eTERA Consulting named to Inc. 500

eTERA Consulting named to Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies with three year growth of 621%

By Guest Blogger: eTERA Consulting

Wave Software Sponsors D.C. Bar Panel at Masters Conference

E-Discovery Committee of the Litigation Section of the D.C. Bar to Conduct Session on Federal Government Investigations

 

ORLANDO, FL, September 29, 2010 The Masters Conference, an advanced legal educational experience, announced today that the E-Discovery Committee of the Litigation Section of the D.C. Bar will present Federal Enforcement: How Federal Government Investigations are Evolving in Response to the Cloud and Data Outsourcing at its 2010 conference. The Masters Conference 2010 theme is Litigation and Discovery in a World of Technology, and will be held October 4-6, 2010 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.

 

In this session, moderated by E-Discovery Committee Vice Chair Allison Stanton, panelists will discuss issues companies should consider when outsourcing their data with an eye towards having to one day respond to government inquiries. Specifically, the panel will discuss evolving technology, current investigation practices, and suggestions and novel approaches; how to respond to investigations when data has been outsourced.

 

Panelists include: Tracy Greer, Senior Litigation Counsel for Electronic Discovery, Antitrust Division, DOJ; John Haried, Assistant National Discovery Coordinator Executive Office of United States Attorneys; and David Shonka, Principal Deputy General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission.

 

The E-Discovery Committee of the D.C. Bar Litigation Section was founded in 2009 to address the needs of Bar members practicing in one of the most e-discovery-savvy jurisdictions in the country: Washington, D.C. In addition to developing and sponsoring education on important e-discovery topics, the Committee provides a collegial setting for attorneys from; defense bar, plaintiffs bar, government, and the litigation support industry to discuss developments in e-discovery law and cutting-edge technology. Membership in the Committee is open to all members of the D.C. Bar Litigation Section, and anyone with an interest in electronic discovery issues is invited to attend Committee meetings.

 

This session is sponsored by Wave Software, the creator of Trident Pro, an early case assessment, legal hold, litigation support and electronic data discovery technology.

 

To register for the Masters Conference, visit http://www.themastersconference.com By Guest Blogger: Wave Software

Trident Pro Helps Neal Gerber Eisenberg Manage E-Discovery Burden

Chicago Lawyer Legal Technology Update - 2010

Nina Dennison

Discovery has always been one of the most difficult aspects of litigation. With the explosion of electronic data and recent changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it has become an even more difficult, risky and expensive undertaking. Not only do our clients have so much more data to comb through, in the form of emails and other electronic data, but the timeframes to complete discovery are also shrinking while clients and attorneys are being held more accountable for the quality of their work. Read the article here: http://bit.ly/dth8OC

By Guest Blogger: Wave Software

Robert Childress III Joins LegalTech Advisory Board

Orlando-based Wave Software announced that its Co-founder and President, Robert E. Childress III has joined the Vendor Advisory Board of LegalTech. Childress will lend industry insight, expertise and vision to LegalTech’s cornerstone events. He will work with other vendor board members to help LegalTech remain as the most important legal technology event in the industry. 

Legal technology is ever changing, and LegalTech offers law firms and legal departments the ability to stay on top of this evolving industry to improve their law practice management. LegalTech offers CLE-accredited sessions and an extensive exhibition hall. Legal professionals attend LegalTech to learn about the newest advances in technology as well as network with industry leaders.

“I am honored to be a part of the LegalTech Vendor Advisory Board,” said Robert E. Childress III, Co-founder and President of Wave Software. “I look forward to collaborating with other board members while sharing knowledge and expertise in the legal technology industry. I hope to be especially helpful to LegalTech as we advance the educational and exhibit hall experience into a new level of excellence and press ahead with its leadership in the industry.”

With Childress at the helm, Wave Software’s flagship product, Trident Pro, won the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann Top Provider award, achieved LTN “Presidents Corner” in March of 2009, won a 2009 ITFlorida award, plus it won two LTN Awards: a bronze for Trident Pro De-Duplication, EDD Services Collection and a bronze for Trident Pro Near Duplicate Detection, EDD Services Identification.

