New products

Criminal intelligence IT firm ABM has expanded its facial verification bureau (FVB) to reflect increased demand for the service.

The bureau processes CCTV, digital stills and photographs into independent forensic evidence for court submission, with staff acting as expert interpreters of information provided in the images.

The FVB expansion sees a new regional delivery centre opening in Nottingham with two new analysts based in the city, to complement its Stirling office.

The service is tailored to each case, with analysis of facial features, height and build, clothing, shoe size and vehicles, plus expert testimony, which can be used to bolster either prosecution or defence evidence.

A new customisable intranet system for law firms has been launched by IT firms In Press and Corexe.

ISES provides a single-screen, Web-based intranet, offering access to all databases within a partnership via a search engine.

ISES is designed to be updated and changed as the needs of the firm change, and can be customised to reflect the firm's branding.

Elite Information Systems has launched a financial and practice management service, designed to simplify retrieval, reporting and analysis of business intelligence.

Elite Business Intelligence integrates a 'real-time data warehouse' with report management, profitability analyses, cost-rate modelling and a calculating and forecasting engine.

A system that combines e-mail, text messages, faxes, voice messages, digitised letters and archiving has been launched by Topcall.

Comprising of Digital Document Delivery, Secure Document Delivery and Metamail, the system digitises and records the daily intake of letter post, then distributes it to the relevant lawyer's inbox.

Invoices and sensitive documents are automatically converted into e-mails, with the appropriate attachments.

If work is not processed within a given timescale, it is automatically forwarded to the next appropriate person.

Users of OneSource Business Browser can now access the financial reports and accounts of all companies filed at Companies House, following OneSource's upgrade of the service.

The service now offers users a fixed-price subscription service to electronic copies of the original tax and accounting documents of all two million companies listed at Companies House.

TM Property Service, a licensed National Land Information Service search provider, has introduced a multi-level training programme for conveyancers and support staff using its electronic search ordering service.

The two-part CD package, TM Tutor, teaches the user about TM's search, then tests that the operator has learned it correctly.

Sitescope, the environment risk company, has launched an environmental report with RPS risk assessment priced at 225 plus VAT.

It can ordered on-line at www.sitescope.co.uk, and Sitescope says it is the first desktop environmental search on commercial property to feature an expert manual review by an environmental consultant.