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Big Data, Tiny Screens – Mobile Applications Debuting at LegalTech New York 2010 |
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Monday, 25 January 2010 08:06 |
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 Great things often come in small packages, like the ignition key to a Ferrari, an engagement ring, a winning lottery ticket, or…an iPhone! The business of practicing law is being transacted more and more on handheld devices, cell phones and pocket computers. E-mails now deliver massive amounts of information onto Lilliputian-sized gadgets and this has become critically important to meeting client demands of 24/7 availability.
“I didn’t get the memo” has gone the way of “The dog ate my homework” as a valid excuse for not being informed. There are so many ways to be connected back to the office, even if you’re on a beach somewhere. While this phenomenon can be viewed as depressing for some, it can also be seen as a major plus and convenience. Perhaps it means that a beach could be in your future after all this winter!
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Legal Technology 2010 – Batten Down the Hatches |
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Written by Christy Burke
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Thursday, 17 December 2009 14:04 |
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Three Legal IT gurus look at what can be expected next year
2010 – it’s a nice round number and the start of a new decade as well. Remember 10 years ago, the entire world was furiously updating code, fearing the end of the world when the millennium ended? Like most public hysteria, that panic turned out to be fairly ridiculous and we did indeed live to see January 2nd, 2000.
In the past 10 years, law offices have certainly made enormous strides in terms of process automation, workflow efficiency, and productivity enhancement by leveraging technology to the hilt. Now that the New Year is fast approaching, it is time to examine what 2010 will look like for legal technology. What major decisions and budget concerns will legal IT professionals face this coming year? How will legal technology providers be affected, from behemoths to underdogs? What will be the “hot items” on the MIS to-do lists of firms all around the world?
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The “Must Haves” of Data Security to Prevent Identity Theft and Security Breaches |
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Written by Christy Burke
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Monday, 30 November 2009 09:54 |
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In days of yore when the documents were all paper, you could simply lock your client folders in a file cabinet drawer, turn the key, and feel reasonably confident that no one could infiltrate that crack security regimen. Well, now that electronic and wireless communication dominates, and paper is usually mainly an output of files that originated digitally, data flies all over the place, flowing through cables and wires, and invisibly cruising through the air. If you can’t see it, how can you protect it? That’s a good question!
Law firms of every size, and all the employees that work for them including lawyers, legal assistants and administrative staff, are all vulnerable to data security breaches and identity theft. Certainly, such incidents harm the individual, often in a major way, but also they can have a direct, negative impact on the firm.
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