There's a new – and free – LinkedIn app for the Blackberry. It's available to download from the Blackberry app store or from http://m.linkedin.com/blackberry/download Despite not being particular fans of LinkedIn, we've tried it: it works (always useful) - it offers full integration with Blackberry’s existing email, calendar and contacts applications - and the interface has a lot of neat touches, to the extent that the user experience is not second class when compared with the standard web browser interface.
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Wednesday, March 31
New LinkedIn app for Blackberry
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Charles Christian
on Wed 31 Mar 2010 17:29 BST
Normal service will be resumed
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Charles Christian
on Wed 31 Mar 2010 10:09 BST
EDF, the electricity powerlines maintenance company that likes to say F*** You to its customers, has just switched off the power in the Insider's part of East Anglia – without giving any advance notification – so we are back to laptops, dongles and Blackberrys. Normal service will be resumed – sometime.
Tuesday, March 30
Sharepoint to takeover the World part II: Open Text draw their line in the sand
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Charles Christian
on Tue 30 Mar 2010 09:05 BST
Now we have some news from Open Text on their approach to Planet Microsoft and the Sharepoint Death Star (or not as the case may be) and we quote...
Open Text has announced the following Microsoft compatibility dates and commitments. • Open Text eDOCS DM will support the 32 bit Edition of Windows 7 from the end of April. • Open Text has committed to ship eDOCS DM version 5.3 within 90 days of Microsoft releasing Office 2010 and will include full integration with Office 2010 in that release. • DM 5.3 will also include support for the 64 bit Edition of Windows 7. At this stage we expect eDOCS DM 5.3 to ship sometime between July and September. • Open Text has committed to ship Content Lifecycle Management Services for SharePoint within 90 days of Microsoft releasing SharePoint 2010. CLM Services for SharePoint is the archiving and storage optimisation platform that underpins the Open Text LIM product. • A SharePoint 2010 compatible version of Legal Information Management (LIM) is also being developed and a release schedule will be announced shortly. Monday, March 29
Rumour du Jour: Sharepoint set to take over world?
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Charles Christian
on Mon 29 Mar 2010 09:00 BST
There are rumours (we've now heard from vendors, integrators, consultancies and law firms) going around that a number of large UK law firms are set to abandon their traditional DMS proprietary platform strategies and switch over to Microsoft Sharepoint – either with bespoke projects or going with the Open Text LIM option. There are also suggestions that the next few weeks will see swapouts from at least one Autonomy iManage DMS site – an added factor here being Open Text will be offering Windows 7 compatibility ahead of Autonomy. We will keep you posted – meanwhile that sound you hear coming out of Clifford's Inn/Chancery Lane is Jan Durant of Lewis Silkin laughing as she says "I told you so".
Saturday, March 27
Vinasty - the award
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Charles Christian
on Sat 27 Mar 2010 09:08 GMT
Following on from an earlier story, last night (Friday 26 March) Vin Murria was named Asian Businesswoman of the Year at the Asian Business Awards.
Friday, March 26
Workshare & Tikit take swipe at DocsCorp
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Charles Christian
on Fri 26 Mar 2010 09:46 GMT
Following on from a story in this week's Legal Technology Insider that DocsCorp had scored a number of new orders from UK law firms for its pdfDocs Desktop and compareDocs software – including from Mills & Reeve – both Workshare and their channel partner Tikit have been in touch to say "Oi !"
