The quarterly publication of the International Legal Technology Association
Issue link: https://epubs.iltanet.org/i/448505
PEER TO PEER: THE QUARTERLY MAGA ZINE OF ILTA 38 industry has shifted from debating if that transition will take place to debating when it will take place. When we discussed with John Anderson how the legal industry has been hesitant to embrace cloud computing and how that might affect Matter Center adoption, he agreed with the notion that running SharePoint, Exchange, Lync, etc. on-premise will soon be a thing of the past. He also noted that leveraging the Matter Center in a hybrid model is an incremental step toward the cloud, which could be beneficial. He also highlighted the success of other cloud-based DMS vendors in legal, like NetDocuments, as evidence that Microsoft is not alone in moving away from on-premise solutions. Anderson also pointed out that SharePoint is already a strategic platform for many law firms including Shook, Hardy and Bacon, and leveraging that existing investment for document management purposes is an attractive proposition. MOVING FORWARD The ideas behind Matter Center represent the first significant attempt at a DMS that does not hamper the functionality of Office applications and mobility. The legal vertical should be pleased — the major DMS vendors will need to be more innovative in order to compete. It is still too early to tell how well Matter Center will perform in real-world scenarios. There are sure to be revisions before it is released to the public. Microsoft is up against vendors who are well-entrenched in this space, but it has the resources to deliver a quality experience. Applications, services and document storage are moving to the cloud, and if Microsoft has its way, Matter Center will be the best way for the legal vertical to manage it all. FEATURES pdfDocs 4 3 applications in 1 info@docscorp.com | www.docscorp.com 1 Single Document mode Create, print, edit a PDF. 2 Organizer Project mode Collate multiple documents from multiple sources. Output as a single PDF. 3 Binder Project mode Import document folders and sub-folders from a project into an electronic PDF binder. Do more with pdfDocs 4... Check out more on why Microsoft's Matter Center matters at mattercentermatters.com