Any Browser, Any OS, Anytime, Anywhere
Manage your Case Load, Bill for your Time, Review Documents, Communicate with Colleagues, and so much more from anywhere with Internet access.
http://HoudiniESQ.com
HoudiniESQ is a feature rich legal practice management solution that runs in your browser of choice with the look, feel and performance of a desktop application.
Most modern browsers are supported. Safari, IE7, Camino, FireFox, Google Chrome, Sea Monkey, Opera, Epiphany, Flock, and Shiira.
One Size Fits All
HoudiniESQ is not only the best in breed for a web based Case Management application, it fits all size firms, large and small.
Legal enterprise class software for every size firm, weather it be a solo attorney or 2500 employees strong. HoudiniESQ is lightweight, secure, extensible, and scalable.
HoudiniESQ supports multiple Organizations, Divisions and is offered under several different licensing terms.
HoudiniESQ Solo
FREE Self Install with minimal support. Supports only a single seat.
HoudiniESQ Practice
For small to mid-size firms.
HoudiniESQ Elite
For large law firms with special needs.
HoudiniESQ SaaS
By the month, by the seat low cost solution for any size firm.
http://HoudiniESQ.com
Same exact code base regardless of the version you choose and with no compromises. Host it yourself or have us host it for you.
If you choose to self host HoudiniESQ you will find that installation only takes about 5 minutes, guaranteed. Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OSX, CentOS and Windows XP are all supported. Maintenance issues are practically non existent so you and your firm can concentrate on building your practice not rebooting your server.
A True Turn Key Solution
100% Turn key. If you have a computer to install HoudiniESQ on and it has a static IP, then you already have all you need.
There is nothing else to buy
No Database to buy
No Web Server to buy
No Application Server to buy
No Billing and Invoicing Applications to buy
No Document Management Application to buy
Of course, unless you want to.
HoudiniESQ, one single elegant solution.
Event Centric Workflow™
Capture more billable time. With HoudiniESQ Event Centric Workflow every action you perform on behalf of your clients is viewed as an Event. Billing is painless, seamless and incredibly easy. Select the action, start the timer and you're billing for your time. Add a colleague to the Event and they too are billing on the same Event. Stop the timer. You can now Invoice the Matter at anytime with a single click.
Of course you get to choose what is billable and what is not, what your bill rate is for a particular action and when you invoice.
True Rich Internet Application (RIA)
The user experience is exceptional for an application running in a browser.
HoudiniESQ isn't your run-of-the-mill web page based application claiming to be Web 2.0. HoudiniESQ is feature rich. You won't even notice you are using a browser.
"Beautiful, intuitive, powerful . . .
the way all Rich Internet Applications should be."
David Sheppard
Wolf Popper & Ross LLP is a prominent, nationally recognized law firm with expertise in the fields of Securities Litigation, Consumer Fraud, Antitrust, Health Care Litigation, ERISA, Corporate and Commercial Law and Corporate Transactional/Derivative Litigation. Manhattan NY.
Group Calendering and Scheduling
HoudiniESQ has a robust interactive calendar. You can drag and drop to reschedule events, drag to change an Event's duration and limitless possibilities when it comes to how you view your Calendar.
Filter on Date Range, multiple Staff Members, Event types, Classifications, and Status Codes.
View your Calendar by Staff colors, Event colors or both.
It's about choices, it's about time, it's HoudiniESQ.
Integrated Document Management
Document Management is a breeze in HoudiniESQ. Powered by Houdini IRIS™ you never have to Tag or manage Tags again.
Select the documents to upload, select which Matter they are regarding with a click. Upload multiple documents at a time.
Documents are indexed in seconds. Up to 25,000 unique words are indexed per document. Within seconds you and your colleagues can search the repository. HoudiniESQ even integrates your document management task with eMail, Events and Matters.
If you're Tagging your documents then get out of the middle ages and streamline your Case Load.
