QTS Press Release

From: Quality Technology Solutions, Inc.
76 South Orange Avenue, Suite 302
South Orange, NJ 07079

November 20, 2000

(South Orange, NJ) November 20, 2000 – QTS announced its solution for law firm customers to address concerns over New Jersey's new court rules, known as "Best Practices."  Under the new court rules for New Jersey, firms have less time in which they can handle cases, with strict deadlines and penalties where dates are missed or firms fail to comply with the rules.  QTS' solution combines the company's extensive law firm expertise and experience and its consulting methodology with Time Matters, the award winning case and practice management system from DATA.TXT Corporation.

"This is a huge issue for New Jersey law firms," said Neil Rosenberg, President and CEO of QTS.  Mr. Rosenberg, who is also an attorney, noted that most of QTS' law firm clients are impacted by the changes in some way, though it hits firms that handle high volume practices such as PI and Workers' Comp hardest.  "The solution is case management software, which allows attorneys to track all of the critical dates in each case and be reminded before an important date passes."

According to Martin Tuohy, QTS' Vice-President of Legal Business Development, and also an attorney, case management systems are "the backbone" of any law firm's computer systems.  "Case management tracks the key information about a Firm's cases - the people, the calendar and dates, the todos, the case information - and integrates it with the rest of the Firm's technologies, including accounting, billing, word processing, document management, research and litigation support."

QTS' solution for Best Practices is based on Time Matters, a software package that QTS has been supporting for over three years.  "Time Matters is a powerful tool," said Rosenberg.  "With it, and our consultative approach, we can build a customized solution that exactly matches a firm's needs and its workflow.  This makes it easy for people to use, since they can learn to use the software based on the way they are currently working, or the way they want to work."

Time Matters supports a wide range of capabilities and brings a firm a number of benefits, including the following:

• Centralize information on clients, matters, notes, phone calls and activities you need to complete
• Automate standard letter and form creation, including the CIS, TIS and other complex forms
• Management reports on firm-wide case status
• Identify cases with inactivity, for follow-up
• Identify cases before hitting critical dates, such as Statute of Limitations or court deadlines
• Reduce malpractice risks and insurance premiums
• Improve quality of client service
• Capture billable time and avoid losing it
• Automated, standardized reminders for critical events, to dos and activities
• Track cases you are referring out for follow-up, or cases you owe referral fees on
• Standardize case workflow with automated processes and rules

"Time Matters has always been a great product," said Rosenberg, "but now that the Enterprise Edition for SQL Server is out, we can offer this solution in a way that scales from the smallest firms to the largest, with strong performance and reliability."

Tuohy noted that QTS' process for implementing the software is "law firm friendly," with an emphasis on useability and strong training and support.  By automating letter generation and programming rules for how the cases are handled, the solution can save tremendous amounts of time and allow for standardization of how routine cases are processed, noted Tuohy.

About QTS

The company is located at 76 South Orange Avenue, Suite 302, South Orange, NJ 07079. The company can be reached at 973-761-5400. Additional information on QTS can be found at their website, www.qtsnet.com.

About DATA.TXT Corporation

Time Matters was developed by DATA.TXT Corporation originally of Coral Gables, Florida, now of Cary, North Carolina.  Since its inception, DATA.TXT Corporation has focused exclusively on making Time Matters the leading professional office Calendar, Tickler, Contact, Matter, Document, and Messaging Management software for PCs and Networks of all sizes. The entire management and programming staff that began Time Matters' development in 1989 remains on the team to this day, providing continuity and reliability rarely seen in software developed for specialized markets.

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76 South Orange Avenue Suite 302, South Orange, New Jersey 07079
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