For Court and Law As more and more industries turn to the Internet for their everyday business, the ASP market is rapidly picking up steam. And of the niches that have developed in the ASP marketplace, one of the most intriguing is surely the legal community. Serengeti uses a common Web browser as its interface, and offers more than 30 categories of applications, all based around the legal industry.
Billing is handled on a per-service basis.
Because buying and maintaining specialty software is an extremely expensive prospect, ASPs are rapidly winning favor with lawyers. Based around an encrypted e-mail system, JurisDictionUSA offers document management, an electronic law library, calendaring and case management, and an application for tracking billable time. But while companies like JurisDictionUSA concentrate on the law firm side of the market, there are also ASPs that deal with the needs of the courtroom. Naturally, data security is of paramount importance in the world of litigation, and to be successful, legal ASPs will have to convince consumers of their information will be sufficiently protected. And because buying and maintaining specialty software is an extremely expensive prospect, ASPs are rapidly winning favor with lawyers.