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Posts Tagged software

Illegitimate software – don’t go there!

Ever get spam email selling name-brand software at discount prices? You might get offers for products from Microsoft, Adobe and other major publishers at half the ordinary price, or better. Sounds too good to be true? Well, it is, for several reasons. First, here’s what you’re likely

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Updating to Windows 7 has perks, drawbacks

originally published in Lawyers Weekly After years of galling “Hi, I’m a Mac – And I’m a PC” ads, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may want to make an ad out of the following anecdote: Toronto real estate lawyer David Feld updated all 8 Vista PCs in his

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Cloud Cover: Software as a Service enables virtual law practice management

originally published in National Magazine “When I started my firm back in June of 2008,” Florida lawyer Jason Molder wrote in his blog, “one of the first things I did was begin looking into practice management applications. I knew that in order for me to even consider

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Draw your case

originally published in Lawyers Weekly Want to get your message through to a jury? Considering that jurors are 65 percent more likely to retain information when you use visual exhibits to complement your oral presentation, the choice seems obvious – use graphical displays in the courtroom.

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Big Mac attack: Is Apple poised for a bigger bite of the business market?

originally published on cbc.ca You know the business world is changing when IBM, co-founder of the personal computer age, offers employees computers that run on operating systems other than Microsoft Windows — including, of all things, Apple Inc.’s Macintosh. Apple hasn’t traditionally been a common computer brand

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3D digital modelling drives design innovation

originally published in Plant Magazine Theme park executives and ride designers watch as their newest rollercoaster crests the first hill. The drop that follows thrusts the coaster through the loops, turns and other thrills that will lure thousands of adrenaline seekers a year or two from now.

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Practicing Law with SaaS

Wiki online collaboration

Originally published in National Magazine Good lawyers have always been good collaborators. Have we entered an age where the most technologically tuned online collaborators win the lion’s share of business? Perhaps. Many of today’s web-based software arrivistes enable lawyers to handle more of their business online than

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Keep control of marketing with MRM

Brand consistency just one aspect of the issue originally published in itbusiness.ca It drives marketers crazy when a salesperson or channel partner takes something done by Marketing, changes it and creates their own content, says Bryan Bogensberger. That’s the tip of a massive iceberg currently hobbling many

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