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ILTA 07

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Live Blogging Thoughts and Reaction

I was surprised at the lack of “live bloggers” at ILTA. It is a technology conference so I expected to see some interesting ways people were keeping notes and tracking information. Lisa Kellar Gianakos was toting around a tablet PC. But otherwise, I saw very few people using computers. Mostly, I saw people scratching some [...]

Designing an Enterprise Strategy for Document Classes and Workplace Templates in Accordance with Records Standards

Beth Chiase, National Director of Loss Prevention of Foley & Lardner LLP John J. Kruse, Director of Records & Conflicts Administration of Calwalder, Wickersham & Taft LLP Ann M. Ostrander, Senior Loss Prevention Manager of Kirkland & Ellis Keith Lipman, Senior Manager, Legal Solutions & Product Manager of Interwoven, Inc. At Kirkland, the DMS is [...]

Extranets and Intranets Are The Information Hubs of Your Firm

Felicity Badcock, online Services Manager of Mallesons Stephen Jaques Erik Buker, Internal Practice Consultant of Hunton & Williams Nestor Holynskyj, Director of Consulting of eSentio Technologies The new model of intranets and extranets Instead of a publishing model with little or no audience discrimination, instead it is personalized with audience discrimination. Instead of a focus [...]

Project Management for Knowledge Management Engagement

Kate Cain of Winston & Strawn LLP Risa Schwartz of Cisco Systems, Inc. Gabrielle Townsend of DuPont There are five pieces to the project management and knowledge management puzzle: Process Documentation Value Communication Motivation Some project management myths: Project management adds time, not value Project management = paperwork Benefits of project management and knowledge management [...]

Leveraging SharePoint to Improve Firm Performance with Expert Portal

Tom Jones, Director – Product Marketing of Aderant Tim Kenney, VP Business Development of Handshake Software Michael Green, IT Director of Nixon Peabody LLP Expert Portal is designed to be the “home page” for professionals and their clients. Handshake’s Relationship Toolkit combines the information from CRM, Aderant Expert, DMS, HR System and SharePoint content. The [...]

Current Awareness – Critical Information Management Tools in the Legal Industry

Doog Hoover from Thomson West Dennis Kennedy from the Dennis Kennedy Law Firm LLC Meredith L. Williams, from Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz Dennis took the position that or current information environment has four characteristics: Information silos – you need to visit too many places to find things Information overload – spam interference mixed [...]

The Human Side of Information Technology Strategy

Sally Gonzalez, Director of Navigant Consulting Tom Baldwin, Chief Knowledge Officer of Sheppard Mullin Felicity Badcock, Online Services Manager of Mallesons Stephen Jaques The theme of the presentation: You have a great idea, you have the perfect technology, now how do you get the lawyers to use it? [Its like herding cats.] Lawyers have different [...]

Exploring Technology Business Models for Law Firms

Elizabeth Broderick, Partner, Head of the Legal Technology Group of Blake Dawson Waldron Martin Metz, Director of Information Technology of O’Melveny & Myers LLP Gerard Neiditsch, Executive Director Business Integration & Technology of Mallesons Stephen Jaques Technology can directly improve the bottom line revenue of the firm. Some ways to improve the business of law: [...]

Innovative Use of Technology in the Legal Department

Moderator: David Rohde, of Baker Robbins Risa Schwartz, Head of Knowledge Management of Cisco Systems, Inc. Peter Vissicchio, the Business Technology Senior Manager of Pfizer, Inc. Mike Russell, Strategic Legal Technologist – Enterprise Legal Services of Liberty Mutual Insurance What are the drivers for innovation in a corporate law department?: Cost savings New business needs [...]

Interwoven’s New Search Tools

I saw a preview of two new search tools from Interwoven. I think they will dramatically improve the ability of users to pull relevant information from their document management system. [Disclaimer: Shortly after their presentation, Interwoven brought me and dozens of others to EPCOT for dinner, followed by a private desert reception overlooking the fireworks.] [...]

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