juris GmbH, based in Saarbrücken, is Germany’s oldest and most renowned online provider of legal information. juris has more than 30 years of experience in supplying and producing online legal information, growing from a pioneer to market leader within this time period. Today, juris is available to all of Germany’s courts as well as universities, state administration, associations, the business world and, of course, a large number of practicing and specialist lawyers. With over eight million reference documents, juris offers by far the most comprehensive collection of information on all points of law within Germany, making it more than just an industry standard. Having achieved its first objectives, juris is already focused on another vision: developing the company into a print-online publisher to provide all the practical information lawyers require – in whatever format they wish. To this end, juris is offering new kinds of information services, publishing its own series of text volumes, selling professional journals and creating blended print-online services, thus marrying the advantages of both media. In order to make this vision reality, juris has opted to introduce the standardized software for publishers from the market leader Klopotek. The determining factor in this decision, according to project and commercial manager Gabor Kugelmann, was that the Klopotek solution already covers publisher-related requirements in the field of printing as a standard. During the first expansion phase, the Klopotek modules for addresses / marketing (CCM) as well as the sales and distribution systems for books and magazines (BSD and JSD) will be introduced. Implementation should be completed by the end of 2005. This first phase will also include the implementation of communication between the juris online portal and the Klopotek invoicing systems to ensure use-based billing. The second expansion phase will focus on implementing additional functionality to provide the best possible support for the company’s development into a leading print-online publisher. Both companies have agreed upon a strategic development partnership in order to meet these goals.

Contact:

Gabor Kugelmann
Juris GmbH
Kugelmann@juris.de
www.juris.de

Paul Halbich
Klopotek & Partner GmbH
P.Halbich@klopotek.de
www.klopotek.de