Bircham Dyson Bell Selects Metastorm BPM®

Metastorm BPM Helps UK-based Firm Address Critical Processes Including Client Matter Inception and Conflict Checking

LONDON, UK – February 13, 2007 – Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software for organizational agility, innovation, and governance, and Tikit, a leading supplier of software and services to the legal industry and one of Metastorm’s strategic partners in the UK, today announced the implementation of Metastorm BPM software at Bircham Dyson Bell, one of the UK's fastest growing and progressive law firms. Bircham Dyson Bell joins the expanding legal customer bases of both organizations that rely on Metastorm BPM to improve and streamline core enterprise processes.

“We look forward to working with both Tikit and Metastorm in completing our deployment of Metastorm BPM and reaping the benefits we know it will bring to our critical legal processes,” stated John Le Huquet, IT Director, Bircham Dyson Bell. “We see an unlimited range of opportunities within our firm to automate processes with Metastorm, and we look forward to empowering our employees with the tools to increase productivity and efficiency."

Bircham Dyson Bell selected Metastorm BPM through the advice of Tikit, who provided consultancy in the evaluation phase of the project as well as providing ongoing support to the firm during development and implementation. Bircham Dyson Bell chose Metastorm for its BPM initiatives due to Tikit and Metastorm’s established and proven success in the legal industry, the flexibility to integrate Metastorm BPM into its existing infrastructure, and the ability to provide all enterprise users with a single user interface for advanced collaboration.

Metastorm BPM will serve as a process management platform for the firm beginning with the automation of the acquisition process for new clients known within the firm as Client Matter Inception – one of the most critical activities in a law firm and vital to its success from both a client acquisition and retention perspective and for risk management. The firm was managing this process manually with no visible way to track status and history or to maintain

The firm expects a rapid deployment of Metastorm BPM resulting in streamlined manual processes that create a more efficient environment to track client matters, improve quality control, and reduce risk by providing an audit trail to document due diligence.

“Metastorm’s ongoing success in the legal industry speaks volumes about our ability to truly help firms streamline and automate their most critical processes and better succeed with efficient process execution,” stated Robin Martin, VP of International Sales at Metastorm. “The complexity of legal processes makes law firms perfect candidates for our BPM technology. Metastorm BPM gives firms the ability to increase efficiency and create a detailed audit trail without affecting superior client service.”

About Bircham Dyson Bell
Bircham Dyson Bell LLP is a central London law firm with 43 Partners, and 300 lawyers and support staff. The firm provides a comprehensive range of legal and other services to business, public sector organisations, private clients, and charities. It is a leading member of Lexwork International, a network of independent law firms with offices across Europe and North America.

Further details can be found on the firm’s website: www.bdb-law.co.uk

About Tikit
Tikit (www.tikit.com) is the UK’s leading provider of IT services and software to the legal and accounting industries. Working with 90 of the UK’s top law firms and over 250 accountancy organisations, the company offers a full range of IT services and software from networking to knowledge management. Established in 1994 the company has over 180 staff in offices in London, regionally around the UK and Europe. Working with best of breed partners, Tikit offers innovative and effective IT solutions based on its in-depth knowledge of its clients’ marketplaces.

About Metastorm
With a focus on improving processes for greater innovation, agility, and governance, Metastorm leads the market in business process management (BPM) software and best practice methodologies for human and system-based processes. Going beyond the basics of modeling and automation, the Metastorm BPM® Suite supports the complete process lifecycle and is designed specifically to address complex processes that are unique to organizations. Metastorm’s 1300+ global client base in manufacturing, retail, financial services, business services, healthcare and government are achieving rapid ROI and Enterprise Process Advantage® in customer service, supply chain operations, risk management, and internal operations. For more information visit www.metastorm.com.

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Shahed Ahmed
Merritt Group
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