I joined Workshare as the EMEA Sales Director just two weeks ago. Having worked in the legal space before, I am familiar with some of the highs and lows of Workshare. Now that I’m finally here and seeing the numbers for myself I was surprised at some of the misconceptions about Workshare’s state of health in the UK. In part I believe this is down to some small competitors spreading inaccurate stories about us but also I just don’t think we have communicated our success. So I put on my saleforce.com gloves, dived in and I think you’ll agree the results are pretty interesting….
- 86,550 UK seats renewed in 2011, 59,022 from the top 100 law firms
- 8 of the top 10, and 17 of the top 25 UK law firms use Workshare extensively
- We sold 4,725 new licenses to new accounts in the UK last year
- Last quarter was the best EVER for both in the UK and Globally
- Several top 25 firms renewed following comprehensive evaluations against our competitors
Workshare has been through a lot of change, including hiring me, but now with the best release ever of Professional, a roadmap taking Workshare into the cloud and a fantastic new team in place I am looking forward to delivering a first class service along with our market leading products.
I intend to meet as many of our customers as I can over the coming months including at our next User Group meeting in March (invitations will be sent out in the next few weeks). I'll also be at tomorrow night's KnowList awards and hope to meet some of you there.
In the meantime I’m always keen to hear from customers and partners, new and old, so give me a call on 020 7539 1355 or email me at nicky.bowman@workshare.com