<s>
Actionstep	B-Application
is	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
legal	B-Application
practice	I-Application
management	I-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
law	O
firms	O
and	O
compliance-focused	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actionstep	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Ted	O
Jordan	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
Actionstep	B-Application
,	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actionstep	B-Application
soon	O
expanded	O
into	O
central	O
government	O
and	O
a	O
wider	O
range	O
of	O
small	O
business	O
users	O
(	O
mainly	O
in	O
New	O
Zealand	O
and	O
Australia	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
Actionstep	B-Application
's	O
tenure	O
as	O
a	O
practice	O
management	O
software	O
they	O
have	O
gradually	O
expanded	O
from	O
their	O
headquarters	O
in	O
New	O
Zealand	O
and	O
offices	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
of	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2020	O
,	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
Serent	O
Capital	O
Partners	O
purchased	O
84.25	O
%	O
stake	O
in	O
Actionstep	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actionstep	B-Application
claims	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
"	O
first	O
true	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
practice	O
management	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
world.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
premise	O
of	O
Actionstep	B-Application
is	O
that	O
it	O
saves	O
companies	O
from	O
having	O
to	O
purchase	O
software	O
tailored	O
to	O
their	O
work	O
flow	O
and	O
instead	O
allows	O
companies	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
program	O
without	O
additional	O
coding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founder	O
and	O
CEO	O
Ted	O
Jordan	O
used	O
cloud	B-Architecture
technology	I-Architecture
to	O
allow	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
be	O
continuously	O
updated	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
purchase	O
or	O
redesign	O
new	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actionstep	B-Application
also	O
integrates	O
with	O
software	O
from	O
other	O
companies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Xero	O
accounting	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
&	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
,	O
Gmail	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
,	O
NetDocuments	O
,	O
QuickBooks	B-Application
,	O
LawPay	O
,	O
BundleDocs	O
,	O
Box	O
,	O
HotDocs	B-Application
,	O
Infortrack	O
,	O
GlobalX	O
,	O
PEXA	O
,	O
JOSEF	O
and	O
Zapier	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actionstep	B-Application
contains	O
workflow	O
automation	O
features	O
aimed	O
at	O
increasing	O
office	O
efficiency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actionstep	B-Application
was	O
named	O
First	O
International	O
Best	O
of	O
SaaS	O
Showplace	O
Award	O
Winner	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actionstep	B-Application
has	O
also	O
been	O
a	O
finalist	O
in	O
the	O
ComputerWorld	O
Excellence	O
Awards	O
(	O
2007	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Vero	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Business	O
Support	O
(	O
2010	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
