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Announcing the new
OPSIS News & Info Blog
We are pleased to announce that our new blog is now online for all the latest News, and information related to various OPSIS events.
The blog has been created to provide a central resource for the various announcements that OPSIS makes from time to time, and will provide links to the relevant regional OPSIS web site, or external resource.
The blog will provide:-
the latest news relating to development of OPSIS products and services,
details of exhibitions that OPSIS may attend,
seminars that OPSIS arranges,
special announcements from the Helpdesk or Support teams about software releases,
regular updates for our Legal Aid modules,
…and any other interesting tidbits we think you might like to know!
Being a blog, it provides an RSS Feed which allows you to subscribe to it using your favourite blog reader, such as Windows My Live, My Yahoo, Bloglines, Newsgator, Netvibes, and so on. Once subscribed, whenever we create a new topic your newsreader will show you the latest post(s).
The blog provides a number of useful features too. For example:-
It will provide Printer-Friendly pages for printing off articles
Allows you to Email an article you think would be useful to a friend
Has a comprehensive Search facility
Uses Categories and keyword Tags for related topics
Provides Links to various other industry related resources
Allows you to add your own Comments on articles we have posted to promote discussion with other visitors to the blog.
IRIS extends its legal portfolio into Ireland with acquisition of OPSIS
18th June 2008
IRIS Software Group, one of the UK’s leading and fastest growing Software Houses, has announced the acquisition of OPSIS Limited.
The OPSIS brand is well respected in the legal software market with consistently high satisfaction ratings for its products and the quality of its support services, evidenced by the Law Society’s annual Guide to Legal Software Suppliers.
Headquartered in Dublin, OPSIS is recognised as the number one provider of case management systems in Northern Ireland with a strong presence in the regional legal practice markets in the Republic of Ireland and in England and Wales.
The acquisition will enable IRIS to significantly extend its customer footprint in Ireland and at the same time, it marks a further step forward towards IRIS’ goal to provide the legal profession with the widest range of quality software products to suit every size and type of practice.
As IRIS Legal have done with GB Systems in Scotland, there are no plans to consolidate the product range within IRIS Legal and the business will continue to be run independently by its existing management team, who are remaining with the business.
The acquisition will provide OPSIS customers with the access to the resources and investment of a major software house that is committed to the continuous enhancement of its product and service offerings.
The new OPSIS Software & Services logo
About IRIS
IRIS is one of the UK’s leading and fastest growing Software houses with an exceptional reputation, gained over the last 29 years, for delivering market leading solutions and the highest levels of customer service to more than 60,000 organisations in a number of specialist sectors, ranging from the micro to the multinational business.
IRIS is:
The No 1 provider to UK accountancy practices
The No 1 provider to UK law firms, barristers and coroners’ offices
The No 1 provider of payroll and accounts to GPs
The No 1 provider to the UK Not For Profit sector
The No 2 provider of Payroll & HR software solutions
An award winning provider of accounting and ERP systems to UK businesses
A leading provider of special software for sports clubs, field services and application modernisation software and services for blue chip companies
Founded in 1979, IRIS is headquartered in Datchet, Berkshire with offices throughout the UK and in the US. Revenues are well over £100m pa and the business employs c1,200 staff. For further information please visit http://www.iris.co.uk/
Legal
IT Exhibition 2008
The Legal IT Show is Europe's premier software and services events for the legal profession.
This Premier event brings together the leading suppliers of law firm technology and services with the firms' buyers, showcasing new products, topical debates and as usual plenty of networking opportunities.
The show will continue to bring you innovative ideas, product launches and topical seminars and a high level of vistors over the two day event.
The Legal IT Show is the must attend event in the legal technology calendar and will bring you all you need to be successful at your law firm.
OPSIS Practice Management Solutions will
be exhibiting at the 2008 Legal IT Exhibition on Stand
17 (tbc) which takes place again at the Business
Design Centre, Islington, London on:-
Wednesday 6th February 9.30 am to 5.00 pm.
and
Thursday 8th February
9.30 am to 4.30 pm.
