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VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), is a technology that allows you to make and receive calls to and from traditional phone numbers using a high-speed broadband Internet connection (i.e. DSL, cable modem or broadband wireless technology). It can be used in place of a traditional phone service. Typically, interconnected VoIP technology works through the integration of VoIP infrastructure bridging organisations’ systems with the Internet, or by using a special VoIP phone that connects directly to your computer or Internet connection for single-user applications. While you may choose to use interconnected VoIP service from a single location like a residence, some interconnected VoIP services can be used wherever you travel as long as a broadband Internet connection is available. Ask your Huon consultant to discuss this technology and your business requirements with you. Contact Huon.

DMS (Document Management Systems)

For many businesses today, the desktop is their office. A significant amount of everyday work, including documents, spreadsheets, presentations and email is stored either on desktops or in unsophisticated and often ill-managed document servers. Unstructured data represents up to 80% of all information generated by organisations, and all too often the data is difficult to access and prone to corruption or loss. The time and effort required to recreate lost or corrupted data can be a significant drain on organisational productivity and profitability. What today’s information explosion demands is an easy, cost-effective way to manage and secure the full scope of critical business content directly from the familiar desktop environment.

That’s where Huon’s Document Management System implementation comes in.

The document management software utilised by Huon facilitates an easy to use system to electronically catalogue, store and retrieve office documents, files and email. All businesses produce and process copious quantities of documents and records, with emails becoming unmanageable due to their sheer volume. Document management software is an intuitive document and records management solution that provides numbering allocation, electronic file management and electronic document retrieval. Its key features are:

Full Email Integration - Secure emails before they are lost. De-clutter your inbox and share emails and attachments with others logically. Drag and drop from your inbox to client or matter/project folder seamlessly or use DMS email addresses for automatic filing.

Quick Access Lists - Directly access quick lists, such as the list of documents checked out, favourites, the last 50 documents edited and the last 10 searches found.

Sophisticated Version Control - Ensure data accuracy and currency by allowing review and editing of the most current version of the document. See all previous versions.

Comprehensive Profiling Capabilities - Tag and classify each document with meta-data fields tailored to your business’ specific classification requirements. Drag and drop to matter folders.

Seamless Searching - Conduct powerful searches based on document meta-data and full text. Frequently performed searches can be saved and shared.

Document Viewer - Quickly launch and print a document, even if the native application is not installed on the desktop. The viewer supports more than 130 document formats so you can work on several documents simultaneously.

Portable Mode - Check out and edit documents while on the road, and then automatically update documents to the central repository when you go online, using automatic synchronisation features.

Archiving and Retrieval Features - Manage the entire information life cycle, including purging obsolete documents to meet regulatory document retention guidelines.

Powerful Security - Control access to system functionality and content at the object level based on user, group or role, so that sensitive information remains in the hands of authorised users.

A Huon IT consultant will be very happy to review your current filing practices or existing document management system and advise on the best approach for your business. Contact Huon

Mobile Email – Wireless Email, Business Mobility

Email communications drive businesses today. Staying in touch with co-workers, partners and clients whilst on the move is a critical daily tool.

Huon IT can assist your organisation at a number of levels depending upon your requirements:

•  Advice - one of our consultants can meet with you to assist and advise the best approach for your  needs
  
•  Hosting - infrastructure can require an investment that is beyond your budget. Why not utilise our  hosted services pay by the month approach
  
•  Systems Integration into your network - if your business requires advice and integration services  we can design, install and provide ongoing support to meet your business needs
  
•  Hardware Solutions - Huon can assist with advice and sourcing of a wide range of hand-held  devices - Blackberry, PDA, Nokia etc

Wireless Broadband

Broadband telecommunications, the delivery of lightning-fast Internet access to your business, is a field of confusing, competing technologies: DSL, cable, wireless, optical, and many more. Wireless Broadband provides the freedom to connect wirelessly anywhere there is network coverage, thus facilitating the mobile office. Coverage is available in metropolitan areas and increasing in regional areas every day. There are two ways to connect to Wireless Broadband; either by a modem, or mobile card which currently provides a larger coverage area than the Modem. To take the mystery out of Broadband, wireless and telecommunications generally, please talk to one of our specialised consultants.

Specialist Legal IT Provider

Huon IT’s founding clients in 1989 were legal practices. We have been fortunate to successfully grow our service offerings in line with the needs of these firms and the companies joining our client list. Our consultants have in-depth understanding of legal practice operations, management, available software solutions and related requirements. To a large extent, Huon IT stands independent of legal software vendors - to that end we are frequently consulted to assist with product selection and management services surrounding implementations. Our clients range from those in the Top 5 Nationally to medium- size and sole practitioners.

Huon is recognised as a leader in the field of software design, build and support for legal claims management systems. Our solutions for the legal profession incorporate specialist areas such as Legal Claims Management, Debt Recovery Solutions, Accounting, Marketing and Events, Management Reporting, Risk Management, and Conveyancing and Mortgage.

Our solutions ensure that productivity gains and quality control procedures are met consistently. The requirements of specialist task groups, key management and day-to-day office procedures are integrated to provide a total, practice-wide solution. Case study.

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