Workshare emailed in to say... "March’s LTi claims a ‘raft of new law firm wins’ for Docscorp. No details are provided what products were sold but the implication is they include document comparison. We feel obliged to point out that some of the firms mentioned have actually renewed their Workshare licenses and even looking to purchase more. We hear that one of the so called Docscorp ‘wins’ in a larger account was for only 4, yes 4 seats. Four of the ‘wins’ have less than 100 lawyers in total. Since the previous public announcement of a Docscorp win (March’09) Workshare has won or renewed over 20,000 licenses in the UK alone. Now that really is worth shouting about. And Tikit emailed in to say... I read that Docsorp have now sold their comparison software to Mills & Reeve – this isn’t the case. M&R have bought a grand total of 4 licenses of JUST the PDF software and in fact just renewed Workshare. I have to admire their spirit though! Thursday, March 25
SDLT and the Scrumpy Budget
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Charles Christian
on Thu 25 Mar 2010 11:03 GMT
In the aftermath of yesterday's 'Scrumpy' Budget were some announcements that have implications for Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) – software developers in England & Wales may want to check out the links in this HMRC circular, sent out at 9:00 this morning. However how is the exemption for first time buyers is going to be policed? And how does a solicitor know that the buyer is telling the truth and does indeed qualify for the exemption?
Dear Developer The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in yesterday's Budget a number of measures affecting Stamp Duty Land Tax. For details, please follow the links below: BN24 - SDLT Rate & Thresholds http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2010/bn24.htm BN25 - SDLT First Time Buyers http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2010/bn25.htm BN26 - SDLT Partnerships http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2010/bn26.htm If you have any queries, please contact SDS team. Regards, Software Developers Support Team | Information Management Services | Benefits, Credits & Specialist Units Portfolio HM Revenue & Customs
Land Registry Direct gets stay of execution
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Charles Christian
on Thu 25 Mar 2010 08:30 GMT
Our thanks to reader who forwarded this email to us overnight...
I am now advised that LRD (Land Registry Direct) will in fact remain available, to existing users only, until the end of April. A general email will be issued tomorrow afternoon to all portal customers and those who have submitted their applications to date advising of the decision. I am out of the office until Monday but the email should explain the rationale behind the move. ... Adam Hookway, Land Registry
Wednesday, March 24
March issue of Legal Technology Insider newsletter (UK/EMEA edition) out now
by
Charles Christian
on Wed 24 Mar 2010 16:34 GMT
The March issue of the Legal Technology Insider newsletter (UK + EMEA edition) is out now. Digital copies are already landing on desktops and print version will be arriving from tomorrow (Thursday). The next issue is out on 29th April (deadline 23 April).
The March issue is a 10-pager (and as an extra treat our printers appeared to have used an hallucinatory ink) with top stories including: • LexisNexis unveils its latest strategy for its IT business • Why custom XML will not be coming to a PC near you • Plus a round-up of the latest legal IT events, including news of a new party networking event – called Legally High that is being organised by Workshare, along with Abbyy, Tikit, Scalable Solutions, Ricoh and others on 12th May. Held on the top 2 floors of the Gherkin the theme is ‘retro in the metro’ and strictly by invitation only. We've also got a round-up of all the runners and riders taking part in charity fundraising events over the next couple of months, including the London (or Virgin) Marathon. Monday, March 22
Vinasty, part 97: Vin Murria nominated for award
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Charles Christian
on Mon 22 Mar 2010 16:00 GMT
The nominations for the Eastern Eye Asian Business Awards 2010 have just been announced and in the running for the Asian Businesswoman of the Year is... Vin Murria – best known in the legal IT sector for her work with CSG, now part of the IRIS Legal group. Here's the formal nomination wording... Vinodka Murria from Holborn is the Chief Executive of Advanced Computer Software Plc, an AIM-listed healthcare software acquisition vehicle with a market cap of £120m, an impressive achievement for a company which launched less than two years ago. Professionally, Vin is one of the shining lights of the software sector in the UK. Her 20-year career has spanned venture capital, private equity, chief executive and operational roles, with a strong focus on mergers & acquisitions. Vin’s working life began just after she had finished her A levels, when with a place at university awaiting her, she went to work for her father, who was in danger of losing his corner shop. She also finds time to support the PS Foundation which pays for the education of children in Amritsar and Delhi, the cities her family trace their roots back to. |
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