensures success. Examples include:

Network design
Functional design and conceptual visions for long-term strategic plans
Detailed design and network diagrams
Active Directory implementation
Group policy design and implementation
End-user workstation interface design
GroupWise to Exchange migrations
Spam-filtering solutions design and implementation
Real-time monitoring with triggered alerts
Log-in script design and implementation
Novell to Microsoft domain migrations
Mail system design (replication, Web-access, integration and upgrades)
Mobile messaging (i.e., Blackberry, Good technology)
Disaster recovery plan design, system installation, and simulations
LAN/WAN design and implementation
Router and segment design and implementation
Data protection, back-up applications, and error reporting
Server consolidation
NAS implementations
SAN implementations
Active Directory Distributed File System configuration
DNS, WINS, DHCP design and implementation
Server recovery
Software and hardware audits and inventory
Desktop and office suite control via ADM templates on the Group Policy Objects
Anti-virus solutions
WUS (Windows Update Services) for desktop and server patch management
Fax solutions
Deployment solutions for desktops, laptops, servers, printers
Lease-return equipment solutions

Please contact us at 1.888.221.8821 or email us at businessdevelopment@advancedlegal.com to speak to a Business Consultant.