Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Rick Borstein, the Business Development Manager specializing in the Acrobat-Legal Market for Adobe Systems Inc. Rick also writes the popular Acrolaw blog. We discussed the evolution of PDF and the efficiencies it creates.

I spoke with Neil Araujo, the CEO of Autonomy iManage, which focuses on applying technology to a variety of information processing tools for law firms and corporate legal departments, including records management, legal hold, and early case assessment. We discussed the key evolutionary changes in legal technology since Araujo founded iManage in 1995, the advantages of the trend in corporate collaborations, and the trajectory of the industry over the next year.

I spoke with Neil Araujo, the CEO of Autonomy iManage, which focuses on applying technology to a variety of information processing tools for law firms and corporate legal departments, including records management, legal hold, and early case assessment. We discussed the key evolutionary changes in legal technology since Araujo founded iManage in 1995, the advantages of the trend in corporate collaborations, and the trajectory of the industry over the next year.

I spoke with Kurt Jensen, the President and CEO of Daegis, an e-discovery professional services company. We discussed the company's position in the market and the trajectory of the e-discovery industry in 2010.

I spoke with Jim McGann, the Vice President of Marketing for Index Engines, a provider of tools to manage data and make ESI more accessible. We discussed the company's receipt of the gold LTN Award for Best New Product of the Year for its unified discovery platforms, as well as the silver LTN Awards for litigation support software and records management software. We also focused on how technology is transforming the accessibility of data discussion and the evolution of that issue over the next year.

I spoke with Jim McGann, the Vice President of Marketing for Index Engines, a provider of tools to manage data and make ESI more accessible. We discussed the company's receipt of the gold LTN Award for Best New Product of the Year for its unified discovery platforms, as well as the silver LTN Awards for litigation support software and records management software. We also focused on how technology is transforming the accessibility of data discussion and the evolution of that issue over the next year.

I spoke with Steve Butterworth, the President of BigHand, Inc., a voice productivity and digital dictation application in the professional services market. We discussed the difference between dictation and speech recognition, encouraging the adoption by junior legal professionals, the role mobility plays and how BigHand address firm/user productivity, streamline workflows, and increase client service. My colleague, Brett Burney, discusses BigHand and the digital dictation trend in No Robotics from the February issue of Law Technology News.

I spoke with Steve Butterworth, the President of BigHand, Inc., a voice productivity and digital dictation application in the professional services market. We discussed the difference between dictation and speech recognition, encouraging the adoption by junior legal professionals, the role mobility plays and how BigHand address firm/user productivity, streamline workflows, and increase client service. My colleague, Brett Burney, discusses BigHand and the digital dictation trend in No Robotics from the February issue of Law Technology News.

I spoke with Mike Agron, the co-principal and executive webinar producer of WebAttract, an end-to-end service to drive demand generation via informational webinars, including project and technical management, collaborative content development, and high-impact audience recruitment. We discussed the history of WebAttract, the surge in interest and popularity in webinars, the types of webinars being promoted, and the biggest challenges in producing and delivering webinars.