ABA TECHSHOW Booth #1012

Visit us in Chicago 3/29-30 at the ABA TECHSHOW Booth #1012. See first hand how how we can turn your iPads, iPhones, & Droids in to productivity powerhouses with iTimeKeep and iDocExplorer.

Press Release: Bellefield and Rippe & Kingston Announce LMS Integration with iTimeKeep

Bellefield and Rippe & Kingston Announce LMS Integration with iTimeKeep for iPad, iPhone, & Droid, Providing Attorneys with Time Entry from any Mobile Device

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) March 08, 2012

Bellefield Systems, a leader in mobile enterprise solutions for law firms, announces today the integration of iTimeKeep with Rippe & Kingston’s Legal Management System (LMS) software. This announcement further underscores Bellefield’s commitment to be the frontrunner in mobile time entry in the legal space.

Using iTimeKeep, Rippe & Kingston customers can now enter time directly into LMS from any mobile device, including iPad, iPhone, and Droid. iTimeKeep’s simple and intuitive user interface allows real-time access to clients, matters, task and activity codes, avoiding the need for data synchronization and import/export processes. Cloud-based iTimeKeep applies multiple levels of security to ensure that data is transferred safely from one system to the other.

Implementation of iTimeKeep is simple and straightforward. Rippe & Kingston clients simply download the free iTimeKeep app from the Apple Store and Rippe sets up the integration components at the law firm. In just a few hours the law firm is up and running.

“Our clients have been looking for a simple solution for mobile timekeeping and our partnership with Bellefield brings them the best possible integration with a quick user interface. Attorneys will now have the ability to record their time (billable or non-billable) anywhere they are with their mobile devices and increase firm revenue through recovery of time that otherwise would have gone unrecorded,” said Ron Sharp, Principal.

John Kuntz, Principal and Co-Founder of Bellefield Systems, comments, “We are proud to partner with such a great firm like Rippe & Kingston. We are providing LMS customers a distinct advantage in capturing the work that attorneys do while away from their desks. This partnership echoes our commitment to the legal industry and our continued drive to offer the best mobile technology available in the market today”.

About Rippe & Kingston, LLC Rippe & Kingston is recognized as the industry leader in providing Tier 1 Financial Management software to any size law firm. With over 30 years of law firm specialization, leveraging our roots grounded in the largest CPA and technology consulting firm in the Greater Cincinnati area, the Legal Management System provides law firms with the necessary technology to make firms more efficient and profitable. For more information please visit http://www.Rippe.com.

About Bellefield Systems, LLCBellefield a leader in mobile solutions for legal, is helping attorneys work the way the want on their mobile devices from wherever they are. Focused on usability and simplicity, Bellefield Mobile Apps enable attorneys to access all documents back at the office or record time when they are away from their desks. Our flagship product iTimeKeep (http://www.iTimeKeep.com) integrates seamlessly with most Time & Billing Systems and is available for iPads, iPhones, Droids and any Web Browser. More than 150 firms have chosen Bellefield’s solutions to bridge the gap between their Enterprise Systems and Mobile Devices. For more information please visit http://www.Bellefield.com.

ILTA Webinar: Turning iPads and iPhones Into Mobile Productivity Powerhouses

Apple's iPad and iPhone devices have taken the consumer market by storm and turned it upside down. They have the potential to do the same for the legal market. But questions abound: Are they secure? How do they integrate into our current infrastructure? What do attorneys really need to enhance their productivity while on the go, without compromising security? Watch this presentation and learn what it takes to squeeze every bit of productivity out of these wonderful devices.

Speaker:Daniel Garcia is a co-founder and principal of Bellefield Systems. Daniel brings over 20 years of experience in software development and architecture. In a previous life, Daniel was one of the co-founders of the eBillingHub (now part of Thomson Reuters) and was responsible for overseeing all software development and technical direction at the company. He can be reached at Daniel@Bellefield.com.           