Document Management powered by Houdini IRIS™ is included at no additional cost.
Integrated Mail - GMail, HotMail and Yahoo
Use your own eMail accounts such as GMail, HotMail and Yahoo.
Instant notification when the recipients of your eMail open and read its text. Just a plus in HoudiniESQ.
HoudiniESQ is the only Case Management Application that tightly integrates a high performance Document Management System with eMail.
When you view or create a eMail you can optionally select the Matter the eMail is regarding. HoudiniESQ will immediatly add your eMail and all its attachments into the HoudiniESQ repository. Within seconds you and your coleagues can search the repository.
Up to 25,000 unique words are indexed per document. That means you never have to tag a eMail or eMail attachment ever again, unless you want to.
POP3 is fully supported. IMAP will be available in HoudiniESQ 1.6
Integrated Chat
Chat with colleagues. Create rooms and invite any number of Staff to take part in a discussion.
You can also grant access to your clients so they can view their Matters. When activated your clients can chat with you one-on-one in real-time.
HoudiniESQ Elite supports XMPP. With XMPP support you can integrate Jabber iChat and AIM.
Off-line Messaging
Leave messages and post-its on a colleagues HoudiniESQ desktop with just a click of your mouse.
When the recipient returns and logs on they will receive your message and can instantly respond or chat with you.
Integrated Billing and Invoicing
HoudiniESQ supports one click Invoicing, instant PDF delivery, Adjustments, Credits, Trust, Retainers and Expenses.
Monitor Your Business Effortlessly
Ever needed to know how much you have un-billed, billed and how many invoices are past due?
HoudiniESQ Dashboards not only provide critical time sensitive information like show me all Matters with Events occurring today, tomorrow, next week etc. but the entire finacial picture regarding the health of your practice is onscreen at all times.
How much is un-billed
How much is billed and pending payment
How much is past due or late
Customizable
Need to record additional data for a specific practice area or for a special action? With HoudiniESQ you have limitless possibilities.
You can add custom fields and controls to just about any form.
Entry Fields
Lookup Fields
Drop Downs and Combo Boxes
Radio Buttons
and Check Boxes
Need to make a custom field required? Simply click the Required check box when you create the field.
HoudiniESQ even includes a comprehensive set of Validators so you can keep data entry mistakes to a minimum.
Zip
Social Security
Phone
Credit Card
Length
Number (supports precision and negative validation)
Alpha
and more
HoudiniESQ even supports custom mask. You can provide formatting instructions by providing a field mask.
HoudiniESQ is the only application of its kind that supports the addition, editing and removal of custom fields on live data. This allows you to add fields at anytime, regardless whether a form already contains data. You can even change the field types without the worry of data loss.
Client Accessible
With a single click your clients can view the status of their case, outstanding invoices and their Legal Matter details online. You don't even have to eMail them their password. HoudiniESQ will do it for you.
Reports
HoudiniESQ does not include a bunch of pre-canned reports. HoudiniESQ is ad-hoc enabled. What this means is you can customize HoudiniESQ tables and forms to your liking.
You can filter, sort and group ANY table in HoudiniESQ. To view a report with the parameters you have chosen simply click print. HoudiniESQ has instant PDF delivery. What you see on screen is what will be delivered in PDF format instantly.
Your choices are saved to your profile so you never have to reset your settings between logins.
It's about productivity, it's about time, it's HoudiniESQ.
Alerts and Reminders
HoudiniESQ has a comprehensive Alert system. You can set any number of Alerts on Events to remind you to get to that meeting, file that document or make that phone call.
The alert system is tightly integrated throughout the application. Want to notify everyone associated with a Event that it has been rescheduled? Simply select notify on the Event form and any time the Event has changed all Event attendees and Matter Members will be notified.
Want to be notified when an assigned To do has been completed. Simply click Notify when you create the To do.
Want to be notified when a Matter has been changed or data has been added? Simply click Notify on the Matter form.
