30 May 2008
Inside Contact Networks: Founder and CEO Interviewed in Westcast™ Podcast
EAGAN, Minn. – The breakthrough concepts behind the tracking of relationships that lawyers and business professionals rely on to generate new business have driven success for Contact Networks, a business within West.
On a new episode of the Westcast podcast, Contact Networks founder and CEO Geoffrey Hyatt explains how the ContactNet application works and why it is valuable for large law firms.
“Attorneys want to control access to their relationships, so they need a system that tells the rest of their firm what those relationships are,” Hyatt says. “Of course, this is valuable for the firm, too, so each person can collaborate and leverage their collective relationship network to pursue new business opportunities. Attorneys still control the relationship with their contacts.”
ContactNet automatically uncovers, aggregates and prioritizes a law firm’s internal relationships with external business contacts by analyzing data from address books, e-mail logs, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications and other enterprise systems.
Note to editors: To listen to the podcast featuring Geoffrey Hyatt, go to the Westcast Web site at http://feeds.feedburner.com/Westcast.
About Contact Networks
Contact Networks is the pioneer and most experienced provider of Enterprise Relationship Management (ERM) solutions. The company's award-winning ContactNet software helps professional services firms unlock the enormous value of their complete relationship network to generate new business. ContactNet is an automated search application that instantly identifies colleagues who have the strongest relationships with a client or prospect. Customers include leading global consulting, law and financial services firms such as Skadden Arps, Mintz Levin, Duane Morris, Sheppard Mullin, Greylock Partners, and Sagent Advisors. Visit www.contactnetworks.com or call 617-329-4300.
About West
Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., West is the foremost provider of integrated information solutions, software and services to the U.S. legal market. West is a business within Thomson Reuters. For more information, please visit the West Web site at www.west.thomson.com.
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