Click here to watch the video!

Press Release: Bellefield and Omega Legal Systems Announce iTimeKeep Integration for iPad and iPhone

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) December 07, 2011

Bellefield Systems announces a new iTimeKeep iPad and iPhone applications integration with Omega Legal Systems.

Using iTimeKeep, Omega customers can now enter time directly from their iPad or iPhone via wireless connection and their entries automatically synchronize and register in Omega Legal’s financial management system in real time. Also, when new clients, matters, tasks and activity codes are added to Omega Legal, iTimeKeep immediately renders them visible on the iPad or iPhone. Cloud-based iTimeKeep applies multiple levels of security to ensure that data is transferred safely from one system to the other.

Setup for the integration is simple and straightforward. Omega clients simply download the free iTimeKeep app from the Apple Store and Omega sets up the integration on the database back-end.

“We announced iTimeKeep at our Educational Conference and the response was exceptional; John Kuntz from Bellefield Systems was swamped with our clients getting demonstrations and information. They were excited to be able to offer iPad and iPhone time entry to their attorneys,” said Keith Gall, vice president, Omega Legal Systems.

According to John Kuntz, Principal and Co-Founder of Bellefield Systems, “Recent statistics show that lawyers ‘leak’ significant billable time by not capturing time entries immediately, and this can cost them and their firm thousands of dollars per attorney per year. iTimeKeep changes the game by enabling professionals to enter time instantly from their iPads and iPhones, and now they can send those entries directly to the Omega Legal financial systems database so the time can be billed promptly. Our mutual customers and the law firms they work for will benefit greatly from this connection.”


About Omega Legal Systems, Inc.
Omega is a privately held Scottsdale-based company that provides mid-to-large size law firms an integrated financial and practice management software suite that sets the standard for return on investment, system performance and service. Since 1975, Omega has been solving critical business issues for law firms, improving their profitability, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit http://www.OmegaLegal.com.

About Bellefield Systems, LLC
Bellefield is a leading innovator in Legal Mobile Technologies, bridging the gap between enterprise software, mobile devices, and desktop applications. Bellefield’s mobile strategy is based on Bellefield Connect, the most robust and secure mobile data platform designed specifically for legal. Guiding the way in mobile computing for legal, Bellefield has released iDocExplorer which enables mobile access to documents, and iTimeKeep, the leading application enabling time entry from iPads and iPhones. For more information, visit http://www.bellefield.com.

Press Release: Bellefield Announces iTimeKeep for ADERANT Expert

Bellefield Announces iTimeKeep for ADERANT Expert, providing Time Entry on iPads and iPhones for Attorneys on the Go

 PITTSBURGH – November 30, 2011 –– Bellefield Systems (www.bellefield.com), a leader in mobile solutions for the legal market, announces the availability of iTimeKeep iPad and iPhone apps for ADERANT Expert.

 Using iTimeKeep ADERANT customers can now enter time directly from their iPad or iPhone via wireless connection and their entries automatically synchronize and register in ADERANT’s accounting system in real time.   When the user adds new clients, matters, tasks, or activity codes in ADERANT, iTimeKeep renders them visible on the iPad or iPhone immediately.  Cloud-based iTimeKeep applies multiple levels of security to ensure that data is transferred safely from one system to the other.

Integration is straightforward. ADERANT clients simply download the free iTimeKeep App from the Apple Store and Bellefield sets up the integration on the database back-end. 

Derek Giles, Principal at Swerdlove, a global consulting firm servicing hundreds of ADERANT customers: “Today’s lawyers increasingly working anytime and everywhere are effectively using iPads and iPhones when out of the office due to their portability and user-friendly interfaces. The integration of iTimeKeep with ADERANT Expert is a welcome addition and will provide attorneys who use iPads and iPhones a distinct advantage in capturing their time more accurately where they are when they want to.