HoudiniESQ 1.6 will support phone messaging of your HoudiniESQ alerts.
Widgets, Gadgets and APIs, Oh My
HoudiniESQ has a plugin architecture which allows you to enhance the user experience by downloading and including HoudiniESQ Gadgets and Widgets at run-time.
HoudiniESQ is the only Legal Case Management solution with integrated Widget support. You can instatnly download and use HoudiniESQ Widgets and Gadgets without the need to restart or reload a thing. On demand enhancements and utilities are one of the reasons HoudiniESQ is like no other Case management product available today.
HoudiniESQ also offers a full set of extensibility APIs for future add-ons and growth. 3rd parties can develop their own add-ons and widgets quickly without the need to write any code, unless they want to.
Houdini EM2 is fully supported
Houdini EM2 is our performant Enterprise Mashup server.
Houdini EM2 tightly integrates with HoudiniESQ allowing the enterprise or solo attorney to Mashup and Visualize data from public and private sources. HoudiniESQ is the only Case Management solution that allows you to visualize your data as you like, when you like. Share your visualizations with your peers, securely and safely without ever writing a single line of source code or HTML.
Any OS, any browser. Providing access to all matter-related information and communications in a central location from a single interface. Knowing at a glance which matters individuals (i.e., opposing counsel, judges, witnesses, etc.) have been involved in and the current status of those matters. Improving client satisfaction by providing more timely and substantive communications. Simplifying the conflict checking process. Saving time searching for documents and other information. Capturing more billable time. Automating the new matter intake process. Alerting attorneys and staff when a new file has been assigned to them. Creating customized workflows for each practice area. Automatically populating documents with key matter information. Secure access to all data any time any where. Practice management for the 21st century.
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Houdini ESQ is a web based enterprise case management application. Besides its abilty to manage everything matter and case related, run your front and back office effeciently from any location on the globe using just your browser. It is the only case management software application that is rule based, user drive and 100% extensible. Houdini opens up a whole new world of possibilities and is guaranteed to increase productivity and your firms ROI. Not only now but well into the future. No other case management software even comes close.
Houdini ESQ was developed using LOGICBit's User Driven Declarative Model
(UDDM) approach to software development. In simple terms, it allows
users to enhance, change and alter how they view and interact with
their data and then optionally share those changes with their peers in real-time
over the web using just their mouse. Houdini ESQ is extensible and
customizable in every respect.
Here are just some of the powerful features of Houdini ESQ and its UDDM architecture.
UDDM Features:
Extensibility Drag-n-drop application development
Dynamic Event Trigger Linking technology allows any user to add or change the behavior of the application to enhance their own personal experience or add new business logic to the application to fit a specific organizational need and without writing a line of code. These changes and additions can be shared as well without disrupting or altering another users experience safely and securely. Users can download widgets, created by their peers or download them off the web and bind them to data resources, link them to events and wire components together with just a few mouse clicks. The key here is to allow users to get to their data and visualize it as they see fit not later, not 3 months from now when IT has time to do it for them but right now, when they need to the most. Now that is a serious return on investment.
Database creation and management
Need to collect additional information? Houdini has a simple drag-n-drop database creation tool built right in. With just a few clicks you can define a custom database table, link it to a form widget and table widget, optionally link it to other events on the desktop without the help of IT or the need for a Database Admin to help. These database tables can be shared as resources and mashed together with other resources. A safe reliable easy way to extend the Houdini product thus increasing your ROI.
Enterprise Mashups
Join multiple services together into a single unified visualization of the data with just a few clicks. Houdini ESQ allows you to join resources local and over the web using enterprise mashup technology. You don't need to be a Database Admin or programmer. Simply register the services you want to join or select from a catalog of previously registered services and wire them together using just your mouse. Save and share the mashup with the entire enterprise safely and easily. It's about productivity, it's about a serious return on investment, its about time.
This isn't Magic, It's Houdini
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