By Larry Port
on May 30, 2008
Rocket Matter was at the center of an interesting thread on the Google MILO discussion group over the past couple of days. You can read what some of our customers were saying and read back and forth between practicing attorneys about moving to an online practice management and time and billing software.
One very well [...]
By Larry Port
on May 28, 2008
Using Time Matters and want to switch?
Rocket Matter is proud to announce that we now offer data imports for your Time Matters contacts! Once you sign up, we can help you generate an export of your data and migrate you to the web generation of legal software.
That’s just one more way to [...]
By Larry Port
on May 16, 2008
Based on feedback from our Rocket Pilots, we made it a lot faster to add billable activity to your files. We added a Bill Expense link to the User Dashboard. You no longer have to navigate to a matter to bill expenses or time. Just click on the link, assign time and [...]
By Larry Port
on May 15, 2008
Since our public Pilot launch on February 21, 2008, Rocket Matter has quickly become recognized as the leading Software-as-a-Service provider for legal practice management and time and billing software.
We’ve discussed SaaS before on our blog, exploring the undeniable growth of the industry, and explored some of the issues raised by leaders in the [...]
By Larry Port
on May 6, 2008
When we started Rocket Matter, it was very clear to us the advantages that small firms and solo practitioners would enjoy from the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model: zero install, zero upgrade, worry-free backups, expert security, and a host of other advantages we discuss in this post.
The trend in the business software community is undeniable. 2008 [...]
By Larry Port
on April 28, 2008
When we were at ABA Techshow last month and attended a session on legal practice management software, we were surprised to hear advocates of both Time Matters and Amicus Attorney state that once you chose a legal practice management solution, you were unlikely to switch, as there’s no good way to get your data out.
“How [...]
By Larry Port
on April 24, 2008
Web-based legal practice management took another step forward! Rocket Matter rolled out some changes on Wednesday night we hope you’ll enjoy.
Month Chooser on User Dashboard: This is the first of many calendaring improvements we will gradually be rolling out. Now you can quickly view any date’s activities from your Dashboard.
Edit Matter Relationships: [...]
By Larry Port
on April 15, 2008
Thank you so much to Zale Dowlen for inviting me to guest post on his Lex Loci Linux (Linux in the Law Office) blog! It’s great to see Zale publishing information on Linux. It’s yet another choice for attorneys, plus it’s an OS I hold dear to my heart (I honed my programming [...]
By Larry Port
on April 9, 2008
There are a lot of practicing lawyers out there. Most work in small and solo law firms. And according to the annual ABA technology survey, only 53% have purchased dedicated practice management solution to streamline their operations and bill more time. Even less utilize their investment.
Why is this the case?
We put ourselves in [...]
By Larry Port
on March 29, 2008
Brett Burney has a great recap of the ABA Techshow available here at Law.com. He took some time to speak with us and wrote the following:
“One concept that buzzed among several attendees was “online practice management.” The idea … is that attorneys can manage their practices over the Web without the need to install and maintain software [...]