Childress is a 2004/2005 National Register Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals winner and winner of the Florida Small Businessman of the Year 2005. Childress is recognized as one of the 20 most influential people in the legal software business, having held senior positions with a number of key technology corporations including Lexis-Nexis, Thomson & Thomson, Elsevier Science, CXA Inc., McGrawHill, and Shepards. While at Lexis-Nexis, Childress managed product design and software sales for legal management software products for their corporate, government and legal markets. He was one of two founders of CXA, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Childress attended University of Colorado. He has been awarded numerous government contracts from clients such as the FBI, CIA, White House and Homeland Security.

More information on Wave Software can be found at www.discoverthewave.com. For information on LegalTech visit www.legaltechshow.com.

By Guest Blogger: Wave Software

EMC Delivers Information Governance to Unstructured Content

New Additions to EMC SourceOne Portfolio Help Customers Gain Visibility and Control Over Unmanaged Information

HOPKINTON, Mass. – June 23, 2010 – EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today added two new products to the EMC^® SourceOne^™ family providing customers with the ability to cost-effectively manage growth, retention and e-discovery of unstructured content—documents, audio and video files that reside on disparate systems.  This announcement builds on existing EMC SourceOne solutions delivering a holistic approach to information governance that comprise archiving, e-discovery and visibility across multiple content types including e-mail, SharePoint and files.  EMC SourceOne’s next-generation architecture is unique and surpasses the competition in addressing the problems associated with today’s exponential content growth.  With EMC SourceOne, customers can address their most pressing information governance challenges today and realize quick time-to-value.  Information governance practices can then be expanded over time to further reduce operational costs, simplify e-discovery and mitigate risks.

 

EMC SourceOne File Intelligence

             EMC SourceOne File Intelligence provides insight into the volumes of unstructured content so customers understand what content they have, where it is stored and the value of the content.  By understanding the business value of content, organizations can use this intelligence to develop ongoing policies that align information to its value and mitigate the risks associated with unknown or unmanaged information. Unlike traditional file reporting tools, SourceOne File Intelligence allows organizations to take appropriate actions which include deleting inappropriate content such as obscene and explicit images, moving information to a secure repository like EMC Documentum^® or utilizing the SourceOne archive and/or tiered storage for long-term archiving.

            SourceOne File Intelligence is not a static tool and can be set up to run regular scans of content in file servers using basic file attributes or conduct a more complex analysis based on the file content.  By helping customers understand where unmanaged content resides, what resources it consumes and how much is redundant, SourceOne File Intelligence can lower costs, reduce risks and enhance operational performance. 

 

EMC SourceOne for File Systems

            As the newest archiving module for EMC SourceOne, EMC SourceOne for File Systems allows for the policy-based archival of inactive or duplicate content stored on file systems and enforces consistent retention and disposition policies over high volumes of unstructured content to ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.  By archiving file system and other unstructured content into a centralized, deduplicated and indexed archive, a single search can retrieve all relevant content for quick response to an investigation or e-discovery request.  Customers can also reduce operational costs and improve back-up and recovery operations by reclaiming file server capacity, eliminating redundant content and leveraging tiered storage.  Coupled with SourceOne File Intelligence, organizations can apply intelligent policies to differentiate between irrelevant and business-critical content that should be archived in a central SourceOne archive.

 

Current IT Systems are Inadequate for Managing Unstructured Content

            According to the EMC-sponsored 2010 IDC study titled, “A Digital Universe Decade, Are You Ready?,” the amount of digital information created last year grew 62 percent, 85 percent of which is unstructured content.  The amount created annually is expected to grow by a factor of 44 from 2009 to 2020 as all major forms of media – voice, TV, radio, print – complete the journey from analog to digital.  While more than 70 percent of the digital universe is generated by individuals, enterprises will have the responsibility for storing, protecting and managing 80 percent of the digital information created annually.

 

            In a recent survey of 126 business and IT professionals by Enterprise Strategy Group, 83 percent said that a comprehensive information management strategy will become even more important in the next three years.  However, it is readily apparent that there will be substantial challenges ahead of implementing these strategies.  While majority of the respondents have well-established information management policies, nearly half stated that their current IT systems to apply and enforce these policies are inadequate.  For example, 49 percent of the respondents said that they weren’t sure or did not believe that their organization consistently deleted all data inclusive of any copies when it was no longer needed for compliance, legal or business purposes.

