by Bruce | July 26, 2004 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Technology strategy
What is the proper role of a CIO in a law firm (or in a large corporation)? Too often, the answer is painfully unclear, and it reflects the "can’t live with it, can’t live without it" attitude many non-geeks have towards technology. ...
by Bruce | July 12, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Technology strategy
CIO Magazine, normally what I would characterize as a publication with a somewhat retiring approach to matters, headlines on this month’s cover, "The Sarbox Conspiracy." Who’s conspiring against whom? A brief historic detour, first: ...
by Bruce | June 16, 2004 | Articles, Technology strategy
In the Paleolithic Era of the Internet, one of my favorite destinations was "Really Useful Sites." Here one found an updated-daily list of sites where one could actually accomplish something—from an online thesaurus to (shock and awe!) being able...
by Bruce | June 14, 2004 | Articles, Technology strategy
What’s on the minds of major law firms’ IT directors? LegalWeek did a survey and the results are sometimes predictable and sometimes not. For example, "resiliency" of the network ranks first, followed by data security. But what are...
by Bruce | June 10, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Technology strategy
As an alum of its law school, Stanford’s extraordinary difficulties moving from a 20+-year old mainframe system to Oracle and PeopleSoft, as recounted in this Baseline article, give me great pain. Admittedly, Stanford was trying to take products that live and...
by Bruce | June 8, 2004 | Articles, Technology strategy
InfoWorld has a cover story on whether VoIP is ready for prime-time. It’s comprehensive, and I highly recommend it for anyone considering such a move. Among other topics discussed is, especially for law firms, the all-important issue of...