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Monday January 27 9:36 AM EDT
JFS and IBM partner to deliver network solution to legal
community
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1997--
IBM Global Services to Run JFS Litigator's Notebook and JFSNet on IBM Global Network
Citing a need for worldwide reach, reliability, and security in handling sensitive legal information, J. Feuerstein
Systems ("JFS") announced today that it has signed a contract with IBM to make JFS's flagship software
package -- JFS Litigator's Notebook -- and its entire user network -- JFSNet -- available over the IBM
Global Network. JFS is a division of San Antonio-based Docucon Inc .
JFS Litigator's Notebook is a Lotus Notes-based software package that permits teams of lawyers to work
together in a shared case "notebook" even though individual lawyers may be located in different cities.
Ordinarily, each office using the Notebook must have its own Notes server running the Notebook software.
Under the agreement announced by JFS, IBM Global Services will host the JFS Litigator's Notebook server
software on the IBM Global Network, and registered users will be able to place databases on that server in much
the same way they would if the server were located in- house at the law firm or law department.
"This step is of huge importance, both to JFS and to our community of users," commented JFS Chief
Technology Officer, Jim Feuerstein. "For our existing users, the new Network will make it easy for them to
connect to Notebook users -- with just a local phone call, to a private, secure network -- to the 850 cities and
100 countries in which the IBM Global Network operates. This means that corporations can connect all their
outside counsel together. It also means that law firms can draw their clients more tightly into the firm's legal
workgroup.
"This agreement is also of great importance to smaller firms, "Feuerstein added. "Many such firms have long
wanted to use the Notebook, but they were nervous about implementing their own Lotus Notes server in-house.
By using the IBM Global Network, we're letting these firms know they won't need a Notes server. Instead, they
can communicate and share Notebook databases through one of the largest secure data networks in the world."
"I believe that this offering -- providing an outsourced server to small firms -- will increase our market by a
whole order of magnitude," Feuerstein added. "The legal marketplace is always tentative about investing in
technology. Here, we've made it easy. We've reduced the up- front capital expenditure and -- thanks to Notes
and to the network security of the IBM Global Network -- we' ve made it safe, secure, and reliable."
IBM Global Services Director of Marketing, Bob Boles, believes this offering has a great future. "With JFS
Litigator's Notebook, JFS has the premier workgroup application in the marketplace, and just the kind of
application we want on our network. Last year, this software package was a finalist for IBM's Lotus Beacon
Award as the Most Innovative Product in a Vertical Market. By coupling that excellence with our network
computing solution and technological know-how, we can be the one trusted source the legal community needs
to succeed in a networked world."
Feuerstein says that many corporate customers want to connect their law departments to a hundred or more
outside counsel. "Managing all those connections -- even with the power of Notes -- can be a big job, and it's a
job the law department typically doesn't want. IBM Global Services is the world's largest I/T services provider.
By relying on IBM's experience and ability in managing networks for customers, we're telling law departments
they only have to manage one connection. All they have to do is connect their server to IBM's network server,
and IBM will manage all the connections to those multi-hundred law firms."
With the contract signed, JFS expects to roll out services in three stages:
First, JFS will automatically move all existing JFS customers to the IBM Global Network. These customers will
be able to use the network for mail and for accessing and replicating JFS support databases. The process of
moving users to the network will begin as soon as the necessary server equipment is in place, in about thirty to
sixty days.
Next, JFS will offer its corporate and law firm customers the use of the IBM Global Network as a
"communications server," where those customers can mount Notebook databases for sharing with clients or
outside counsel.
As a third step, JFS will offer a "rent-a-server" plan to small firms that don't want to manage their own server
in-house. Under this plan, those firms will use a JFSNet server as though it were their own. They will pay a
monthly fee for use of the server software, plus a charge for storage of their data. This small firm program will
go into limited release immediately and become generally available April 1.
For more information, call JFS Marketing at (210) 525-9221.
IBM Global Services, with more than $20 billion in revenues and operations in 160 countries, is the world's
leading provider of product, professional and network services. Its managed network services for content,
collaboration and electronic commerce, as well as network outsourcing services, are provided over the IBM
Global Network, which serves more than 30,000 customer enterprises and 850 cities around the world. For more
information, please see the IBM Global Services Web site at www.ibm.com/services/globalservices.html.
Docucon is a leader in high-volume conversions of paper and microfilm documents to optical and other types of
storage devices for the federal and commercial markets. Through its J. Feuerstein Systems division, Docucon
makes software products for use by attorneys in the litigation process, including the widely used JFS Litigator's
Notebook.
CONTACT: Docucon, Inc.
Edward P. Gistaro, Chairman, CEO
J. Feuerstein Systems
Jim Feuerstein, CTO
(800) 899-2072
docucon@docucon.com
or
DOCU'S INVESTOR RELATIONS COUNSEL:
The Equity Group Inc.
Tamara Ehlin
(212) 836-9607
equityny@aol.com
docucon@docucon.com
or
IBM
Rod Thorn
(914) 766-2446
rthorn@vnet.ibm.com
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