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Legal technology company nominated as one of the UK’s Top 20 Cloud Businesses

The leading legal technology expert DPS has been nominated as one of the UK’s top 20 independently-owned Cloud businesses by ClearWater International.

The nomination followed a thorough evaluation of DPS’s unique business model and cloud technology offer by the award-winning corporate finance house and an assessment of its long-term strategy and year-on-year growth. dpscloud, the company’s hosted IT solution formed the basis for this nomination.

Osman Ismail, DPS’s Managing Director said: ’’We are delighted to receive this accolade - a formal recognition of our revolutionary, one-stop-shop hosted IT solution for law firms. dpscloud was launched in 2012, and since then we have seen an explosion of interest from law firms wanting to adopt a hosted solution that would relieve them from the responsibility of managing their servers, protecting their data and installing & updating their software in-house.’’

dpscloud has become the solution of choice of more than 140 legal businesses, nation-wide.

With a 30 year pedigree, DPS are the largest legal cloud provider on the market and the only legal software supplier to offer an integrated hosted IT solution under one roof.

The two separate yet connected arms of the business enable DPS to offer a holistic IT solution that responds to the technology requirements of the modern legal firm. Unlike some of their competitors, DPS maintain their own UK-based data centre, allowing their clients to know exactly where their data is stored, at any moment in time. Being ISO accredited and Cyber Essentials certified, they offer a level of data security that is difficult to match by internal IT departments.

DPS will attend the Cloudex 20:20 awards ceremony organised by ClearWater International, on the 15th October at Kettners in London.

To learn more about dpscloud and DPS Software please visit www.dpscloud.com and www.dpssoftware.co.uk.

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About DPS

DPS are the first and only legal software provider to offer an integrated hosted IT solution under the same roof. With a 30 year pedigree, DPS have built a strong and growing market position thanks to their award-winning case management solution covering the main areas of law such as Conveyancing, Crime, Personal Injury, Family etc. Their fully Outlook-integrated case management system is complemented by digital dictation, matter management software and their recently launched mobile application for time recording and attendance notes.

DPS are committed to becoming a realistic ‘one stop shop’ for the technology needs of the modern legal business, their managed IT solution (dpscloud) being in use at over 140 law firms and ABSs across the country.

About ClearWater International

An award winning corporate finance house, Clearwater International has a proven track record of excellent client outcomes. Coordinating as a single team, their 135 experienced professionals have been responsible for the successful completion of over 700 deals worth in excess of €15bn.

Working alongside directors, shareholders and investors they advise on all aspects of corporate finance from mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and company sales through to management buy-outs (MBOs) and fundraising transactions.

The company launched the Cloudex index in 2010 which monitors the financial performance and valuation of leading global Cloud technology businesses operating in software, services, hardware and infrastructure versus the versus the performance of more general technology vendors.

In 2013, they launched their Cloudex 20:20 Awards programme with the aim of highlighting the UK’s top 20 independently-owned Cloud technology businesses. The Awards are based on more than simply turnover or profit growth: the panel of industry experts take into account metrics such as growth prospects, innovation and competitiveness.

For more information about Clearwater International, their Cloudex index and awards, please visit www.clearwaterinternational.com and www.cloudex-index.com/ | www.cloudex-index.com/blog/cloudex-20-20/.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ana Udrea .