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Accellion claims a first in secure mobile productivity
Accellion Inc has launched the Accellion Mobile Productivity Suite, which the company says this is the first, mobile office productivity suite enables users to securely create, edit, view and share Microsoft Office documents from iOS devices.
Law firms are ill-prepared for turbulence
In our latest thought leader, George Beaton argues that “Big Law” firms are ill-prepared for the turbulent times they now live in.
New video: Bob Schukai of Thomson Reuters on Designing for Mobile
Here’s a new video clip we shot in Eagan featuring Thomson Reuters’ global head of mobile technology Bob Schukai talking about designing for mobile.
Latest legalit events roundup
Here’s a round-up of the latest legal IT & ediscovery events, conferences and webinars.
Work now started on February Insider newsletter
Work has now started on the February issue of the Legal IT Insider newsletter. The editorial deadline is this coming Monday 25 February.
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Nuix explain ‘dark data’ with the aid of bean cans
Yes, it’s Friday Night at the Legalit Movies and we’ve got a great little video from ediscovery specialist Nuix that uses the example of bean cans to demonstrate how to locate vital information within a mass of corporate dark data.
Latest Smartphone data – it’s an Android & iOS world say IDC
The latest data from IDC reveals we are living in a world where smartphone usage is totally dominated by the Android and Apple iOS platforms. In Q4 2012, they accounted for over 90% of all new smartphone sales.
New legal IT & ediscovery events for your diary
We’ve got some new legalit and ediscovery events for your diary… • ESPION SEMINAR TO HIGHLIGHT ROLE OF eDISCOVERY IN EUROPEAN COMPETITION CASES – Irish Embassy in Brussels on Wednesday 27 February The seminar – [...]
Will latest Salesforce.com acquisition have impact on ediscovery sector?
SalesForce.com has acquired Entropysoft in order to integrate the company’s connector technology into their own suite of products. According to ediscovery systems vendor Recommind, this could leave law firms at risk as some of the [...]
Edisclosure: be prepared for Civil Procedure Rule 31.5A in April
by Adrian White* The full scope and complexity of an eDisclosure exercise often only becomes apparent much later in proceedings, and usually only after the exercise has already begun. As a result, assessing the costs [...]
Opinion: Legal Traps for Software Developers
Guest article by Grant Esterhuizen of Lester Aldridge LLP The case of Usedsoft v Oracle is important for software developers, who may as a consequence no longer be able to restrict their customers from selling [...]
HyperOffice aims to bridge the gap between structured, social & mobile collaboration
With rumours floating around the legalit sector that there will shortly be an acquisition made within the collaboration platform space, US software developer HyperOffice (www.hyperoffice.com) has unveiled a new version of its communication, collaboration and [...]
LegalTech New York – the Day 2 & 3 roundup
Now recovered from information-overkill, JoAnna Forshee of InsideLegal in the US reports on the final two days of LegalTech New York Big data, bigger problems. Of course, big data ruled the LTNY roost – in [...]
Weightmans LLP select Frayman Group for information barriers solution
The Frayman Group, a leading provider of new business intake, risk and compliance software for law firms, today announced that UK law firm Weightmans LLP has chosen Compliguard Protect, the Microsoft .NET-based legal information barriers [...]
