ZERO, a provider of productivity automation solutions primarily for law firms, today announced the launch of Apollo. Apollo is a software product that automatically captures lawyers’ time spent on billable work on any desktop device. According to the ZERO press release, it seamlessly integrates it into their existing billing platform. ZERO claims, “Apollo is a Desktop-based time capture automation solution that records time spent on billable activity”.
I have written before about how ZERO transformed itself from an email management company to an automation provider. The transformation resulted from ZEROs focused commitment to listen to its customers. And as I have noted, ZERO offers practical solutions that work.
ZERO’s goal is to automate the administrative functions associated with the practice of law as much as possible. By doing so, its CEO, Alex Babin, believes Apollo will free lawyers to concentrate on billable matters. Today’s announcement is yet another step in the transformation.
The tool is designed to capture what a lawyer is doing across all devices, including desktops
The tool is designed to capture what a lawyer is doing across all devices, including desktops. After the time is captured, Apollo then drafts a time entry that can be revised by the lawyer if necessary. In short, it creates a real-time time entry. Babin describes Apollo as providing “100% passive time entry contemporaneously” with the actual task being done.
According to Babin, it’s designed to mimic the way lawyers work. It even accounts for multi-tasking. Apollo will capture multiple activities if someone is doing tasks that can be done simultaneously, like being on a call while reading emails. But if you try to edit two documents at once, for example, Apollo says no, you can only bill for one of them.
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