Compuware, Kraft Kennedy & Lesser, Inc. Partner to Solve Legal Industry IT Challenges
KKL Delivers Compuware Vantage to Ensure High Levels of Service, Uptime and Availability for Law Firm Clients; NYC Legal IT Workshop Co-hosted With Compuware
DETROIT, May 29 / -- Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) and Kraft Kennedy & Lesser, Inc. (KKL) today announced that they have partnered to help ensure IT continuity and availability by proactively detecting and fixing IT system problems for KKL's customers. Additionally, Compuware and KKL recently co-hosted a peer-to-peer CIO roundtable workshop in New York for CIOs and other high-level IT-business executives focusing on the most critical application issues facing the legal industry.
"KKL's legal clients expect and demand system availability," said Robert Brindell, Managing Director for KKL. "Compuware Vantage provides--at both a C- level glance and at a deep-dive system analytics level--the ability to view the health and availability of our customer's IT systems. Vantage also enables us to proactively take steps to resolve problems, often before anyone knows they exist."
The partnership between Compuware and KKL centers on ensuring application performance for lawyers working internally, as well as externally from the office, home or courtroom. Everyday challenges such as application infrastructure bottlenecks, unlimited attachment sizes and non-business Internet use threaten law firms' IT systems. When systems crash or become unacceptably slow, high-priced talent sits idle, resulting in frustrated lawyers and clients. Under the partnership, KKL's consultants deliver Compuware Vantage to proactively ensure that lawyers can remain productive and that IT systems are healthy.
"More law firms are using IT as a competitive advantage," said Mel Ostrow, CIO of Jenner & Block. "Compuware and KKL are together focused on bringing law firms to that higher ground where critical technology is ready and available for clients and lawyers anywhere, anytime. Jenner & Block is making the most of this partnership to gain that edge."
"People and technology are expected to engage around the clock, and KKL's customers need to know the business impact of problems that have occurred or could occur," said Craig Pratt, Director of Legal Industry Solutions for Compuware Vantage. "Compuware Vantage solves the business problem of system uptime better than any other solution on the market."
Compuware Vantage is a leading provider of IT service management solutions to the legal industry. Its award-winning technology helps IT deliver proactive application service that allows lawyers and support staff to stay focused on their clients. Compuware Vantage allows users to worry less about whether applications--ranging from Blackberry or VoIP to critical legal-document management and financial applications--work as expected, allowing users to concentrate more on delivering non-stop service.
The New York City event, titled "IT Leaders in Sync," was targeted toward CIOs of some of the world's largest and most influential law firms. Attendees gained insight on ways to ensure project success--aligning IT goals with business goals--from Mel Ostrow, CIO of Jenner & Block, and Elbie Yaworsky, Director of Technology for Reed Smith. The exclusive event took place at New York's Marriott Marquis on Thursday, May 17.
Kraft Kennedy & Lesser, Inc.
KKL is a consulting firm that offers management and technical consulting services to the legal industry, with offices in New York, Houston and San Francisco. It focuses on meeting the unique business and technology needs of our clients, maintaining their competitive edge by assisting in areas that include: strategic business and IT planning, disaster recovery and business continuity, network design, relocation services, project management, implementation, training and support. Learn more about KKL at http://www.kkl.com/.
Compuware Corporation
Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) maximizes the value IT brings to the business by helping CIOs more effectively manage the business of IT. Compuware solutions accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the performance of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and govern the entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and employee productivity throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973, Compuware serves the world's leading IT organizations, including more than 90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. Learn more about Compuware at http://www.compuware.com/.
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