John Kuntz, Principal and Co-Founder of Bellefield Systems reports, “Recent statistics show that lawyers ‘leak’ significant billable time by not capturing time entries immediately, and this can cost them and their firm thousands of dollars per attorney per year.  iTimeKeep changes the game by enabling professionals to enter time instantly from their iPads and iPhones, and now they can send those entries directly to the ADERANT accounting database so the time can be billed promptly.  Our mutual customers and the law firms they work for will benefit greatly from this connection.”


About Bellefield Systems, Inc.
Bellefield, a leading innovator in Mobile Technologies, bridges the gap between enterprise software and mobile devices.  Bellefield’s mobile strategy is based on Bellefield Connect, a robust and secure mobile data platform designed specifically for the legal market.  Guiding the way in mobile computing for legal, Bellefield has released iDocExplorer enabling mobile access to documents, and iTimeKeep, the leader for time entry from iPads and iPhones. For more information, visit www.bellefield.com.

Why not Droid

DROID v iOS --- I have written about this very subject before. We continually monitor smartphone and tablet trends in the legal environment and there is still convincing data to put most of our R&D in the Apple products for two reasons.

1. We are rarely asked if iDocExplorer or iTimeKeep will operate on the Droid. We are geared up and ready to produce a Droid app but there is yet to be a business case to do so.....yet.

2. I am concerned with the way Droid apps are not vetted before release in the Droid app store. Apple has a very strict diligent process. The instance of malware getting into Droid apps has had a dramatic rise of late. Computerworld has a nice piece worth reading....

***CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE***

There is a Common Thread Among Firms Using iPhones & iPad

Every year, the American Lawyer ranks the top 200 law firms based on revenue, a list called the Am Law 200. Firms on the list include megafirms with thousands of lawyers such as Skadden, Baker & McKenzie, Latham & Watkins and Jones Day, relatively smaller firms with very high profits per partner such as Wachtell and Cravath, and successful regional law firms such as Lewis and Roca and my firm, Adams and Reese.

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For ProLaw: iPhone & iPad (free webinar)

Mobility is clearly one of the hottest topics in legal. Attorneys are not tied to their desks like in days of old, they are active, they are mobile, they are On-The-Go. Being out of the office has made accessing documents and entering time consuming chores that need not be. There is a solution.

Bellefield is hosting three webinars presenting two ProLaw integrated mobile apps; iDocExplorer for mobile document access and iTimeKeep for mobile time entry. We will discuss how easily and quickly you can take advantage of these elegant mobile solutions.

Click HERE to learn more and register.

TabTimes Magazine Features Bellefield Mobile Apps

We at Bellefield are proud to be featured in the TabTimes Magazine, an electronic news publication devoted to the tablet industry and how businesses use tablets.

Ellie Behling wrote a fantastic article about Bellefield's legal enterprise mobile solutions and how firms are using or planning to use those apps.

You can read the entire article here:
 http://tabtimes.com/feature/legal/2011/10/31/bellefield-helps-lawyers-manage-time-and-clients

Thanks to George Jones, TabTimes Editor for his interest in tablet and mobile applications in the legal market. You can learn more of TabTimes at http://tabtimes.com/

Press Release: Orion Announces Integration with iTimeKeep iPad and iPhone Apps, Providing Automatically Synchronized Time Entry from iPads and iPhones

ATLANTA and PITTSBURGH – October 18, 2011 –– Orion Law Management Systems, Inc. (www.orionlaw.com), a leader in Financial and Practice Management software for law firms, announces a new integration with Bellefield Systems’ iTimeKeep iPad and iPhone Apps.

Using iTimeKeep, Orion customers can now enter time directly from their iPad or iPhone via wireless connection and their entries automatically synchronize and register in Orion’s accounting system in real time.   Also, when the user adds new clients, matters, tasks and activity codes in Orion, iTimeKeep renders them visible on the iPad or iPhone immediately.  Cloud-based iTimeKeep applies multiple levels of security to ensure that data is transferred safely from one system to the other.

