What's on the minds of major law firms' IT directors? LegalWeek did a survey and the results are sometimes predictable and sometimes not.
For example, "resiliency" of the network ranks first, followed by data security. But what are the trends around centralization vs. distribution, or around outsourcing? (In a word, centralization is good provided resiliency is guaranteed, and the same for outsourcing.)
Do you separate operations from special-projects? You should.
And what about off-the-shelf vs. customized systems? Off-the-shelf is increasingly popular. Want to reduce network maintenance costs further? Allen & Overy is embracing thin clients. When you merge, how does email integration occur? Seamlessly on the surface, of course, not so easy underneath. All in all, a comprehensive survey. Happy reading.
Posted by Bruce at June 14, 2004 08:53 PM | TrackBack