We were tweeting about it yesterday but in case you missed it, here is the link to the Daily Telegraph report that kicked off the whole Microsoft or Oracle to buy Autonomy rumour earlier in the week. Given it is a slow week for news, we suspect it is just that: rumours.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/marketreport/7976048/Takeover-gossip-helps-FTSE-100-leap-2.7pc.html
Still, if it were true... if Microsoft takes them, that acquisition would be purely about search – Microsoft have no intent of carrying forward a DMS solution side by side with SharePoint. And, if it is Oracle? Well, if you look at how well Oracle integrated Stellent, the outlook would be bleak for the iManage business.
Still on the subject of rumours, we're also hearing another hoary old chestnut: that the Tikit Group is about to be bought by either LexisNexis or Thomson Reuters (where it would become the European arm of the Hildebrandt Baker Robbins business). We don't believe this one either – well not this year – however we look forward to Tikit's interim results next Thursday 9th September.
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Friday, September 3
Those Autonomy rumours again
by
Charles Christian
on Fri 03 Sep 2010 10:04 BST
Thursday, September 2
Public Service Announcement: work now started on September American Insider
by
Charles Christian
on Thu 02 Sep 2010 14:00 BST
Good morning New York: work has now started on the September issue on the American Legal Technology Insider (ALTi) newsletter – we'll be publishing on Thursday 9th September.
At the risk of spoiling your Labor Day long weekend, the drop-dead deadline is close of business (PST) on next Tuesday 7 September. Also, as part of a realignment of our news coverage, from the September issue ALTi will also be carrying global legal IT news from the rest of the world* including Australian & Asia-Pacific news. * With the exception of UK & EMEA news which will continue to be the brief of the 'classic' Insider newsletter.
Head of IT wanted for SFO
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Charles Christian
on Thu 02 Sep 2010 11:02 BST
We don't normally run job vaccancies on the blog but here's one that vanished into a hole in cyberspace went it was first submitted to Chateau Orange...
G6 Head of Information Assurance & Technology Serious Fraud Office, London, WC1X 0BJ £61,077 to £72,907 per annum Closing date for applications: Thursday 9 September 2010, 5.00pm We are looking for an experienced IT professional to lead a team of staff and manage the outsourced IT service provider in delivering a premium IT service to the SFO. In addition to this the postholder will play a key role in supporting business continuity and ensuring regulatory compliance across the Office. This high profile position is key to the delivery of the SFO’s strategic aims. The role is deemed business critical and presents a much sought-after opportunity to join the UK Civil Service. For further details of the position, and of how to apply, please visit www.sfo.gov.uk/careers/current-vacancies.aspx Wednesday, September 1
APAC news: another win for Aderant in Australia
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Charles Christian
on Wed 01 Sep 2010 21:00 BST
Aderant announced that Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers, with offices
in Canberra, Sydney, Parramatta and Wollongong, has selected
Aderant Expert. The firm will implement the comprehensive practice management
suite of integrated applications in all five of its Australian offices. Comment: In light of the battle for market supremacy currently taking place between Elite and Aderant in the APAC market (which both vendors claim they are winning, as well as trouncing the competition) Aderant say 70% – or 21 – of the top 30 firms across Australia and New Zealand now run their software. Aderant also claims to represent half of Australia's ten fastest growing firms and several major firms in Singapore, as recently published by ALB. Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers is the seventh firm to select Aderant Expert Release 7.5 in Australasia since December 2009.
The Workshare Empire Strikes Back
by
Charles Christian
on Wed 01 Sep 2010 10:46 BST
Workshare has just announced they have successfully won back German law firm Gleiss Lutz, with the firm deploying the latest version of Workshare Professional.
Marc Geiger, Head of Operations & IT said “Workshare Professional is a leading document comparison program – not only with law firms but also with their clients. For Gleiss Lutz it was important to use the same platform as our clients so when Workshare released the latest version we had to try it out. We were really impressed with the level of quality. We didn't encounter any problems during testing and its accuracy and ease of use made our decision to use Workshare again very easy.” With more than 260 lawyers in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart and Brussels, Gleiss Lutz advises domestic and foreign companies and corporate groups from a wide variety of sectors, as well as public corporations and institutions. Workshare’s Vice President EMEA Frank Boening said “We are delighted to have Gleiss Lutz return as a customer. We’ve put in a huge amount of work to make the quality of our products the highest it’s ever been. We believe Workshare provides the best user experience available for comparison and this latest validation makes us very proud.” Comment: Workshare are not permitted to disclose the identity of the swapout however from the Legal Technology Insider archive we can report that in January 2009 Gleiss Lutz defected from Workshare to the DocsCorp pdfDocs suite. The latest switch-back is clearly a set back for David Woolstencroft at the Redlining Rebel Alliance as the Workshare Empire strikes back. Although if we take this analogy to its logical conclusion, David Woolstencroft must be Frank Boening's son. (If you've never seen the original StarWars movie trilogy, these comments will be meaningless.) |
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