Recommind Selected By Simmons & Simmons For Global Enterprise Search

Leading International Law Firm Implements MindServer Platform for Internal and External Information Management

SAN FRANCISCO, January 23, 2008– Recommind, the leading provider of search and automated categorisation systems for enterprises and law firms, has announced that Simmons & Simmons, a leading international law firm, has selected Recommind’s flagship MindServer™ platform to deliver worldwide enterprise search across internal systems and databases as well as external resources.  The MindServer platform will enable Simmons & Simmons’ network of lawyers to more effectively manage information by automatically indexing and categorising data, and quickly providing users with the most relevant answers to search requests regardless of data source.

By working across a variety of systems, databases and knowledge repositories – including the firm’s Interwoven WorkSite™ document management system, international know-how and library catalogues, PLC (Practical Law Company) and ‘elexica’, the company’s own award-winning free online legal resource – MindServer will provide Simmons & Simmons users with access to both internal and external information from a single search interface.  Instead of opening up each application and running separate searches, MindServer searches each site and returns the results on the same page.  Then users are able to utilize MindServer’s Smart Filtering capabilities to further narrow down to the information they need in as few mouse clicks as possible.    

“With the volume of data stored across our systems increasing exponentially, we needed a search tool that would allow our lawyers to simultaneously search and retrieve information from both internal and trusted external sources,” said David Fitch, Knowledge Management Director at Simmons & Simmons.  “We issued a Request for Information to a number of leading enterprise search vendors, selecting only two providers for a proof of concept exercise.  Ultimately, we chose Recommind MindServer as our preferred solution, given that it provided the level of functionality, quality and usability we required. An important factor in our decision was also a proven track record with other leading international firms.”

“Our users who tested the platform were very happy with the technology – particularly the simplicity, accessibility and clarity of the information retrieved by the MindServer system.  It was also vital that our chosen solution could be deployed to more than 1,000 lawyers, and another 900 staff, with only minimal training required and no major upheavals to the firm.”

In addition to searching for information across multiple sources, MindServer’s Matters & Expertise module will offer enhanced search functionality by providing Simmons & Simmons’ lawyers with relevant subject matter expertise location throughout the firm’s international offices. As a law firm spread across four continents, with a variety of legal systems in place and many different languages in use, the ability to easily identify subject matter experts across multiple offices and jurisdictions was an important factor in Simmons & Simmons’ decision to select the MindServer platform.  By automating the expertise location process, Matters & Expertise enables knowledge and information to be more efficiently shared and accessed across the firm.

"We are delighted that a global firm such as Simmons & Simmons has embraced technology that enables knowledge to be quickly and easily shared across all of its offices,” said Bob Tennant, CEO at Recommind.  “The MindServer platform is the premier information management solution for international, multiple-language companies.  Selection by Simmons & Simmons further enhances our reputation as a leader in next generation global enterprise search solutions.”

About MindServer
Recommind’s MindServer is a comprehensive software suite that integrates an enterprise’s numerous applications and information repositories, enabling fast, easy access to relevant information. The platform substantially reduces the time and costs involved in conducting legal research, while improving the quality of work delivered to the end client.  Using patented search technology, MindServer dramatically improves access to a wide variety of information across large, distributed organisations and returns results in context for more accurate understanding and ‘actionability’ of the information.  Recommind’s MindServer Enterprise Search module utilises powerful concept-based search capabilities to connect relevant information in document management, records management, portal and e-mail systems and myriad other applications and databases with the users that need it.

About Simmons & Simmons
For more information visit www.simmons-simmons.com

About Recommind
Recommind’s enterprise search and categorization platform automatically organizes, manages, and distributes large volumes of information from multiple sources. With faster access to the right information, organizations can save time, enhance the quality of work product, increase the value of information assets, and improve competitiveness and profits. Recommind customers include Bertelsmann, BMW, Cleary Gottlieb, Davies Arnold Cooper, Novartis, Lewis Silkin, Shearman & Sterling and the Australian Government.  Recommind is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, London, and Bonn, Germany.

For more information, email info@recommind.com, or go to www.recommind.com.