Setup for the integration is straightforward.  Orion clients simply download the free iTimeKeep App from the Apple Store and Orion sets up the integration on the database back-end.
 
William J. Dunaway, Shareholder at Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse, recently installed the Orion/iTimeKeep integration at his firm.  Dunaway remarks, “Entering time in Orion via iTimeKeep from my iPad is a huge time saver.  Time capture is faster, easier and more accurate and I don’t need a remote login to Orion.”

Orion president, Paul Yelton, comments, “Today’s lawyers and legal staff are increasingly using iPads and iPhones when out of the office, due to their lightweight portability, versatility, convenience and user-friendly interfaces.  We are proud to integrate Orion with iTimeKeep, which will give our customers who use iPads and iPhones a distinct advantage in capturing their time more quickly and accurately.”

According to John Kuntz, Principal and Co-Founder of Bellefield Systems, “Recent statistics show that lawyers ‘leak’ significant billable time by not capturing time entries immediately, and this can cost them and their firm thousands of dollars per attorney per year.  iTimeKeep changes the game by enabling professionals to enter time instantly from their iPads and iPhones, and now they can send those entries directly to the Orion accounting database so the time can be billed promptly.  Our mutual customers and the law firms they work for will benefit greatly from this connection.”

The Orion/iTimeKeep integration module can be purchased from Orion for $1495 plus a recurring $40 per user monthly fee for the required iTimeKeep subscription. Attorneys can fully recover this fee by simply capturing only 10 extra minutes of billable work that may have otherwise gone unrecorded and unbilled.

About Orion Law Management Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1985, Orion Law Management Systems, Inc. is dedicated to providing law firms with proven law practice management software.  Utilizing a complete practice management approach, Orion is a fully integrated law management system employing the very latest in reliable technology. Orion centralizes your Financial Management, Firm Management and Practice Management delivering the competitive advantage that law firms need to succeed.  Orion Law Management Systems, Inc. is headquartered in Atlanta.  For information visit www.orionlaw.com, call 1.800.305.5867, email info@orionlaw.com or follow us on Twitter @Orion_Law.

About Bellefield Systems, Inc.Bellefield is a leading innovator in Legal Mobile Technologies, bridging the gap between enterprise software, mobile devices, and desktop applications. Bellefield’s mobile strategy is based on Bellefield Connect, the most robust and secure mobile data platform designed specifically for legal.  Guiding the way in mobile computing for legal, Bellefield has released iDocExplorer which enables mobile access to documents, and iTimeKeep, the leading application enabling time entry from iPads and iPhones. For more information, visit www.bellefield.com.

iPad, enterprise ready

iPad for business

According to MacTech Magazine, Apple has unwittingly become an enterprise player. The company is leading the trend toward IT consumerization as users become attached to their iPads and iPhones and IT administrators try to incorporate the devices into existing corporate technology infrastructures.

iPad is not only the most popular tablet among regular consumers, but it seems Apple is gaining good ground in the enterprise as well. Now the iPad is popular among business executives for accessing email, calendars, the Web and corporate documents.

SAP has given employees, including salespeople, 8,900 iPads to use for accessing sales data and analysis reports. United Airlines is deploying 11,000 iPads to replace paper flight manuals and navigational charts.

Apple offers minimal support for integrating its devices with common enterprise applications, instead concentrating on the consumer market. For that reason software companies like Bellefield are focused on bridging the gap between the enterprise software at the firms and the mobiles devices.

LEGO meets iPhone

Having grown up playing with Lego (yes girls play Lego too) and having two sons that are passionate about Lego, I was very excited when I read about “Life of George” game. What I found fascinating and at the same time very innovative is combining into one game the traditional Lego blocks and the iPhone or iPod Touch (see video below).

Naysayers note that George does not offer much in the way of imaginative play and I’d agree. You may play it for a while and later forget about it. However, this is the first “augmented reality” game of Lego and may mark a new way of table games interacting with mobile apps. I rather see this “interactive” combination as opposed to the pure Lego WII video games.

