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WaaS: You need to know what this means The concept of Software as a Service (SaaS) dates back to the 1960s. As computers became more mainstream in daily business operations, the software that made these machines work was generally a one-time purchase per version. Over the last 30 years, the majority of software was sold…
Promises of yesterday are being delivered by the technology of today: watches are becoming the phones that replaced your PC. Hardware is smaller, lighter and lasts longer on a single charge, but the biggest revolution that could come from wearables won’t be megahertz or apps. Soon, we’ll be able to have conversations with our technology…
The eDiscovery Assistant app is the first iPad application to assist attorneys with ediscovery. It takes the pain out of the ediscovery process by providing a step-by-step guide and a simplified learning curve. One of the app’s greatest virtues is its source: it was created by litigators, not software vendors. eDiscovery Assistant is on offer…
Another day, another infiltration. In 2014, more than 700 data breaches were reported across businesses, governments, and educational and financial institutions. The technology to perform attacks has become more ubiquitous and the defenses currently in place are less effective than before. In response, law firms must evaluate their own infrastructures and make the appropriate changes…
As the information age marches ahead, bringing ever-advanced forms of technology, law firms have started to adopt the various business-to-client pathways the era has developed. However, with a more accessible communication and marketing environment have come concerns over privacy and security. It is within that context that electronic gateways known as “client portals” have come…
This September, Google was granted a new patent that could shape the future of search engine algorithms in exciting ways. Better yet, much of the technology that patent might need is already in use in Google’s services. Over the years, Google has found more and more ways to bring a user’s offline behavior online, using…
Major Internet service providers are lobbying to overturn FCC rules which prevent discrimination of traffic across the internet. Their intentions are to charge companies and, possibly, end users for priority access to popular services such as Facebook or YouTube. The debate on whether some 1s and 0s are worth more than others will come down…
Law firms can save time and money by incorporating electronic signatures into their paperless workflow, but issues of legality, security and implementation must be considered. Many “paperless” offices encounter an obstacle in signatures, often resorting to printing out an electronic document in order to have it physically signed, only to scan it back into electronic…
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