BTO Solicitors on upgrading its IT resource with CTS for a better practice management system

BTO took the opportunity to modernise its IT and move to a ‘cloud first’ strategy to better achieve its aims. By utilising cloud technology, the firm could become more agile in their approach, whilst benefitting from increased data security, says CTS.

When BTO Solicitors LLP chose to replace their Practice Management software, moving from Envision (Pilgrim Lawsoft) to the Elite 3E suite (Financial Management, Matter Management & Business Development), they knew they would need to drastically scale up their IT resource.

The Requirement

Rather than expand their ageing infrastructure, BTO took the opportunity to modernise their IT and move to a ‘cloud first’ strategy to better achieve their aims. By utilising cloud technology, the firm could become more agile in their approach, whilst benefitting from increased data security.

“The workload to implement a new Practice Management solution is significant, and the timeline is typically a minimum of two years. This, along with our decision to move to the cloud, meant that we required the support and technical skillset of a specialist IT infrastructure provider” said Douglas Cowie, Chief Executive of BTO.

“Thomson Reuters introduced us to CTS who, as a supplier to the legal sector, have the technical knowledge and experience of working with firms such as ours to ensure projects run smoothly. By outsourcing the IT infrastructure element, we would be able to free up time for our in-house IT team to deliver the project more quickly.”