Shaping the future

The firm will be using the solution, developed in-house by Calvis, to enable its fee earners and mobile workers to conveniently access client and prospect intelligence stored within LexisNexis InterAction via their BlackBerry smartphones while out of the office.

Calvis developed the application as a result of firms’ growing dependency on BlackBerry smartphones. The handsets are becoming increasingly integral to the way in which professionals communicate with clients and contacts while ‘on the move’. However, the bulk of a firm’s client data resides in InterAction, much of which is not accessible via a BlackBerry device. Now that this information can be accessed via the Calvis application, firms will benefit from increased productivity; shortened business development cycles; and higher levels of client service. The Calvis solution specifically allows users to:

• search their firm's entire contact list;
• find all the people their colleagues know at any given organization;
• view contact details including activities and add useful contacts to My Contacts list;
• use one click-dial or one-click email from the returned contact; and
• save time by adding activities on the way back to the office.

The Calvis solution uses a network user name and password to prevent unauthorized access and all data is transferred via the secure BlackBerry Mobile Data Service to ensure contact data remains safe. Installation is straightforward and is completed in less than a day. During deployment, existing infrastructure and security configurations do not need to be changed. The application can be used on any mobile phone network.