By Guest Blogger: EMC Corporation

Brochures, Webinars, What's New

Only AccessData has Technology that Spans the Entire Litigation Lifecycle

Address Legal Matters from Litigation Hold to Trial with AccessData

AccessData Group has pioneered computer forensics and litigation support for more than twenty years. Over that time, we have grown to provide a broad spectrum of stand-alone and enterprise-class solutions that enable digital investigations of any kind, including computer forensics, incident response, eDiscovery, legal review, IP theft, compliance auditing and information assurance. More than 100,000 customers in law enforcement, government agencies, corporations and law firms around the world rely on AccessData software solutions, as well as our premier hosted review and digital investigations services. Law firms and corporations use on our market-leading AD eDiscovery solution to search for, collect, process, cull and analyze electronic evidence for the purposes of litigation. In addition, our AD Summation line of legal review and case management products, including CaseVantage and the award-winning iBlaze, are the top choice among law firms. Relying on industry-leading technology from a single vendor, organizations are able to eliminate the hassle, risk and cost associated with juggling tools and inefficient processes. AccessData Group's purpose is to make it possible for an organization address all its eDiscovery needs with one company. For more information on AccessData Group's eDiscovery solution please visit www.eDiscoveryWithAccessData.com
By Guest Blogger: AccessData Group

Nuix and kCura Announce Technology Partnership

Nuix and kCura Announce Technology Partnership

Through the Relativity Independent Software Vendor Program, Nuix and kCura Offer Integrated E-Discovery Technology

 

Nuix, a worldwide provider of electronic discovery and investigation technology, has announced it has entered into an independent software vendor (ISV) partnership with kCura, developers of the e-discovery review platform Relativity.  Relativity will utilize Nuix technology to enable end users to collect, process, investigate, cull and transfer selected data into a Relativity database without worrying about load files or other compatibility issues. 

 

“The Nuix and Relativity integration will enable users to more simply utilize a fully-audited workflow from collection through to final review, production and presentation,” commented Nuix CEO Eddie Sheehy.

 

Nuix offers the world’s most advanced e-discovery solution, which operates at speeds twenty times faster on average than its competitors, while utilizing a much smaller hardware footprint.  This has benefits including reducing the energy, man hours and processing power necessary to investigate and review data.  It also has the broadest language and file-type compatibility of any e-discovery software on the market. 

“We’re very excited to partner with Nuix,” said Andrew Sieja, president and CEO of kCura.  “Nuix is a leader in the e-discovery space, and their constant focus on innovation makes their technology a great fit for Relativity and our clients.”

 

Nuix can process data types ranging from e-mails and PSTs, to forensic images and unstructured data.  This eliminates the need to use different software and technologies for different data.  With Relativity, this processed data can be quickly reviewed and analyzed using advanced search and visualization tools including Relativity Analytics and Relativity Pivot.

 

“The Relativity-Nuix ISV partnership combines two successful and effective e-discovery software applications to create a powerful solution for our joint clients,” stated Andrew Stein, Nuix’s vice president of sales.  “Users will immediately benefit from the efficiencies created by this integration.”

 

To download the datasheet, click here.

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About Nuix

Nuix offers the world’s fastest, most complete and most advanced enterprise-wide corporate investigation and eDiscovery software. Nuix is used in over 20 countries including in the European Union, the Asia Pacific and North America by organizations such as multi-nationals, government authorities, financial institutions, corporations, professional services firms and national law enforcement agencies. See www.nuix.com for more information.

 

About kCura

kCura are the developers of the e-discovery software Relativity. Relativity is a web-based platform servicing the analysis, review, and production stages of the EDRM. In addition to document review, Relativity powers kCura’s legal hold management solution, Method, which is a workflow and notification system designed to manage legal hold and risk assessment processes. kCura helps corporations and law firms with e-discovery challenges by installing Relativity and Method on-premises, as well as providing hosted, on-demand solutions through a global network of partners in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. For more information about Relativity and Method, contact kCura at info@kcura.com or visit www.kcura.com.

