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Data Analytics - Data Warehouse 101

By Shree Bharadwaj
What is a Data warehouse? Data warehouse is an analytical datastore that enables organizations derive value from their data. It differs from a regular relational datastore which is transactional purposed in a way that the data model for the warehouse is denormalized to support querying large historical datasets for business intelligence. Data warehousing is a set of strategies and techniques used to gather historical data from various sources across the organization, transform and manage it into a uniform structure and make it useful for optimizing and watching the wheels of the organization. What you need to know before creating a data warehouse? Data ...
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Enterprise Data Warehouses - 101

By Steven Magnuson
The concept of an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) has been around for decades.  However, building an enterprise data warehouse is extremely challenging. Despite this difficulty, the benefits far outweigh the challenges.  Having a centralized repository of information from an organization’s numerous disparate information systems provides many unique opportunities to present data in new and useful ways.  It greatly accelerates the speed to production for new reporting. It also enables an organization to put information into the hands of the business users, enabling them to create their own reporting. Where do I start? The first step to the implementation ...
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Press Release | Announcing Leadership 3.0

By ILTA News
For Immediate Release: (Chicago, IL): November 11, 2019: The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) announces the opening of the Leadership 3.0 seminar. On Monday, December 2, ILTA will host Leadership 3.0 , a half-day event, held in Washington, DC. This is ILTA’s sixth annual leadership development seminar inspired by Chief Warrant Officer Five Sharon T. Swartworth (deceased). Attendees will spend the afternoon learning from R. Patrick Huston, Brigadier General U.S. Army Office of the Judge Advocate General, as well as participate in workshops to develop their leadership skills. ILTA CEO Joy Heath Rush reflects, “Sharon ...
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Trainers Talk "Halloween Edition" Roundtable Notes - 10/31/2019

By Asima Macci
Moderators: Asima Macci - Manager, Training and Quality, Bennett Jones LLP Greg Tomlinson - Training & Development Coordinator, Robinson Bradshaw Core Competencies Tips and tricks, how are you keeping things fresh, and demand on you attending training? Had a lunch meeting and a 45 minute discussion of how core competencies is done, used LMS university site, it was a seamless rollout (90 minutes to complete) once everyone was certified we opened the door for security & etc… Started a Q&A Breakfast every month LTC4 learning plans that are upcoming How to measure improvement: Is my raise or bonus dependent ...
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Press Release | Now Available: 2019 ILTA Technology Survey

By ILTA News
(Chicago, IL) November 5, 2019 –  The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) announced the publication of the 2019 ILTA Technology Survey today. The Technology Survey is ILTA's most prestigious annual publication, which provides substantive data you can benchmark your organization's technology implementations and plans. This year's survey reports answers from 537 firms, representing more than 116,000 attorneys and 240,000 total users. The 2019 Technology Survey can be accessed here .   ABOUT ILTA The  International Legal Technology Association  (ILTA) serves the professional needs of more than 24,000 international legal technology ...
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Tip of the Week - Edit Excel Cells

By ILTA Tips
Tip of the Week - Edit Excel Cells - 4 options Edit Excel Cells Easily – shortcuts Excel allows you to quickly and easily edit information you previously entered into a cell. There are four ways you can edit the information, once you select the cell you want to edit. Just begin typing. If you do this, the information you type replaces the current contents of the cell. Use the mouse to point to the contents of the cell on the formula bar. As you move the mouse pointer over the cell information, notice that it changes to an I-beam. Position the I-beam where you want to make an edit and then click the mouse button. The cursor appears at that ...
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Four Holiday Cybersecurity Safety Tips

By Katie Desir
In support of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, ILTA is sharing new and repurposed content to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity throughout October. With the holiday season approaching, we thought the following piece, written by ILTA Member  Mike Ulrich , Director of Information Security, Fisher Phillips, was appropriate. The Holidays are quickly approaching and with them, unfortunately, come increased attempts to steal your personal data. Experts have observed that fraud incidents rise by 50% during the months of October, November, and December. Fraudsters know that the general public will be inundated with emails from Amazon, ...
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Tip of the Week - Table Jumping

By ILTA Tips
Word provides a handy shortcut that allows you to quickly jump to either the top or bottom of a column in a   table . This can be quite helpful, particularly if you are working with very long tables. If you press  Alt+PgUp , you are taken to the first cell in the column, where the insertion point is placed just before the first character in the cell. Likewise, you can jump to the last cell in a column by pressing  Alt+PgDn . This moves the insertion point to the last cell in the column, where it is positioned just before the first character in the cell. If you try to use these shortcuts outside of a table, they have no effect. From   WordRibbon.Tips.Net
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Competitive Intelligence

By Stephanie Dooley
Please enjoy this snackable blog co-authored by Stephanie Dooley, Senior Competitive & Strategic Intelligence Manager, K&L Gates, LLP and Elizabeth Whittington, Competitive & Strategic Intelligence Analyst , K&L Gates, LLP. The ability to capture and recall information is critical to the success of any business. It is only when we identify and collect the right types of data that we can begin to transform data into intelligence that will help inform better business decisions. Businesses across all industries are increasingly devoting time and resources to data analysis in an attempt to improve their bottom lines. The legal industry is ...
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ILTA CEO Celebrates First Anniversary

By ILTA News
For Immediate Release: (Chicago, IL): October 22, 2019: The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) celebrates the first anniversary of Joy Heath Rush becoming CEO. Rush reflects “I am very proud of the level of engagement from our community. The ILTA professional staff, our business partners, members, and the press represent the fantastic, engaging soul of ILTA and I look forward to working together as we move into 2020 and beyond.” Looking ahead, Rush will be speaking next in Brazil on October 22 ( ILTAVATION ) and October 24 at the 3rd International Information Governance for the Legal Market.  On 13-14 November, ILTA hosts ...
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Elevate Recap: Developing Women in Tech: Learn How to Create Growth Environments

