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Pannone boosts efficiency with Document Management in SharePoint 2010
15 December 2011
Manchester solicitors Pannone have announced the release of their new Sharepoint 2010-based Document Management System (DMS). The system is currently being rolled out, together with Office 2010 and Windows 7, initially to the firm’s 100-strong Commercial Services Division in a complete desktop software refresh for the firm’s users.
The DMS builds upon the increased integration between Office 2010 and Sharepoint 2010 by imposing a matter-centric structure on the native Sharepoint functionality, and adds a series of add-ins for Office, web parts and Sharepoint features to further increase integration. The system is augmented by the deployment of Microsystems DocX Tools 6.2 for document cleaning and styling.
Development of the solution took around nine months in total and was completed entirely by the firm’s IT team. In deciding to develop in-house, the firm compared the high costs of purchasing off-the-shelf solutions and contractor costs with the relatively low costs of leveraging the IT team’s expertise and the firm’s existing volume licensing arrangements with Microsoft. Additionally, the use of native Word 2010 features has resulted in a reduction in support costs with a number of third party suppliers.
Pannone IT Director David Griffiths commented: “The fact that we have developed such a high-quality solution in such a short space of time demonstrates the real business value brought by Pannone’s investment in its in-house IT capabilities. We are tremendously excited by the opportunities and increase in productivity that this complete software refresh will bring.”
