At least according to an HP global survey. A global survey undertaken by HP found that less than half of business decision-makers have a high confidence level in the quality and accessibility of information within their organisations. The survey, and the linked article seem very focused on the need to retrieve information as part of…
I was reading Josh Gilliland’s post from yesterday about being careful not to break client confidentiality in your online networking status messages. Here is how the risk of disclosure is possible: a Facebook user posts a status message they deem harmless, such as “I just landed ‘Company A’ as a client and have a bunch…
I spotted this on a link from one of the many people I follow on Twitter this evening, The Lit Support Trainer’s Blog. It’s relatively new, but I’m interested in seeing something dedicated to training others to do Lit Support work. As a Certified Summation Trainer, I’ve done a bit of training in our firm…
I’ve seen a number of big names in the E-Discovery industry emphasizing the need for some basic technology education as part of the law school curriculum, especially as it relates to e-Discovery. In the last couple of days, I’ve also seen a couple of articles that highlight a couple of areas where just a little…
Normally, I respect what Preston Galla writes about over at Computerworld, but yesterday’s article just seemed like a whole lot of FUD to me. The BBC reports that researchers at the University of Texas at Austin were able to take completely anonymous data from Flickr and Twitter, run an algorithm on it, and from that…
Image by ogal via Flickr In the course of a conversation with a peer in the Litigation Support industry last week about best practices, a question struck me, that I don’t really have an answer for. I’ve always believed that when it came time to process, or search, collected data that came in from a…