Gearing Up for the Holidays
Happy Halloween to our Orion clients! Now that October is coming to a close, the holiday season will be quickly approaching. In this edition of our Orion Happenings, the Support Corner articles will focus on some time saving tips and tricks regarding your firm’s annual Christmas card mailings and holiday gift sending. Make sure to check those out.
Follow Orion on LinkedIn
Many of you are LinkedIn users, but did you know Orion has a LinkedIn company page? We post important updates on our software as well as links to webinars, giveaways and other educational opportunities. Don’t miss out on this useful information, click here to take a moment to follow us and connect via LinkedIn.
http://www.linkedin.com/company/1681643
New! Update to AP Imaging Module
Orion’s AP Imaging Module allows users to store scanned copies of vendor invoices within Orion. If your clients require copies of vendor invoices for client advances that appear on their bill, the AP Imaging module will save your firm valuable hours each month. Our update to this module contains many great features, which are listed below.
- Images can now be imported from PDF (versus scanner)
- Images can be associated with Firm related expenses
- New options involving Client requirements on expenses
- Images can be printed along with a Prebill
- Warnings appear in Prebill Manager and are printed on the Prebill itself when an image is required
- Check Requests now support an option to attach images
- Image annotations can be done from within Orion’s AP Imaging Module
Contact the Support Desk for more information.
New! iOrion® for iOS7
iOrion® has been launched for Apple’s newest operating system, iOS7. iOrion was originally released on the App Store earlier this year. It is one of the most complete iOS apps available for financial and practice management. Along with a new look and feel to match the iOS7 theme, we’ve added “Quick Picks” for Time Entry. This allows the user to record their billable time even more quickly. We’ve also made enhancements to improve the app’s speed and performance.
Interested in getting iOrion at your firm? Make sure to watch our iOrion Demo, and contact the Support Desk for more information.
http://www.screencast.com/t/fhFff7NEIBZ
Pervasive Update for Version 9 Users
Your Orion software utilizes a sophisticated Pervasive SQL database to store and retrieve your firm’s data. Like Orion, Pervasive SQL continues to be enhanced through periodic updates that improve performance and data integrity. The current release of Pervasive SQL is version 11. (This is the version currently installed for most of Orion’s clients). We have reached a stage in development where we wish to incorporate features into Orion that can only be supported by the latest version of Pervasive SQL. With this in mind we wish to advise you that we can no longer provide product updates to customers using Pervasive 9 after March 31, 2014. We wanted to provide you this date well in advance, so that you may begin budgeting as necessary.
Please see the letter that was mailed to our clients currently using Pervasive 9, or contact the Support Desk to obtain upgrade pricing information.
http://orionlaw.com/lib/fn/Pervasive_Ver_9_Client_Letter
Recent Client Milestones
Doherty Wallace Pillsbury Murphy, P.C. made the addition of Orion’s Practice Management software.
Montgomery & Andrews made the addition of Orion’s AR Collection Manager to improve collection efforts at their firm.
Gruel Mills Nims & Plyman PLLC selected Orion’s Financial Management software to better manage firm operations.
Martinson & Beason, P.C. selected Orion’s Financial and Practice Management software, improving efficiency at the firm.
Sacks Tierney, P.A. selected Orion’s Financial Management Software to better serve their firm’s needs.
Carson Law Group, P.S. selected Orion’s Financial and Practice Management software.
Berman Fink Van Horn, P.C. made the addition of iOrion for a complete mobile solution at their firm.
Client Spotlight
“Our firm reviewed several legal software packages in a search for a more efficient, streamlined, integrated, and reliable financial and practice management solution to replace our existing system. After a thorough review and due diligence process we selected Orion as the most robust and user friendly package within the legal software market. This all-in-one software package has greatly improved operations at our firm and we are extremely pleased with our decision to implement Orion’s Financial and Practice Management software. Orion provides us with great flexibility in our financial reporting. Also, the user-friendly integration with other applications, such as e-mail and word processing have been of great benefit to our firm.” – Steve Sumner, Firm Administrator at Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler LLP
Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler LLP is a full-service law firm which has been a mainstay of both the High Point and greater Triad communities of North Carolina since 1930. The firm consists of 26 community-focused attorneys who possess a breadth of experience as a result of providing legal counsel to individuals and business clients in many different situations over the years. Their experience, coupled with a commitment to continuing legal education, has equipped their attorneys to anticipate and respond to the rapid changes defining both our society and today’s legal environment. Client service has always been the firm’s primary focus. For more information on Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler LLP, click here. http://wehwlaw.com/
ALA Regional Conference Spotlight
This fall, Orion has been attending many of the ALA Regional Conferences taking place throughout the country. Want to see if we will be in your area? Click here to view our event schedule. Make sure to stop by our booth to hear more about the new products and enhancements that have been added to Orion throughout the year. We are looking forward to seeing many of you at these events! The last Regional Conference, the Region 6 Conference, is underway this week in Reno, Nevada.
ALA Regional Conference Giveaway Winners
Congratulations to our Region 4 giveaway winner, Tana Satterfield of Otis, Coan & Peters LLC located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Also, congratulations to our Region 2 giveaway winner, Brent Bridges of Bloom Sugarman Everett, LLP of Atlanta, Georgia. Both winners received our “Entertainment Package”, which includes $100 in gift cards for dinner, movie and dessert. Many thanks to those who stopped by our booth, we enjoyed meeting new people as well as seeing loyal clients.
Support Corner
Financial Management
How do I keep track of what my firm spends on mailings for holiday cards and gifts?
Chances are your firm will be sending out some sort of mailing, either Christmas cards or other holiday gifts. Have you thought about tracking your expenses and keeping record of how much you spend on these activities? This short tutorial will show you the easiest way to manage what is spent on your holiday mailings…
To read the complete article, click here.
http://orionlaw.com/lib/fn/Support_Corner_FM_October_2013
Practice Management
How do I create a mailing list in Orion for firm-wide holiday cards or gifts?
It’s now the end of October, and the holidays will be here before we know it. Are you prepared to gather the necessary information to get your cards and gifts out the door on time? In this tutorial, we will show you how easy it is to coordinate a mailing from within Orion. In order to generate your mailing list, there are a few prerequisite steps that need to be completed…
To read the full article, click here.
http://orionlaw.com/lib/fn/Support_Corner_PM_October_2013
Tech Tip
Database Servers – Why You Need SSD Drives
In the past few years, technology surrounding hard drives has grown dramatically. Most notably, “Solid State” drives and “PCIe Flash” drives are becoming the norm. These newer technologies have made their way into segments of a widely untouched computer hardware industry. After several years of testing and perfecting, it’s clear that SSD and Flash drives are the best choice for all database applications. The speed and performance of these drives is undeniable. This article will take a quick look at these new technologies, while explaining why they should be deployed to your server environment…
To read the complete article, click here.