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One Foundation for Law Firm Financial Data

Data Connect unifies financial and business-critical data for law firms—bringing it into a single, governed, near real-time environment in Microsoft Fabric so AI runs on complete, trusted data.

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Fragmented Data Costs You Revenue and Time

Most firms can't see where revenue slips away. Siloed data turns simple questions into weeks-long investigations — and by the time you have an answer, the moment to act is gone.

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What Leading Firms are Saying

"By bringing our financial data into one place, we've dramatically reduced reconciliation effort, enabling faster answers, more confident use of AI, and better decisions that drive performance."

Ben Di Marco, Chief Technology Officer, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

"I want to be data-independent and able to execute my strategy across systems, Data Connect is how I do that."

Elite 3E Cloud Customer

"We believe Data Connect will help improve our reporting and integration requirements and strengthen the operational foundation needed to support future growth."

Steven West, Chief Information Officer, Colin Biggers & Paisley

Turn Real-Time Financial Data Into Revenue, Faster

AI moves fast. Manual data can't. Every hour spent assembling data by hand is an hour other firms spend acting on it.

Unified Data at Your Fingertips

Data Connect makes your 3E data actionable in Microsoft Fabric so every agent, Copilot, and automation workflow runs on data you can trust.

One Source of Truth

3E data becomes actionable in Fabric alongside CRM, HR, billing, and operational data, creating one unified dataset across the whole firm without the need to reconcile disconnected systems.

Current Data, Not Last Week's

With governed 3E data live in Fabric, leadership answers questions on profitability, leakage, staffing, and collections as work happens — before issues become write-offs.

Unified Data Removes Friction for Measurable Impact

208% ROI
research on unified data ROI over 3 years*
50% Saved
in reporting time for firms using Data Connect

Less leakage. More revenue.

Firms with real-time visibility into their financial data don't just report on leakage — they stop it. Data Connect delivers governed, near real-time 3E data directly into Microsoft Fabric. Less assembling.

The Necessary Foundation for AI Modernization

Nearly 50% of firms say lack of integration is the biggest barrier to AI ROI. Data Connect removes that barrier, so every agent, Copilot, and automation workflow runs on data it can trust.

One Source of Truth

Most firms run financial operations across 4 or more systems. Data Connect puts 3E financial data inside Fabric alongside CRM, HR, billing, and operational data — so every team is working from the same numbers

Decisions on Current Data, Not Last Week's

With governed 3E data continuously available in Fabric, leadership can answer questions about profitability, leakage, staffing, and collections as work happens — not days later. When data is current, leakage patterns surface before they become write-offs.

No Pipelines to Build. No Reconciliation to Run.

Data Connect manages infrastructure, security, governance, and updates — delivering near real-time 3E data without custom engineering or ongoing maintenance overhead.

TRUST

Become AI-ready

AI doesn't fail because of the model. It fails because of the data. Every agent or automated workflow your firm deploys needs clean, unified, governed data to function reliably. Data Connect is that foundation, and it’s already working inside Fabric.

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SPEED

Enable Decisions that Drive Growth

The most important questions your firm needs to answer aren't in any dashboard. When determining where to invest and what drives growth, you need near real-time data to make the judgement call. With Data Connect, those questions finally have answers. That's the difference between reporting on what happened and deciding what to do next. Firms that answer those questions in real time recover revenue that fragmented systems let slip.

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Operational Efficiency

Stop Reconciling, Start Analyzing

Finance teams spend too much time on manual data gathering and report prep instead of strategic analysis. Data Connect eliminates that by delivering clean, governed 3E data automatically so your team can focus on what actually moves the firm forward.

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Revenue Recovery

Stop Revenue Leakage as It Happens

Firms with real-time access to unified financial data don't just report on leakage after the fact — they catch it as it happens. With 3E data continuously available alongside billing and collections data in Fabric, your firm can identify patterns in write-downs, discounts, and realization gaps before they become permanent losses.
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Governed 3E Data, Delivered Into Fabric

Firms on 3E Cloud have access to their data — the challenge is getting it into analytics, reporting, and AI tools without rebuilding pipelines or consolidating into another system. Data Connect provides that delivery, directly into Microsoft Fabric, continuously and securely.

Your Firm Controls How the Data Gets Used

Once 3E data is inside Fabric, your teams can use it across reporting, workflows, automation, and AI without being limited by vendor architecture or asking anyone for permission.

Enabling Automation and AI at Scale

A unified, governed data layer isn't just useful for reporting — it’s what makes automation, AI, and real-time decision-making possible. With 3E data flowing continuously into Fabric, firms can automate end-to-end processes, deploy agentic AI, and scale without rebuilding the infrastructure underneath it.

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Don't Just Connect Point Solutions. See Your Whole Revenue Cycle.

Less reconciliation, one source of truth, all embedded in 3E - the preferred solution, complete with embedded AI, for the work-to-cash needs of leading firms worldwide.

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See What a Unified Data Foundation Can Do for Your Firm

Start with an architecture review — a working session with an Elite expert to map your 3E data into Fabric.

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Explore Frequently Asked Questions

Data Connect is not an analytics or reporting product — it's the data infrastructure layer that makes analytics, automation, and AI possible. It doesn't replace a visualization tool; it's what makes those tools more powerful by ensuring they're working with unified, governed, real-time 3E data.

No — and that's one of its core advantages. Data Connect eliminates the need for data warehouses entirely. It delivers a governed, near real-time feed of 3E data directly into Microsoft Fabric/OneLake, where your firm's other data already lives.

Microsoft Fabric is Microsoft's unified platform for data storage, analytics, and AI — bringing those capabilities into one managed environment. Data Connect is purpose-built to deliver 3E data into Fabric. If your firm is already on or moving toward Fabric, Data Connect is what connects 3E to that environment. If you're not yet on Fabric, this is a natural starting point for that modernization.

No other vendor provides zero-copy, governed 3E to Fabric connectivity. Most competitors either force firms into proprietary data stores or require expensive, services-heavy integration projects. Data Connect is the only solution that puts 3E data inside the firm's existing data estate — without duplication, without custom engineering, and without vendor lock-in. 

AI agents and workflow automation all depend on clean, unified, real-time data to function reliably. Data Connect is the prerequisite for your AI investment. Without a governed data layer connecting 3E to the rest of your data estate, AI tools are working with incomplete information.

Beyond matter profitability, firms use unified data to quickly answer questions that siloed reporting can't, like:

“Which practice areas and matter types should we invest in?”

"How should we staff for demand and workflow patterns?”

“Which clients and industries drive long-term growth?”

"Where is value leaking across the matter lifecycle?”