By Guest Blogger: Nuix

Nuix Unveils eDiscovery SuperComputer

 

Nuix Unveils eDiscovery SuperComputer

 

Washington, DC – Nuix, a worldwide provider of eDiscovery and electronic investigation technology, has unveiled the world’s first eDiscovery SuperComputer, radically changing the way companies can manage their litigation and regulatory matters. 

 

The Nuix eDiscovery SuperComputer is an out-of-the box enterprise-grade system which can be taken on-site to enable law firms, litigation support firms, corporations, government agencies and other organizations to undertake fast and powerful early case assessments on both the smallest and largest cases.

 

It combines the highly advanced Nuix3 electronic discovery (eDiscovery) software with the latest in computer hardware to create the most powerful and portable eDiscovery processing, review and production system on the market. 

 

A few of the key features of the SuperComputer include:

• Fastest processing engine by an order of magnitude - over 2.5 TBs of data in a day, which is up to 50 times faster on average than competitors (and 2.5 times faster than Nuix’s June speed benchmark)
• Able to host up to 25 concurrent reviewers while simultaneously processing data at 100GB per hour
• Able to host over 200 concurrent reviewers when not processing
• Intuitive and simple-to-use interface that is familiar to anyone who uses email
• A single, portable server which enables litigation support personnel to process behind the corporate firewall

 

”Most organizations involved in litigation and compliance matters are very sensitive about sending great volumes of data out for processing,” commented Nuix CEO Eddie Sheehy. “The Nuix eDiscovery SuperComputer gives companies undertaking ECA the ability to scale up internally for virtually any size case and it can be done in a day, whether it is a 2GB or a 2TB case.”

 

“One US-based client using a single Nuix eDiscovery SuperComputer was able to process 1.2 million Bloomberg emails in 43 minutes,” continued Sheehy. “The client had previously processed the same batch of emails using its old system across 23 servers, which took four days to achieve the same result.”

 

A video demonstration of the Nuix eDiscovery SuperComputer at work can be viewed at http://nuix.com/eDiscovery.asp?active_page_id=309.

 

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About Nuix

Nuix offers the world’s fastest, most complete and most advanced enterprise-wide corporate investigation and eDiscovery software. Nuix is used in over 20 countries including in the European Union, the Asia Pacific and North America by organizations such as multi-nationals, government authorities, financial institutions, corporations, professional services firms and national law enforcement agencies. See www.nuix.com for more information.

By Guest Blogger: Nuix

Nuix Announced as Presenting Sponsor of The 2010 Masters Conference

Nuix Announced as Presenting Sponsor of The 2010 Masters Conference

The Masters Conference, an advanced legal educational experience, announced today that Nuix (www.nuix.com) has signed on as a presenting sponsor at its 2010 conference. Nuix is a leading provider of advanced electronic discovery (eDiscovery) and electronic investigation software. This year’s theme is “Litigation and Discovery in a World of Technology,” and will be held October 4-6, 2010 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.

 

“The Master’s Conference is a great venue to educate the legal community about the latest trends in eDiscovery. Attendees will benefit from the expertise offered in Nuix’s session, as well as all the other sessions offered,” said Nuix CEO Eddie Sheehy.

 

At the Masters Conference, Nuix will host a panel discussion titled, “The Bastardization of Early Case Assessment and the Emergence of Rapid Investigative Review” which will discuss modern approaches to electronic discovery, including how to achieve genuine Early Case Assessment (ECA), ways to manage the volume, identify key facts, and how best to make fast decisions based on solid knowledge and case understanding. The panel will be moderated by Craig Ball, an attorney, eDiscovery consultant and journalist. Panelists include Judge Paul Grimm, Chief Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and attorney and electronic disclosure expert Chris Dale.

 

“Nuix has demonstrated tremendous growth as a company as well as in terms of its reputation in the legal community, which is why we are so pleased it has expanded its sponsorship of the Masters Conference this year to be a presenting sponsor,” commented Walter Willey, Conference Director for The Masters Conference.

 

In addition to the Nuix panel, there will be additional educational topics that delve into critical, up-to-the-minute issues facing legal departments and their outside counsel.

Topics include:

• Cloud, Mobile & Global Computing

• Risk Management & Ethics

• Compliance & Legal Holds

• Litigation & Discovery

 

To register online for the Masters Conference, visit www.themastersconference.com. For sponsorship information, contact marilyn.gladden@themastersconference.com. 

