Grundig Business Systems and Verdatum solve dictation hardware issues for Rutan & Tucker LLP

Naperville, IL and New York, NY – June 16, 2009 – Grundig Business Systems (GBS) and Verdatum, both winners in the 2008 Legal Technology News Awards dictation category, announced on June 16 the successful implementation of GBS dictation hardware within Costa Mesa, CA based law firm Rutan & Tucker LLP. Rutan had implemented the microphones of a market leading competitor throughout the firm, and the feedback from users and support staff was not positive. Rutan turned to its dictation workflow partner Verdatum for assistance with finding a solution. Verdatum, along with GBS, initiated a pilot program for the GBS desktop microphone, the award winning Digta SonicMic.

As the Digta SonicMic, along with all other GBS dictation hardware, is fully integrated with the Verdatum platform, the pilot rollout was straightforward as device driver support was remotely pushed out by the Verdatum system. Within several days of the pilot launch, Rutan’s users found the ergonomic design of the Digta SonicMic appealing, and Rutan´s IT support found the hardware to meet their stability and reliability requirements.

As a result of the pilot program, Rutan has removed all competitive products and replaced them with over 60 GBS Digta SonicMics. The combination of the GBS Digta SonicMics and the Verdatum workflow system has produced a stable dictation platform on the Vista Enterprise OS, serving the needs of both day to day end users as well as IT administration.

GBS is pleased to work with its integration partner Verdatum on this successful deployment of GBS hardware within Rutan & Tucker,“ said Chris Hanley, North American Sales Manager for GBS. “The award winning design of the Digta SonicMic along with its reliability was quickly realized by Rutan & Tucker. This rollout proves to the market that there is a superior, alternative solution available for high quality desktop dictation and that GBS devices are easy to implement, maintain and use,“ he continued. “The partnership between Verdatum and GBS was a key factor in solving the needs of Rutan & Tucker,“ says John Methfessel, President and CEO of Verdatum. “Verdatum’s developers have always found the GBS hardware easy to integrate into our workflow platform. We appreciate the support that GBS provides to Verdatum and specifically the steps taken to ensure end customer satisfaction with Rutan & Tucker,“ he continued.

“GBS and Verdatum worked very well together to provide a solution that met the needs and expectations of our attorneys,“ said Dave Crunkleton, Director of IT for Rutan & Tucker. “Reliability fosters confidence, confidence increases productivity. Now that the hardware platform has been stabilized, the users are happy, IT support staff are happy … very much a win/win resolution,“ he continued.


About Grundig Business Systems GmbH
With more than four million dictation systems sold and over 50 years of experience, Grundig Business Systems GmbH (GBS) is one of the leading manufacturers of professional dictation systems worldwide. GBS is the only high-end producer in the industry developing and manufacturing its products “Made in Germany”. The innovative and technically leading voice processing systems with sophisticated design are distributed through a global partner network. Grundig Business Systems has been independent from its former parent company since 2003. In 2008, Grundig Business Systems was named one of the 100 most innovative medium-sized companies. Grundig Business Systems´ North American Headquarters are in Naperville, IL. Find out more about GBS on the internet: www.grundig-gbs.com

About Verdatum
Verdatum, the 2008 Law Technology News Gold Award Winner for dictation systems, produces digital dictation systems designed to replace analog (tape based) dictation so that dictation may be tracked and managed on the network just as documents are. Verdatum solutions either tightly integrate with the law firm’s document management system or operate as a stand-alone solution with the integrated document tracking system. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and serves law firms in the US and Canada. Its management has over 50 years combined experience in legal practice, law firm management, and legal IT administration. The company counts as customers law firms ranging in size from 10 attorneys to over 600. To learn more, visit the company´s website at www.verdatumsys.com.

About Rutan & Tucker LLP
Rutan & Tucker is California's largest full-service law firm headquartered in Orange County, California with offices in Costa Mesa and Palo Alto. Primary practice areas include corporate and securities law, business and real estate litigation, labor and employment law, intellectual property, real estate, municipal and government agency law, land use law, bankruptcy, condemnation and property valuation, environmental law, and taxation and estate planning. Detailed information about the firm is available at www.rutan.com.


For more information please contact:

Grundig Business Systems
Chris Hanley, Grundig Business Systems – North American Sales Manager
Phone: 312-924-2878
Email: christopher.hanley@grundig-gbs.com
www.grundig-gbs.com


Verdatum
Judy Sliwoski
Phone: 212-812-5055
Email: sliwoski@verdatumsys.com
www.verdatum.sys.com


Press contact:
Grundig Business Systems
Nadine Kiewitt
Phone: +49 921 898-222
E-Mail: nadine.kiewitt@grundig-gbs.com