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West Monitor Suite Enhances Integration Features
Thomson West’s leading market intelligence services integrate seamlessly with portals and CRM applications
EAGAN, Minn.
West Monitor Suite, the most advanced set of competitive intelligence products for law firms, available from Thomson West, a Thomson business (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), now provides enhanced integration features that make it easier to access and share West Monitor Suite’s information throughout the organization.
West Litigation Monitor and West Deal Monitor can now be seamlessly integrated into client portals, research portals and other intranets and extranets, as well as customer relationship management (CRM) applications. This allows firms to deliver Monitor Suite analytics and insights in the manner that best meets the needs of the organization and its end users.
Litigation Monitor and Deal Monitor provide unprecedented support of law firms’ business development activities, enhancing firms’ abilities to conduct strategic analysis of market opportunities to support strategic marketing and business development efforts. Litigation Monitor’s powerful analytical tools provide comprehensive and detailed views of litigation trends for clients, prospects, competitors and key industries and sectors. Deal Monitor provides similar analytical capabilities and comprehensive views of key relationships for mergers and acquisitions and securities practices.
Since their launch, West Litigation Monitor and Deal Monitor have been selected by more than 150 organizations, including almost forty percent of the AmLaw 100.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has integrated West Litigation Monitor and West Deal Monitor into its Milbank Research Portal, which provides 24/7 online support for firm attorneys, marketing professionals and support staff throughout the firm’s ten offices worldwide. The Milbank Research Portal utilizes custom interfaces and seamless authentication to provide easy, secure access to Litigation Monitor and Deal Monitor analytics and data where needed throughout the organization.
“It’s the beginning of a whole new way for us to support business development activities firmwide,” said Alirio Gomez, director of Library and Information Services for Milbank. “In the past, attorneys gathered pieces and scraps of information on clients and prospects assembled from various sources. With West Monitor Suite fully integrated to our leading-edge internal research portal, they can analyze specific data points on clients and prospects and their position in the marketplace in a few keystrokes, and do it round-the-clock from their desks. Having this level of capabilities enables more effective business development strategies throughout our firm.”
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