NetSimplicity Expands Customer Base in Legal Industry to More than 250 Law Firms

Company’s Room Scheduling Software to Be Demonstrated at the 2009 Association of
Legal Administrators Conference

NetSimplicity, leading provider of flexible, easy-to-use room and resource scheduling software, today announced more than 50 new law firms are using its Meeting Room Manager scheduling software to book meeting rooms, reserve AV equipment, catering and additional services. Cozen O’Connor, Stinson Morrison Hecker, and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice are among the latest leading law firms to adopt Meeting Room Manager for their room and resource scheduling needs. In addition to further market expansion, NetSimplicity is also announcing that it will be exhibiting Meeting Room Manager at the 2009 Association of Legal Administrators conference in New Orleans, May 18 – 20 in booth # 411.

Originally developed almost ten years ago and designed to meet the unique needs of growing law firms, Meeting Room Manager is one of the most mature and stable scheduling products available today. Winthrop & Weinstine, a leading law firm based in Minneapolis, provides a great example of how a law firm can grow with Meeting Room Manager. Built on the values of excellence and integrity and focused on “putting people first”, Winthrop has grown to more than 200 employees and with this growth has implemented many processes and procedures, including new technologies, to remain true to their values.

“We’ve been using Meeting Room Manager for nine years for our conference room scheduling, laptop reservation and resource information needs,” said Craig Wilson, Director of IT for Winthrop & Weinstine (www.winthrop.com). “We looked at other software products but none worked as well or met our firms’ specific needs. Meeting Room Manager provides us with a centralized database location and the ability to easily modify or add information. We are also able to incorporate the software within our intranet for easy employee access from anywhere at any time. Meeting Room Manager is a trusted solution that our employees can depend on for day-to-day room scheduling needs.”

Managing time and expenses at a law firm in today’s volatile economy can be a challenge. Ensuring client meetings are run efficiently and usage of meeting space and associated services is tracked and charged accurately are imperative to a law firm’s bottom line. Meeting Room Manager has been designed to meet these unique requirements of both small and large law practices. Deployable through either a software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model or a more traditional client installed software model, Meeting Room Manager can dramatically increase efficiency and productivity while keeping costs low.

“Law firms are fast paced environments where time efficiency savings are important to the bottom line,” said Nancy Harris, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer for Asure Software. “Meeting Room Manager empowers employees responsible for arranging and managing meetings to do so in less time and with more confidence knowing that the right room, with the right resources and at the right time has been booked. Ultimately this saves law firms valuable time and money while providing their clients with the best service possible.”

Driving Time Efficiency and Cost Savings with Automated Room Scheduling Software

Legal consultations, team meetings, client conferences, interviews, depositions and booking offices for traveling attorneys and clients are just a few of a law firm’s everyday activities that require accurate scheduling procedures. Meeting Room Manager provides law firms with room scheduling software capabilities needed to automate and customize this entire scheduling process. Through the use of Meeting Room Manager, law firms have access to many scheduling features including:
Outlook Scheduling interface enabling employees to easily find and book meeting rooms, resources and services directly from Microsoft Outlook.
Web Scheduling allowing employees to schedule from any location at any time with instant access to Meeting Room Manager.
Resource Scheduling tools providing room and resource administration the ability to fully track, manage and control catering, equipment or other meeting service orders.
LCD Panel Scheduling allowing firms to display room schedules to visitors in the lobby and enable staff to view room schedules and book rooms right at the conference room door with interactive scheduling panels.
Customization capabilities that allow customers to customize Meeting Room Manager’s scheduling interface so it works with a company’s requirements.

Meeting Room Manager is serving the room scheduling needs for more than 250 of today’s law firms worldwide including Baker & McKenzie, Jenner & Block, Latham & Watkins and Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales to name a few. For more information about how these customers are using Meeting Room Manager, visit http://www.netsimplicity.com/industries/law_firms/index.asp.

About NetSimplicity

NetSimplicity, a division of Asure Software (ASUR), delivers flexible, easy-to-use software that simplifies room and resource scheduling for a more productive workplace. More than 3,000 companies worldwide depend on NetSimplicity’s Meeting Room Manager scheduling solution to help them manage their meeting rooms, equipment and other shared resources. Corporate enterprises, educational institutions, healthcare entities and law firms are eliminating costly manual processes every day and realizing a quick return on investment through the use of NetSimplicity’s scheduling solution. Simplified scheduling – right time, right place, right room from NetSimplicity. For more information, please visit www.netsimplicity.com.

“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

Statements in this press release regarding Forgent’s business which are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.
Contacts

For NetSimplicity
Suzanne Tormollen, 281-785-0933
Atingo Public Relations
suzanne {at} atingo(.)com