 

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About Nuix

Nuix offers the world’s fastest, most complete and most advanced enterprise-wide corporate investigation and eDiscovery software. Nuix is used in over 20 countries including in the European Union, the Asia Pacific and North America by organizations such as multi-nationals, government authorities, financial institutions, corporations, professional services firms and national law enforcement agencies. See www.nuix.com for more information.

 

About the Masters Conference

Since 2006, the Masters Conference has brought together experts and leading professionals from law firms, corporations and the bench to discuss strategies, practices and resources for managing the information lifecycle. The Masters Conference is an intimate forum where legal industry professionals can share, collaborate and obtain master knowledge of the most relevant topics in the legal industry today. By limiting attendance to 350 delegates, the Masters Conference is meant to be an exclusive opportunity to learn and network with the top legal professionals in the industry without battling large crowds and an overwhelming vendor hall. For additional information on the Masters Conference, please visit www.themastersconference.com. 

By Guest Blogger: Nuix

Brochures, Webinars, What's New

AccessData Group has pioneered computer forensics and litigation support for more than twenty years. Over that time, we have grown to provide a broad spectrum of stand-alone and enterprise-class solutions that enable digital investigations of any kind, including computer forensics, incident response, eDiscovery, legal review, IP theft, compliance auditing and information assurance. More than 100,000 customers in law enforcement, government agencies, corporations and law firms around the world rely on AccessData software solutions, as well as our premier hosted review and digital investigations services. Law firms and corporations use on our market-leading AD eDiscovery solution to search for, collect, process, cull and analyze electronic evidence for the purposes of litigation. In addition, our AD Summation line of legal review and case management products, including CaseVantage and the award-winning iBlaze, are the top choice among law firms. Relying on industry-leading technology from a single vendor, organizations are able to eliminate the hassle, risk and cost associated with juggling tools and inefficient processes. AccessData Group's purpose is to make it possible for an organization address all its eDiscovery needs with one company. For more information on AccessData Group's eDiscovery solution please visit www.eDiscoveryWithAccessData.com

By Guest Blogger: Access Data

Trial Solutions Chooses Hot Neuron's Clustify to Cluster e-Discovery Documents

Trial Solutions, an e-Discovery software and services company located in Houston, TX, has announced an alliance with Hot Neuron LLC, an information retrieval software and services company.  Trial Solutions will use Hot Neuron's Clustify software to provide conceptual clustering and near-duplicate identification services to its partners and clients.  Clustify groups related documents into clusters and labels each cluster with descriptive keywords.  This labeled clustering of documents provides a quick overview of the document set, speeds up review, and ensures that related documents are reviewed together.

By Guest Blogger: Clustify / Hot Neuron LLC

Wave Software Launches Trident Pro 7.0

Wave Software to Unveil Trident Pro 7.0

Industry’s most innovative e-discovery technology now offers Unified Module, multi-core processing, data warehousing and other upgrades to help attorneys process data faster and cheaper

ORLANDO, FL., (August 23, 2010) - Orlando-based Wave Software, a leading provider of early case assessment, legal hold, litigation support and electronic data discovery technology for global corporations, today announced the release of Trident Pro 7.0. This upgrade includes a Unified Module, data warehousing, multi-threaded processing, native file viewer, OST processing, “multi-core” processing and project management workflow tools. It is used by law firms, corporate legal departments, litigation support professionals and e-discovery service providers as a cost- and time-saving tool to quickly process, filter and cull data in preparation for attorney review.

Trident Pro 7.0 has a new Unified Module allowing management of all sources and processes in a single interface. Users may de-duplicate, search interactively, preview, and export the selected results into the most popular review formats. This module essentially combines the functionality of E-mail De-Duplication, E-mail Filter/Merge/Split, File De-Duplication and Native Review Bridge and adds document previewing. Trident Pro 7.0 also includes a near-native viewer, which allows reviewers to see any documents in the file set and narrow in on the items that were responsive to the search criteria. This enables a finer level of control and better culling on the subject matter prior to releasing it for review.

Version 7.0 now has data warehousing capabilities for Trident Pro users. They will be able to search old and new data, review past clients and retrieve prior search terms. Trident Pro’s data warehouse enables case management and analysis and delivers matter information with its traditional easy–to-use interface.

