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Increasing Equipment Reliability

By Todd Nugent
February 28, 2006

Chapman and Cutler LLP is a leading Chicago-based law firm focused on innovative and practical legal solutions for complex financial transactions. In addition to traditional financing, the firm, with its pool of 180 attorneys located in three offices, is widely recognized for its experience in specialized areas of finance. Keeping up with the pace of change in the financial arena as well as the rapidly evolving needs of Chapman and Cutler's clients, has consistently challenged our IT group to provide the Chapman user community with the most up-to-date and efficient technology solutions. This was our plan last summer when we set out to replace and upgrade our firm's cost recovery systems.

Assessing Technology Requirements

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