As the leading global provider of enterprise legal management software and services, Datacert knows what it takes to successfully deploy and maximize the value of legal technology in a corporate legal department. In this podcast series, Datacert tech experts in areas such as legal business intelligence, cloud-based services, usability, matter management, and training and knowledge transfer, share best practices and provide listeners with actionable, practical advice to take their legal technology to the next level. http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/ (c) www.LegalTalkNetwork.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en Tue, 2 Oct 2012 10:52:52 -0400 admin@legaltalknetwork.com (admin) Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:18:52 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.3.1) http://www.feedforall.com Tech Experts As the leading global provider of enterprise legal management software and services, Datacert knows what it takes to successfully deploy and maximize the value of legal technology in a corporate legal department. In this podcast series, Datacert tech experts in areas such as legal business intelligence, cloud-based services, usability, matter management, and training and knowledge transfer, share best practices and provide listeners with actionable, practical advice to take their legal technology to the next level. Legal Talk Network Legal Talk Network admin@legaltalknetwork.com Datacert, legal software, legal technology, corporate legal, in-house legal, cloud services, matter management, spend management, business intelligence, reporting, training, best practices no no http://www.legaltalknetwork.com/RSS/TE_144.jpg http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/ 144 144 Good usability and user interface design are keys to ensuring that law department staff embrace your department’s technology investments. In this edition of Tech Experts, join usability expert, Yusuke Morita, Associate Principal Developer at Datacert, for a window into the thought process behind the design of a really user-friendly application. Learn what design elements create "ease-of-use" so you can better identify systems your staff will readily adopt and enjoy using. http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/2012/10/experience-user-friendly-systems/ http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/2012/10/experience-user-friendly-systems/ Tue, 2 Oct 2012 10:48:44 -0400 Experience User-Friendly Systems Good usability and user interface design are keys to ensuring that law department staff embrace your department’s technology investments. In this edition of Tech Experts, join usability expert, Yusuke Morita, Associate Principal Developer at Datacert, for a window into the thought process behind the design of a really user-friendly application. Learn what design elements create "ease-of-use" so you can better identify systems your staff will readily adopt and enjoy using. 12:31 Datacert Yusuke Morita, Datacert, matter management, spend management, usability, user interface, UI design, user-friendly, user adoption, legal software vendors, software design, legal applications no no For today’s corporate law departments faced with the challenge of doing more with less, a legal matter and spend management system is almost an imperative. In this edition of Tech Experts, Mandy Purington, a Managing Director in Datacert’s professional services group, shares best practices and practical tips for keeping your department’s legal matter and spend management system implementation project on-time and on-budget, while also ensuring that it supports your department’s long-term technology strategy. http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/2012/09/execute-a-long-term-technology-strategy/ http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/2012/09/execute-a-long-term-technology-strategy/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:17:09 -0400 Execute a Long-Term Technology Strategy For today’s corporate law departments faced with the challenge of doing more with less, a legal matter and spend management system is almost an imperative. In this edition of Tech Experts, Mandy Purington, a Managing Director in Datacert’s professional services group, shares best practices and practical tips for keeping your department’s legal matter and spend management system implementation project on-time and on-budget, while also ensuring that it supports your department’s long-term technology strategy. 10:34 Datacert Mandy Purington, Datacert, matter management, spend management, matter management best practices, system design, implementation project, data migration, data mapping, user adoption, legal software vendors, software implementation no no All too often, law departments underestimate the powerful impact that training can have on a software implementation project. In fact, as a key driver of user adoption, training can be the difference between a project’s ultimate success or failure. In this edition of Tech Experts, join Kevin Gaudet, Director of Instruction and Training Development at Datacert, as he guides you through best practices for planning and executing an effective training and knowledge transfer strategy that will drive user adoption of your new system and help maximize your return-on-investment. http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/2012/08/maximize-your-technology-investment/ http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/2012/08/maximize-your-technology-investment/ Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:33:08 -0400 Maximize Your Technology Investment All too often, law departments underestimate the powerful impact that training can have on a software implementation project. In fact, as a key driver of user adoption, training can be the difference between a project’s ultimate success or failure. In this edition of Tech Experts, join Kevin Gaudet, Director of Instruction and Training Development at Datacert, as he guides you through best practices for planning and executing an effective training and knowledge transfer strategy that will drive user adoption of your new system and help maximize your return-on-investment. 17:37 Datacert Kevin Gaudet, Datacert, training, internal communications plan, training strategy, training services, user adoption, training curriculum, matter management, spend management, legal software vendors no no Corporate law departments want to improve their use of data and reporting to make smarter, more strategic business decisions - the question is, "how?" In this edition of Tech Experts, join Rashad Porter, Director of Business Intelligence Strategy & Solutions at Datacert, for a discussion of the Legal Business Intelligence Maturity Model. Rashad uses this tool to help you realistically evaluate where your department’s reporting stands now and outline actionable steps you can take towards becoming more strategic in your use of metrics to manage. http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/2012/08/accelerate-your-use-of-metrics/ http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/2012/08/accelerate-your-use-of-metrics/ Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:22:54 -0400 Accelerate Your Use of Metrics Corporate law departments want to improve their use of data and reporting to make smarter, more strategic business decisions - the question is, "how?" In this edition of Tech Experts, join Rashad Porter, Director of Business Intelligence Strategy & Solutions at Datacert, for a discussion of the Legal Business Intelligence Maturity Model. Rashad uses this tool to help you realistically evaluate where your department’s reporting stands now and outline actionable steps you can take towards becoming more strategic in your use of metrics to manage. 12:36 Datacert analysis, analytics, business intelligence, Datacert, key performance indicators, KPIs, legal software vendors, matter management, Metrics, Rashad Porter, scorecard, spend management no no The use of cloud-based services and technology is top-of-mind for many law departments today, who wonder, "Is the cloud really secure enough to store my company’s confidential legal data?" In this edition of Tech Experts, information security expert, Joe McMorris, VP of Information Technology at Datacert, will explore this question and offer practical advice about the critical information security and compliance questions you should ask before entrusting a cloud-based legal software vendor with your data. http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/2012/07/secure-your-legal-data-in-the-cloud/ http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/tech-experts/2012/07/secure-your-legal-data-in-the-cloud/ Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:57:35 -0400 Secure Your Legal Data in the Cloud The use of cloud-based services and technology is top-of-mind for many law departments today, who wonder, "Is the cloud really secure enough to store my company’s confidential legal data?" In this edition of Tech Experts, information security expert, Joe McMorris, VP of Information Technology at Datacert, will explore this question and offer practical advice about the critical information security and compliance questions you should ask before entrusting a cloud-based legal software vendor with your data. 12:51 Datacert Joe McMorris, Datacert, cloud-based, legal software, information security, disaster recovery, ISO 27001, private cloud, SOC 1, IT audits, matter management, spend management no no