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Durgesh Sharma, CIO at Littler Mendelson, has said,
"Anyone building from scratch at this point is developing
cloud natively." And that, "Cloud-native solutions are
winning the race to meet the immediate demands of
consumers, including true scalability, seamless integration
opportunities, compliance with data sovereignty laws and
other local regulations, and the ability to bring solutions
to market quickly. On-prem technology vendors that are
supporting their current products and simultaneously
trying to build a cloud solution are naturally going to lag
behind, and the user experience could suffer because the
vendor's resources are stretched too thinly."
Single-Click Automation
Dan Hauck recently penned a blog article in conjunction
with NetDocuments' acquisition of Afterpattern, a
document automation platform. The strategic vision will
help legal teams easily create complex automations that
result in the generation of legal documents needed to
power their organizations. Says Dan, "We talked to dozens
of customers recently about what they need. Consistently,
they pointed to the requirement for repeatable outputs
that let them run their legal operations at greater scale and
higher efficiency than ever before. That's how they win
more business and ensure high-quality results for their
clients. But what stood out most in talking with customers
is their desire for this document and workflow automation
to be built right into the NetDocuments platform."
It makes sense. NetDocuments is the largest
cloud platform where legal professionals do work, and
creating these documents is part of how lawyers execute
their work. Bringing document automation directly to
NetDocuments — where the matter, workspace templates,
security access, tasks, and so much more are already
present — makes it easier and faster to automate. More
details are coming in Q3 2022.
Combating the Great Resignation with
Rewarding Technology
While there are complex reasons for the recent "Great
Resignation," what's resulted is an epic search for talent
with dramatic wage increases and recruiters struggling
to staff open positions. Not only do you need a DMS
that helps you eliminate data leakage and the loss of
knowledge as talent leaves, you also need a platform that
is intuitive, collaboration-friendly, and makes it easy
to access legacy information and quickly onboard new
lawyers and staff.
Luke Schnoebelen, Director of Professional
Development at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P, sees
technology playing a significant role in the future of
employee satisfaction and well-being. "The 'Great
Resignation' is presenting new opportunities to get creative
with how technology supports an individual's success." He
adds, "Leaders need to keep a fresh pulse
on how their people are doing and encourage the
automation of administrative tasks that could free up time
for more meaningful work, upskilling, and building better
business relationships."
Organizations that attract and retain top talent will
be utilizing tech that promotes efficiencies and contributes
to a healthy work-life balance.
Privacy & Security as-a-Service
A recent security report in the UK and analysis by
NetDocuments, reveals that 68% of identified data
breaches in the UK legal sector were caused by insiders.
This highlights the need for law firms to prioritize
addressing threats from within and invest in the latest
data security and governance controls. A corresponding
ILTA webinar with NetDocuments shares how firms can
maintain security standards amidst the Great Resignation
and internal cybersecurity risks.
