Press Release

World Software Corporation
Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
1-201-444-3228
worldox@worldox.com
Contact: Thomas W. Burke

WORLDOX® Announces New WORLDOX/Web™

(Ridgewood, New Jersey) December 21, 1999 – WORLDOX®, the award-winning document management software for law firms, has announced the roll-out of a new type of document manager: WORLDOX/Web™, a Web browser-based document retrieval system.

"We’re very excited by the tremendous capabilities WORLDOX/Web has shown in the initial installations," said WORLDOX president Tom Burke. "This is secure, easy access to your documents from anywhere at anytime. All you need is an Internet connection and a browser to find your documents and do your work."

"We’ve had the new WORLDOX/Web component installed for a couple of weeks now," says Stephen Hogan at Ross & Hardies, a Chicago firm with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., "and I have to tell you it has surpassed the expectations of all of us here, even our hard-to-please staff. . . . We are especially impressed with the ability to search as thoroughly and quickly via the Web as one could from the desktop application, even over the WAN. Checking documents in and out is simple and efficient. The handy features of being able to launch a just-downloaded document into Corel or print it via web page buttons moves the web component into consideration as a possible replacement for the desktop app in the future."

"Many people at Cairncross & Hempelmann use remote access technology to stay in touch with their clients and the firm when they are traveling or while working at home," says the Seattle firm’s Jim Madden. "Until recently, however, there was no way to take advantage of their document management system when remotely connected. Now that we have installed the new WORLDOX/Web software, they can use the full functionality of their WORLDOX document management system, whether at home, on the road, or at the office."

WORLDOX/Web was specifically developed to allow attorneys to work with their clients’ documents on the go without changing the location of those documents – the documents continue to reside on the in-house file server. "The documents are living in the firm’s own network, behind the firm’s own firewall," says Burke. "Add to this our WORLDOX password protection, encryption, SSL protection, and Read Only designation when someone else is using a file, and its clear that we’re giving law firms a real measure of security. They choose who gets access to which documents – and nobody else can get to them. They’re protecting themselves, protecting their clients, and still getting hold of the information they need."

WORLDOX/Web allows remote users with security clearance to search for their clients’ documents via the Web and view them through instant, formatted HTML. It also allows for Check-Out/Check-In, which means that when an attorney is working on a document, it is "checked out" of the main server, rendering it "Read Only" to anyone else until the user checks it back in.

Additionally, the new software allows attorneys to work online with their clients on a single document or large groups of documents. "WORLDOX/Web doesn’t require a law firm’s clients to go out and buy software, or to depend on the slowness and inconsistency of e-mail," Burke points out. "With a browser and a password, the client can jump right in and see what the attorney is doing on a document, and can work with the attorney to make sure it’s done right."

WORLDOX has also ensured that the WORLDOX/Web software is completely customizable – a firm can set WORLDOX/Web up however it chooses to, even giving it the same look and feel as the firm’s own Web site. The software works just as well whether the law firm chooses to set it up just as it comes out of the box, or whether it is customized to be invisible to the end user. "We’re committed to working the way our customers want to work," Burke emphasizes.

"In the future, all server-based applications will have the ability to be accessed over the Internet," says Cairncross’ Madden. "The increasing price of office space, coupled with the knowledge workers' requirement to work where they want will drive the technology to provide this. The WORLDOX/Web product has already met this goal."

WORLDOX is a law firm document management system for computers running Windows 95/98/NT. WORLDOX works with NT, Novell, and other networks to facilitate access to documents for information workers in firms from two to 2,000. WORLDOX integrates seamlessly with Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft’s Office suite, and many other popular Windows business programs. Because WORLDOX does not require the extra hardware and upkeep of SQL systems, it remains the fastest, least expensive document management system in the legal marketplace. For more information, see www.worldox.com.

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