By Joy Heath Rush
On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, ILTA CEO Joy Heath Rush spoke at the Elevate 2019 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Alongside Rush, panelists Claudia Reese, NetDocuments Sr. Director of Human Resources, Teka Pope, Sr. Manager of Knowledge Services at The Walt Disney Company, Tanya Garig, Director of Risk Management Information Services, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief at Legal IT Insider, and Valerie Connell, Director, Document Management, NetDocuments sat down to recognize the power of diversity. Joy’s session takeaways: "It was my pleasure to serve on a panel on women in legal technology at Elevate. A mix of law firm, ...
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Tip of the Week - Kofax PowerPDF

By ILTA Tips
How to create a PDF from a web page And still capture the whole page!   In Kofax (Nuance) PowerPDF, click on File, then New Go to the bottom of the list, and choose From Web Page    You will then get a pop-up box – put in the URL of the webpage.  If you want to adjust more settings for your PDF, click on Settings and make your choices.   Then Click OK on the Settings page, and then Create on the Create PDF from Web Page box.  Depending on big the webpage is it will take anywhere from 30 seconds to about a minute to create the PDF webpag
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Outside Counsel Guidelines: Law Firm Electronic Billing Challenges

By Jess Van Wyhe
 Outside Counsel Guidelines: Law Firm Electronic Billing Challenges   BY JESS VAN WYHE Electronic billing or e-billing has become commonplace throughout the legal industry and has evolved into becoming the dominant way for corporate law departments to reduce outside counsel legal spend. The adoption of e-billing is largely sold to corporations on the premise that it will save time and money, improve audit and analysis procedures, as well as provide a place to contextualize legal data to help make better decisions. However, it’s impact to law firms has undoubtedly increased complexities in the billing and collection departments along the way. ...
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ILTA Roadshow Atlanta

By Barry Steel
Please join us in Atlanta on October 23rd for our CoreTech Roadshow.  It is being hosted by Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, at  171 17 th Street NW, Suite 2100, Atlanta, GA 30363. It starts at 12 Noon, and lunch is included.  We hope to see you there! Contact Madison Mugnola @ mmugnola@coretechleasing.com to sign up! We hope to see you there! Barry Steel. CoreTech Leasing​
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ILTA CEO Joy Heath Rush Named Recipient of the Fifth Annual Monica Bay STEM Leadership Award

By ILTA News
For Immediate Release:  (Chicago, IL): October 8, 2019: ILTA is pleased to congratulate CEO Joy Heath Rush on her selection as the winner of the fifth annual Monica Bay STEM Leadership Award. The Monica Bay STEM Leadership Award recognizes outstanding leadership qualities and innovation achieved in the legal technology industry. Rush will receive the award during Legalweek New York , February 4-6, 2020.  On receiving the award, Rush shared, “I am humbled by this award. I have admired Monica Bay from the day I first read one of her columns. To be recognized in Monica’s name makes me prouder than I can express. It is truly an honor to join prior award recipients!” ...
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Avoid Email Phishing

By Katie Desir
In support of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, ILTA is sharing new and repurposed content to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity throughout October. The following piece is written by ILTA Member  Mark C. Palmer , Chief Counsel, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.  You wouldn't let a stranger walk right into your home, so why do we do it with email too often? Use caution with all emails . - U nfamiliar “From” address : Make sure the sender’s name coincides with the email address and isn’t from an unfamiliar domain. Hover over the email address (or links in the email) to see a more detailed description ...
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Tip of the Week - View Emails in Outlook 2016

By ILTA Tips
Email Reading Format in Outlook 2016 is Stretched-Out   Reading emails had become a chore because, for most of my emails, I have to use the scroll bar to read the content. The email body is positioned at the center, with a large amount of space on both sides of the reading pane, resulting in having to constantly use the mouse to scroll to the right to read them.  This seems like a known issue when viewing HTML emails in Outlook. "Microsoft has noticed this issue and our product team are working on it." I hope this issue will be fixed soon. BUT – the following works for me:  Go to File > Options> Mail. Uncheck the option "Reduce message size by ...
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Grayed-out print button in Outlook 2016

By Rob Shaw
Hello - We've had Office 2016 and Windows 10 in place for months now, and we continue to experience the grayed-out print button in Outlook.  For us, the issue occurs with any version of the HP Universal Print Driver.  If we switch to another driver, the issue goes away.  We'd really like to resolve this with the UPD since our tray settings and macros are all configured with that driver.  So far HP and Microsoft have not been much help, essentially blaming the other for the issue. I know others have experienced this, and I'm just wondering if there are any further developments.  Has anyone made any progress on this issue?  Thank you!!
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Tip of the Week - Section Break clarification

By ILTA Tips
Section Breaks   Control what goes BEFORE (not after):   So if you delete  a section break – the pages AFTER the Section Break will take on the formatting properties (margins, etc.) of the pages BEFORE that section break.   Header and Footers are Section properties.    Note the toolbar that comes up:     Each Section Header and Each Section Footer has its own formatting and various optio
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Now Available: ILTA Technology Survey, Executive Summary

By ILTA News
(Chicago, IL) September 27, 2019 – The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) today announced the publication of the 2019 Executive Summary, part of the annual ILTA Technology Survey.  This free, detailed Executive Summary begins the discussion this year around the Technology Survey. The full Tech Survey will publish in late October 2019, reporting the input of 537 firms, representing more than 116,000 attorneys, and 240,000 total users.  Once published, all ILTA member organizations will receive an email on how to access their copy (if they participated in the survey) or how they may purchase a full download of the survey.  The Executive ...
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