Without a doubt, Xobni is probably one of my favorite software applications. While incredibly simple in concept, it provides a wealth of information about e-mail communications, social networking, received documents, and other information relating to what’s happening with my e-mail accounts.
Xobni allows you to track e-mail conversations and easily gives you a timeline of how the conversations went down. With a large database of communications in the thousands, it is very important to be able to look up old client communications. In fact, I just recently was requested to provide some detail of communications from 2-3 years ago in my capacity as corporate counsel. The search for the communications, relevant attachments, and shared information took all of about 30 seconds and all of the information I needed was immediately available so that I could determine the content, dates, and to/from information that I needed in order to determine what privileges applied and to be able to print the communications for the requesting party.
Among other things, as you can see from the left image, Xobni also ranks your e-mail according to volume, times of receipt, and other statistical information. Sometimes, it is critically important to remember who was part of a conversation, the context of the conversation, and what documents were exchanged between counsel and the parties. Or, it may be that you need to locate an old motion that you wrote and need an alternate way to find it since you know that you e-mailed it to someone in the last year. Aside from being able to assess of of the data mentioned above, this program also provides immediate contact information, including social network contact information and up to date data on postings. Xobni works with Hoover’s Business Info, Facebook, Skype, Huddle and LinkedIn.
The limited shortcomings are that there is not an iPad or iPhone version at this time. Integration between Outlook, Xobni, and my smartphone (iPhone) would make this a nearly perfect program, even though I would already give it a 10 out of 10. However, should you be so fortunate as to have a Blackberry smartphone, there is more integration.
All in all, I think that this program is a must have for any small law office. I highly recommend that you check it out. It is worth noting that there is a free version and you can always upgrade to the premium version, which is what my office uses. Just excellent all the way around.
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