Entry is free and you can register to reserve your complimentary
seat in any of the seminars taking place over the two day event. Register on
line now to be sent fast track entry and information on the
speakers at the exhibition.
The Legal IT Show at the Business Design Centre is now in its 9th successful year. Part of Informa Professional's Legal IT portfolio since 2007, the Legal IT Show has been considerably updated and refreshed to provide a truly valuable and enjoyable exhibition and conference. The Show is the only industry focused event in the UK offering you the opportunity to meet your peers and discuss new product offerings with the industry's major suppliers - all under one roof!
Attend to:
Get a snapshot of current market and technology developments in the fast moving legal IT sector.
Receive first hand insight from the industry's major figures to help you tackle your own IT and Law Firm management issues.
Meet the industry's leading providers under one roof and understand their new offerings over only 2 days to save valuable time.
Meet over two thousand of your industry peers and discuss your experiences and the issues important to your business.
Featured at the Show:
Network at the famous Legal IT Show free smoothie bar
Win a Rolex Submariner!
Test your hand and compete with your colleagues at the "Giant Wii"
Access the extended Legal IT network via the eShow, an online network exclusive to attendees
The Conference:
The Legal IT Show Conference is FREE to attend and attracts some of the industry’s leading speakers, who will provide you with the business intelligence you require to optimise your legal IT strategy. With some of Legal IT top thinkers participating, you can be assured that the topics will be fresh and innovative.
Featured Speaker: Prof Richard Susskind OBE
The opening keynote for this year’s Legal IT Show is Prof. Richard Susskind.
Richard has specialised in legal technology for 25 years and is considered by many the foremost in the field. He is an independent adviser to major professional firms and to national governments. He has written and edited numerous books, including Transforming the Law (OUP, 2000) and The Susskind Interviews: Legal Experts in Changing Times (Sweet & Maxwell, 2005) and is a law columnist for The Times.
His soon to be released book, The End of Lawyers? - Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services (OUP) is set to raise a number of controversial points regarding the future shape of legal services. Richard has advised on numerous government inquiries and, since 1998, has been IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England.
In 2003, he was appointed by the Cabinet Office as Chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information. Richard was awarded an OBE in the Millennium New Year’s Honours List for services to IT in the Law and to the Administration of Justice.
Join Richard at the Legal IT Show at 10:00am on 6th February.
After the successful introduction of the e-show at the Legal IT Show 2007, this exclusive service is offered again - now revised and updated - to all attendees of the Legal IT Show 2008.
The service enables you to:
Browse the complete delegate list for this event
Post entries to the Legal IT Show Blog
Identify leads, partners and more
Communicate with all delegates
Preserve the valuable concentration of contacts in one place
Registration is free and automatic for all Legal IT Show attendees
Further Information:
Full details about the exhibition, free fast track entry register
and travel directions are available at the Legal IT Show website:
The next User Group Meeting has been scheduled for
Wednesday 9th April 2008, so please don't forget to put this
important date in your diary now!
The George Hotel, Stamford - Wednesday,
9th April 2008
The User Group accommodates all of our customers, Millennium Accounts, Millennium Solo, Solicitor Case Manager,
PMS and SPS alike and is held purely for
the benefit of OPSIS users. This is your chance to give us feedback
on our service and put forward your opinions on how you want to
see our products developed in the future. The meeting will also
include updates on all of the OPSIS products with talks and presentations
from the User Group Chairman and OPSIS - so not only a good opportunity
to find out the latest news and developments, but also a chance
to put some names to faces of people you speak to when you call
in to log your support queries!
