http://www.element55.com Automatic Time Capture Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:23:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Part of our participation in the Association of Legal Administrators Educational Conference 2008 in Seattle) Foreign firms investing in the US will someday bring their firms with them - foreign firms who need US presence and will challenge US firms for talent, clients. Looking at locations where there is a lot of ... http://www.element55.com/news/2008/05/notes-on-answering-the-challenges-of-globalisation/ (Part of our participation in the Association of Legal Administrators Educational Conference 2008 in Seattle)  Trust in Relationships Best price may come at a high price - the best service and value ratio is not necessarily the low bid. "Explore the concept that price is not the only issue" "Treat vendors like your ... http://www.element55.com/news/2008/05/notes-on-vendors-are-not-the-enemy/ This was a fantastic session, in which CIOs from a range of firms could hear about what’s on the minds of the largest firms in the world. The G100 summit was a great experience for us at last year’s ILTA (I presented Legal55 to the august panel), and it sounds ... http://www.element55.com/news/2007/10/ray-at-ilta-g100-recap-on-enterprise-content-management/ I attended this session because I knew Stephanie Larson (who I worked with at Gesmer Updegrove and is now at Goodwin Procter) was running the show. The session was mostly a freewheeling Q&A with the experts in the front of the room (including a couple of LN people as well ... http://www.element55.com/news/2007/10/ray-at-ilta-interaction-roundtable-blast-off/ Major notes from the session: Systems staff want to consolidate and relocate servers/libraries. Complex library models are being abandoned in favor of unitary or binary systems (open cases vs inactive was suggested) Upgrades are getting more complicated because of the integrations among systems. Attorneys want ubiquitous access to all documents (Google cited ... http://www.element55.com/news/2007/10/ray-at-ilta-large-firm-discussion-forum/