At the end, it is innovation, creativity and adopting the new technologies that will make companies stay in the “game”. At Bellefield, we are to stay in the "game".

ILTA study reveals that the iPad is the most exciting technology trend for law firms

Jeff Richardson in his blog “iPhone J.D. Lawyers using iPhones and iPads” analyzes the results of the survey “sixth annual technology purchasing survey” conducted by ILTA and InsideLegal. You can download the results of the survey here.


Jeff points out “When asked to name the most exciting technology or trend, the #1 answer in this year's survey was tablets. And as we know, when people say "tablets" they are really just saying "iPads" considering that around 90% of tablet purchases by lawyers are iPads”. Regarding current and future Tablet's adoption, Jeff writes “About 25% of survey respondents said that iPads were one of the major technology purchases of their law firm over the last 12 months. Similarly, about 25% of respondents said that the iPad would be one of the major technology purchases for the next 12 months.”

You can read the full blog post http://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2011/08/ilta-study-2011.html

Bellefield Upcoming Events Sep - Nov 2011

Bellefield will be present at the following events. Please feel free to contact us at info@bellefield.com to arrange a meeting or demo. We'd love to meet you at one of these events.

ALA Regions 3 & 4 Conference & Expo
September 15–17, 2011
InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza
Kansas City, Missouri

ALA Region 1 Conference & Expo
October 13–15, 2011
Omni William Penn Hotel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Omega Users Group
October 19 - 21
Scottsdale AZ

ALA Regions 6 Conference & Expo
October 20–22, 2011
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Orion User Group
October 24-26
Stone Mt., GA

ALA Region 5 Conference & Expo
October 27–29, 2011
Hyatt at Olive 8 and Washington State Convention Center
Seattle, Washington

ALA Region 2 Conference & Expo
November 3–5, 2011
The Westin Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

Bellefield Launches iTimeKeep, the Ultimate Mobile Time Entry System for Attorneys

PITTSBURGH, PA. August , 2011– iTimeKeep is the only mobile application that seamlessly integrates with your time and billing system. It was designed with the simplicity yet robustness required to allow attorneys to keep track of their time anywhere they are. iTimeKeep is now available for the iPad and iPhone and it can be downloaded for free from the Apps Store.

“iTimeKeep is like no other app, a real game changer. Implementation is as simple as it gets, the integration is flawless, and the user interface is extremely easy and intuitive. You don’t need run any other third party system to be able to enter time on your mobile device.” said John Kuntz, Principal Bellefield Systems.

Here some of iTimeKeep features:

• Enter Time Anytime & Anywhere: Enter your time wherever there is a Wi-Fi or 3G connection worldwide

• Direct Access To Your Matters: View and search assigned matters, recent matters, or any client matter just like you were at the office desk

• Billing Codes: Billing codes and activity are accessible by drop down menus

• No Minimum Number of Users: Inexpensive subscription available for any number of users

• Effortless Implementation: Setup and implementation in just in couple of hours

• Fast and Secure: iTimeKeep is as fast or faster than desktop performance and is all tied together with bank-grade security protocols

• iTimeKeep leverages the Bellefield Connect Platform, an enterprise cloud data system permitting unfettered seamless 2-way communication between Enterprise Management Systems and mobile devices.


About Bellefield: Bellefield is a leading innovator in Legal Mobile Technologies, bridging the gap between your enterprise software, mobile devices, and desktop applications. Bellefield’s mobile strategy is based on Bellefield Connect, the most robust and secure mobile data platform designed specifically for legal. Bellefield was created by the same founders of eBillingHub (now a Thomson Reuters business), an experienced team in cloud computing and legal enterprise software. Guiding the way in mobile computing for legal, Bellefield has developed iDocExplorer and iTimeKeep. For more information Bellefield at http://www.bellefield.com/