Opsis
User Group Meeting 2008
AGENDA
TIME
SESSION
10.15
- 10.30
Registration,
Refreshments & Meet the Opsis Staff
10.30
- 10.35
Welcome
& Introduction by the User Group Chairman
Charles Humphrey/Mike Simpson
10.35
- 10.55
Company
Update
Ella Jenkins - General Manager
10.55
- 11.10
The Way Forward - New Product Developments
Brian O'Neill- Managing Director
11.10
- 11.25
Product
Update - Solicitor Case Manager
Amanda Beacham - Training Consultant
11.25
- 11.40
Tea/Coffee
11.40
- 12.45
User
Group Business
Closed Discussion
12.45
- 14.00
Lunch
14.00
- 14.45
Open
Forum
WORKSHOPS
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
OPTION 3
OPTION 4
14.45
- 15.30
AML Compliance:
The new updated AML Module ~
How to integrate your OPSIS system with the on-line verification service IDYourClient.com
Legal Aid:
Q&A Workshop:
How to use Millennium Accounts to manage the latest LA changes.
Cash Collection:
Manage your credit control & cash collection procedures more efficiently with this optional Millennium Accounts module.
SDLT.co.uk:
SCM now integrates with SDLT.co.uk. You can now submit your Stamp Tax Returns electronically to HMRC.
15.30
Close
of User Group Meeting
Please note that places will be allocated on a first come, first
served basis, with priority to User Group Members. If you are not
already a User Group Member and would like to take this opportunity
to join, please contact us.
To reserve
your place or for more details, please print out, complete and return
the booking
form with your payment, or contact Deborah Alger on 01780 764947
or .
Special
Discount Arrangement between OPSIS and ILCA
We are delighted to announce that OPSIS, as a
member of LSSA, has negotiated a special arrangement
with the Institute of Legal Cashiers & Administrators
whereby a member of your staff can receive a 50% discount
off a first year's membership of the Institute.
Members of the ILCA have ready access to quality
distance-learning courses, specialised workshops, the Legal Abacus
Journal, topical annual supplements reflecting the latest regulatory
changes, career development through recognised qualifications, an
advisory helpline, and an interactive Web site designed to meet
the needs of the custodian of a practice's finances.
We believe that OPSIS and the ILCA
share the same values in wanting to raise the standards of financial
support in today's busy law firms. ILCA trained
staff understand legal accounts software better than staff with
no formal training, which means that partners tend to get a much
better return on their IT investment.
To benefit from this new arrangement please visit the ILCA
web site www.ilca.org.uk and
complete the Membership Form, and include the OPSIS
software support contract number: LSSA2007/06.
Please note that this offer only applies to practices that do not
currently have an ILCA member on their staff.
This high-value offer will cost just £38.06 including VAT.
For further information about the ILCA, please
contact their Executive Secretary, Margaret Macdonald, on 020 8302
2867 or email exec.sec@ilca.org.uk
"I feel that this package is very user friendly which
enables all my staff to continue with their daily workload in
a very efficient manner. Once I had been given full training,
I have never looked back. When I do have a query I always have
fantastic support; they are excellent in their working knowledge
and always quick to deal with my queries. OPSIS is always prepared
to listen to user feedback and with this in mind improves the
upgrades with a view to users comments" Suzanne
Hetherington, Calibre Solicitors
SPS
has been designed specifically for smaller legal firms and
start-up practices that do not have the resources available
to implement and manage more expensive and complex systems.
"I recommend, and will continue to recommend,
Millennium to my clients. The software is reliable and always
performs well. The constant developments are always met. The
price makes the package very accessible to all and the support
I and all my staff receive is first class" Richard Ling-Williams, Chancery Bookkeeping Services
Millennium Solo is a fee earners
and bookkeepers accounts package from OPSIS specifically designed
for sole practitioners. Based on our Millennium Accounts
system, it offers all the functionality of a comprehensive
system, at a monthly price you can afford, with no contract.
Established for over 20 years, Millennium Accounts
is a tried and tested accounts solution for the legal sector. We
are pleased to announce that OPSIS have acquired three new Estate
Agency clients in Northern Ireland, namely :
OPSIS are delighted to be included once again in the Law Society's
Software Solutions Guide.
Having passed the rigorous selection process for the sixth successive
year OPSIS are a Law Society recommended Legal IT supplier. The
2008 Guide is available from February 2008.
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