John Mavridis, Review: NetDocuments for Web-Based Document Management
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While a great deal has been written about document management systems, I have a legal consulting practice where I find that I often work from my clients' place of business. In this context, I have also worked at ensuring that I have a portable infrastructure and I prefer using Web-based infrastructure, primarily using Netsuite for time/expense/billing and accounting and Netdocuments for document management.
I first started to use NetDocuments when it was free service at the height of the dot-com boom. It was interesting then, but it has improved so greatly since then that it works very well, wherever I am. The fact that my documents are available, secure, backed-up and shareable is a big plus which allows me to have access to big-firm infrastructure with no hardware or support costs or network expenses. My more tech-savvy clients can use the net-binder services where I share documents on the fly, and for others who simply want an e-mail, it interfaces to Outlook very efficiently.
While there is always paper around, I use NetDocuments as my virtual filing cabinet, scanning documents and storing final versions.
While they do have some law firms on their system, they just struck some type of deal for LexisNexis and I would hope they get more users in our profession.
JOHN MAVRIDIS, LL.B., LL.M.
Legal Counsel/Avocat
NEWHOUSE STRATEGIC COUNSEL INC. | CONSEILS STRATGIQUES NEWHOUSE INC.
Legal and Business Consulting Services | Services-conseils juridiques et en affaires
Montreal, QC | CANADA
www.newhousecounsel.com
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