The quarterly publication of the International Legal Technology Association
Issue link: https://epubs.iltanet.org/i/657874
72 PEER TO PEER: THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF ILTA | SPRING 2016 driven by platforms like Amazon Web Services, Microso Azure and Office 365. These cloud-enabling environments allow for faster development cycles and accelerated design, adoption and operation of mobile applications within the legal environment, regardless of device or location. In a departure from internally hosted data and systems, these vendor- or client-managed hosted environments lend themselves to collaboration with internal and external parties in addition to having increased flexibility, speed of access and performance. Collaboration As the industry shis to cloud-hosted solutions, top- tier DMS vendors have made tremendous progress in aorney-client collaboration and mobile access. DMS and third-party tools are poised to provide customized, flexible, secure options with a focus on extending the collaborative tools and abilities of the law firm's existing environment. Walking out of law school, new lawyers expect firms to have technology that allows for collaboration, mobility and enhanced functionality. Firms without a document management system (DMS) and advanced redlining, comparison and metadata stripping tools are way behind. So what lies ahead? Cloud-Enabled The old practice of using the Windows Explorer model to create a folder structure by client name with endless subfolders for maers subjected our intellectual property to far too many risks. Accidental deletion or relocation of documents seemed to happen way too oen, and the risks of forwarding clients the wrong file version, allowing access where it should not happen or not providing sufficient discovery information abounded. All these risks and liabilities should be ancient history by now. The legal technology industry is undergoing a period of tremendous advancement and change If you were given the opportunity to revisit your document management system and third-party tool selections, would you purchase the same solutions from the same vendors? What might you do differently? Are the needs of your newer, more tech-savvy professionals making you question earlier decisions? Out with the Old, In with the New (DMS) by Michael Kemps