The Trident Pro 7.0 upgrade provides tremendous advantages for legal professionals with its greater flexibility, speed and scalability. New features include:

• Unified Module that provides seamless processing throughout all of Trident Pro’s modules, including E-mail De-Duplication, E-mail Filter/Merge/Split, File De-Duplication and Native Review Bridge.

• Data warehousing that includes tagging capabilities and the ability to save custom labels. This feature will allow users to access and process data more quickly and easily than ever before.

• Automated crash recovery system that instantly recovers projects should Trident Pro stop processing, so the user can restart projects quickly and easily.

• Expanded data type capabilities where it can process OST (offline storage files), EDB (Microsoft Exchange Files) and OCR documents.

•  Enhanced project management tools that give users more information and allows them to make strategic decisions regarding project timelines, scope and deliverables.

• Threaded processing where data is automatically distributed to multiple processing machines that can operate simultaneously, dramatically improving processing speed.

“Wave Software’s mission and mainstay has always been its remarkable balance of flexibility, ease-of-use, speed and ability to give attorneys what they need to be successful litigators. Version 7.0 continues this tradition by giving users robust new capabilities that meet the needs of today’s electronic discovery challenges,” said Wes Hodges, Wave Software’s CTO. “The performance and workflow improvements should benefit both our extensive user community and developers looking for new e-discovery solutions.”

 

More information can be found at www.discoverthewave.com. Follow Wave Software on Twitter and Facebook.

About Wave Software

Wave Software, based in Orlando, Florida, is a leading provider of early case assessment, legal hold, litigation support and electronic data discovery technology for global corporations. Wave’s flagship product, Trident Pro, provides the fastest, most accurate de-duplication, near-duplicate detection, regeneration and export of native and foreign language electronic files. Trident Pro includes Native Review Bridge technology that automatically maps and loads processed e-discovery data into kCura’s Relativity, CT Summation, iCONECT, LexisNexis Concordance and other common review platforms. Trident Pro software provides litigators in-house capability to cut down data sets to manageable amounts and then upload onto repositories for review and production. Trident Pro won the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann Top Provider award, 2009 ITFlorida award and two LTN Awards in 2009. For more information, visit www.discoverthewave.com.

By Guest Blogger: Wave Software

Edge Legal Marketing and Masters Conference Partner

Minneapolis, MN AND Orlando, FL – September 22, 2010 –Edge Legal Marketing, a marketing and public relations firm serving the needs of companies targeting the legal market, and Masters Conference, an advanced legal educational experience, have partnered to bring The Edge Room—a “green” version of the old press room—to the 2010 conference. This year’s conference theme is “Litigation and Discovery in a World of Technology,” and will be held Oct. 4-6, 2010 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.

 

The Edge Room is a “green” initiative and will enable sponsors and exhibitors to easily upload their company information and show announcements. Exhibitors can also elect to have their news distributed to The Edge Room’s social media outlets for further market penetration. This gives exhibitors expanded announcement coverage and it gives members of the media electronic access to preview this information and plan their stories or meeting itineraries for the conference.

 

“We believe The Edge Room is the press room of the future. Historically, an event press room contained stacks of exhibitor media kits, resulting in a large amount of paper waste generated after each show,” explained Amy Juers, CEO and founder of Edge Legal Marketing. “We are excited to partner with the Masters Conference. The Edge Room relieves media from having to tote a large volume of media kits, and exhibitors decrease their media kit production time and paper waste. Exhibitors have peace of mind that their press announcements and media kits get into the hands of the media, and best of all, The Edge Room helps out the environment.”

 

Media interested in gaining access to The Edge Room to preview information submitted by exhibitors at the Masters Conference 2010 will be given a unique username and password. They will be able to plan their time prior to attending the show, and will have online access to search, view and download information submitted by the companies in attendance.

 

Legal professionals can also watch what is happening at the conference via The Edge Room’s social media outlets. Learn more at www.theedgeroom.com, or connect via Twitter, LinkedIn or The Edge Room Blog.

 

Exhibitors and sponsors will receive access to The Edge Room today. Deadline to post information to The Edge Room is Thursday, September 30, 2010. If you are a member of the media and would like to request a free press pass or would like access to The Edge Room, contact lgarrett@EdgeLegalMarketing.com.

