Dennis Kennedy

September 02, 2008

Master Your Disaster - Online Backup

My new column in the ABA Journal, Mastering Your Disaster, is out and, even though it was written a couple of months ago, it seems especially timely in these Gustavian days.

The topic is online storage and backup and the role it can and should play in your disaster recovery and other planning. I consider some practical approaches for using online storage, its benefits and limitations, and some of the services now available.

The money quote:

Should online storage be part of your backup and disaster recovery plan? The short answer is yes, but only as one part of a layered backup strategy and only if you do your due diligence on the online storage provider.

I welcome your comments on the column.

[Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)]

Now Available! The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell. Check out the companion website for the book at LawyersGuidetoCollaboration.com.

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September 01, 2008

Gone Biking

Ah, back to the blog after spending time at the excellent ILTA '08 conference and the holiday weekend.

I got in quite a bit of seat time on my bike over the weekend (120 miles), with a 50-mile ride this morning.

Here's a picture of the technology I use for cycling:

The bike was conceived, selected and created for me by cyclist extraordinaire, old school bike designer (yes, it has a lugged frame), and high school classmate, Howard Smith. When it comes to technology, it's one of my favorites.

I'll be getting back to legal technology observations and reflections on ILTA shortly.

[Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)]

Now Available! The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell.

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August 19, 2008

See You at ILTA?

I've been working on the finishing touches for the slides Tom Mighell and I will be using for our presentations at the ILTA conference next week and noticing that I'm getting excited about going to the ILTA conference - one of the biggest and best legal technology conferences every year. If you're interested in legal technology and haven't yet been to ILTA, you simply have to find a way to attend it at some point - like this year.

Tom and I are pleased to get the chance to do presentations on two topics related to our new book. Here are the details:

Communications and Collaboration Tools Track Collaboration Tools and Technologies for Lawyers 8/26/2008 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Collaboration technologies and tools are the most important current developments in legal technology and are likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. During this session, the speakers discuss collaboration technologies for law firms, review tools and explore alternative platforms.

Information Management Track Legal Aspects of Collaboration Tools (Blogs, Wikis, MashUps, IM, Text Messages, Social Networks and More) 8/27/2008 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Collaboration technologies help promote information sharing, efficiency, cost reduction and can provide competitive advantages. How does the legal environment deal with the information overload and the security of confidential information escaping the realm of the organization? What aspects of legal information need to be considered to help determine how collaboration tools should be utilized in the legal world (and when they should not)? What policies must be in place to protect the shared information?

Please note that the two sessions will be quite different in focus and you can happily attend both sessions without much overlap in material. We're also working on a way to give away a copy of our book at each session.

I can already tell that I'll have my usual hectic schedule at ILTA, but, as always, would be more than happy to get the chance to meet and visit with readers of this blog at the conference. Please feel free to tap me on the shoulder and say hello. Or email me to let me know you'll be there.

For everyone attending the conference, I highly recommend the new ILTA blog, ILTA08Conference's Weblog, which already has some great practical information and should be a great way to keep up with what's happening at the conference.

I'll try to post a time or two from ILTA, but I'm notoriously a bad liveblogger at events.

[Originally posted on DennisKennedy.Blog (http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/)]

Now Available! The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell. See the companion site for the book.

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