Citywealth - Technology Articles
04 Jan 2008
Monica Bay, Citywealth 2008 legaltech woman of the year and Editor in Chief LTN, reveals insider advice for LegalTech NYC
LTNY wouldn’t be LTNY with sequins and parties — highlighted by the Fifth Annual LTN Awards gala Tuesday night. Careful how late you stay out, because you’ll want to be bright and alert Wednesday morning for the Editors’ Breakfast and Bloggers Gathering — where you can meet editors of ALM publications and bloggers from its Law.com Bloggers Network. Read more...
04 Jan 2008
eCopy get ‘Pick of the Year’ award for the second time from Buyers Lab Inc
eCopy have sold more than 75,000 units of their scan-to (documents straight into document management system) product. Read more...
05 Oct 2007
Bindmans, a hundred user firm, tells Citywealth about their tech plans and latest SharePoint intranet implementation
And a final word on SharePoint? “Staff morale has really improved because it’s given everyone a chance to contribute to something within the firm. We are in the middle of an office renovation but our office manager is keeping the office updated about improvements with photos and work information. It’s making people happier and they feel more connected.” Read more...
05 Oct 2007
The search gold rush
John, who founded the business in 2000, is seeing a marked increase in due-diligence-style search requests from corporates who are keen to understand any liabilities, particularly environmental, in an age where this is of increasing concern to governments and the public and legally he says “could end up ripping a company apart.” He is also getting frequent requests for merger and acquisition, due diligence reports and ‘second request’ reviews which allow the US government to do a deeper drill down should a ‘first request’ not satisfy them. Read more...
05 Oct 2007
Nathan Hayes, Head of IT and Infrastructure, Osborne Clarke
Of the fifty staff he manages he says twenty two are pure technology and Nathan spends most of his time on delivery and developing strategy. “We have globally centralised IT which we continually evolve, although we also have significant points and goals to aim for. We run IT in line with the firm strategy and ambitions. Osborne Clarke were just featured in Legal Week who reported that their profits per equity partner surged by a fifth to reach £511,00 up from £425,000 last year. Fee income rose from £74.1 to £82.8million. Nathan says managing finances has its problems. “I have to be on the ball and make decisions to purchase ahead particularly in growth phases but the balance is not to overdo it or it affects the bottom line. It would be easy to haemorrhage money.” Read more...
06 Jul 2007
CIM survey: Marketing confirmed as a high tech business
Marketers in tech companies said their role was taken seriously but benchmarking shows that vendors set budgets substantially lower than other sectors. The average was 4.5%. Read more...
06 Jul 2007
TimeKM get their Microsoft stamp of approval
TimeKM also announced a partnership with Thomson Elite this month. Read more...
06 Jul 2007
UK, Blakemores, 300 user firm select Eclipse for fifty user PI implementation
Guy Barnett, Managing Partner at Blakemores who was instrumental in the deal said. “We needed a successful volume specialist and are confident that we have found the perfect solution.” Read more...
06 Jul 2007
Recommind in London with new email management product
A recent win for their flagship product which Googelizes search and e discovery includes Davies Arnold Cooper who selected ‘MindServer Legal Platform.’ Read more...
06 Jul 2007
Lexis Nexis Martindale-Hubbell web list your lawyers with in-house counsel ratings
Although the firms listed seem to be mainly American you can read about firms such as Morgan, Lewis & Bockius who will be a comparable practice for many in London. I think its one unique point is that it shows transparently how much work each law firm is actually doing in a specific area which may prove an asset or wake up call for marketers doing beauty parade prep. Read more...