 

The Masters Conference brings together leading experts and professionals from law firms, corporations and the bench to develop strategies, practices and resources for managing the information lifecycle. This year’s conference will focus on how corporations can protect themselves against the risks associated with global, mobile and cloud-based opportunities and challenges. It delves into legal hold strategies, international privacy laws, high profile scandals, security breaches, IP threats, increased litigation, audits and regulatory investigations. To learn more about the conference, visit www.themastersconference.com.

 

About the Masters Conference

Since 2006, the Masters Conference has brought together experts and leading professionals from law firms, corporations and the bench to discuss strategies, practices and resources for managing the information lifecycle. The Masters Conference is an intimate forum where legal industry professionals can share, collaborate and obtain master knowledge of the most relevant topics in the legal industry today. By limiting attendance to 350 delegates, the Masters Conference is meant to be an exclusive opportunity to learn and network with the top legal professionals in the industry without battling large crowds and an overwhelming vendor hall. For additional information on the Masters Conference, please visit www.themastersconference.com.

 

About Edge Legal Marketing

Edge Legal Marketing (www.EdgeLegalMarketing.com) delivers marketing and public relations expertise to service, software and hardware providers targeting the legal market. They help B2B businesses market and sell their products and services to corporate legal departments, law firms, federal and state courts and legal associations. Edge Legal Marketing services include strategic planning, marketing and e-marketing action plans, alliance building, Web site development, market research, public relations and advertising (concept and media plans).

 

 

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Media Contact:

Carolyn Depko

Director of Media Relations

Edge Legal Marketing

732-533-5491

cdepko@EdgeLegalMarketing.com

 

Conference Contact:

Masters Conference

Marilyn Gladden

Global Client Relations Director

Marilyn.gladden@themastersconference.com

By Guest Blogger: Amy Juers

Interview with Connie Moser of American LegalNet at ILTA 2010

Interview with Connie Moser of American LegalNet during exhibit hall hours at ILTA in Las Vegas August 2010

Interview with Bill Ho of Biscom at ILTA 2010

The Biscom Delivery Service (BDS) team headed to Las Vegas last week and exhibited at the International Legal Technology Association’s 2010 conference. ILTA's Peer to Peer featured BDS a few months back. Here is Bill Ho, VP internet products talking about the new BDS 4.0 release, as well as their new iManage integration module.

More notes from ILTA educational session on Day 2!

Jennifer Marsnik from Edge Legal Marketing attended another interesting ILTA session on Tuesday afternoon – SaaS as a Strategic Option to Control Litigation Costs. Her notes ~Panelists Michael Lackey from Mayer Brown LLP, Jonathan Mass from Ernst & Young LLP, and Jack Halprin from Autonomy iManage shared an insightful discussion debating the pros and cons to hosting data internally versus using software as a service (SaaS). A good question posed in response to concerns about data security – how many of us really know how secure our data is today, regardless of where it’s currently residing? In-house systems are sometimes less secure than the cloud. Key takeaways: firms are driven by the same economics as most corporations and need to educate decision makers, addressing their fears or concerns head-on. Revenue isn’t going up so costs must come down for firms to gain a competitive advantage. The lowest price does not necessarily equal the lowest cost. Capable project management is critical; lawyers are not PMs.

According to Mr. Lackey, a Sedona Conference () committee is actively working on updated standards for data hosting. Good news for firms negotiating SLAs with their vendors; this should assist in defining process/procedures related to issues including overall data handling, staff training, and what happens to the data after a case is over.

Tip offered to firms: don’t enter into 3rd party data hosting agreements – instead, offer clients a list of “preferred providers” or recommendations for reputable hosting vendors. It’s about risk management, on many levels.

Meetings and Greetings at ILTA 2010 ~ fun movie of cocktail reception

On Monday night at ILTA there was a Vendor Reception, Viva ILTA Vendors! The hall was transformed into an "old style" Vegas lounge for exhibitors. Members strolled from one club or lounge act to the next and make stops at exhibitor booths while enjoying local food and drink. Enjoy this quick clip movie of various fun booths that were visited during the vendor reception!