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FUTURE PRESENTATIONS
| Elieen Campbell to present a Webinar on Planning for Office 2007 and Vista – It’s More Than Just Software March 13, 2008, 12:00pm EST |
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Eileen Campbell, senior consultant at eSentio, has been asked by ILTA to lead a webinar presentation on Planning for Office 2007 and Vista next spring. The session is intended to explore the various areas that a software upgrade can impact and how to plan the upgrade. The areas of discussion will include hardware, training materials, trainer preparation, integrated applications, etc. This is an advanced level seminar.
| eSentio presents at the CPM 2008 WEST conference in Las Vegas May 21, 2008, 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM |
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Scott Kindred, eSentio Senior Consultant, will present the session, A Case Study in the Battle of Data Storage Managementl. This session presents a case study of a major international law firm's experience in changing its disaster recovery methodology from use of a national recovery vendor to an internal consolidation and replication of data storage resources. Learn how they accomplished this change over a two-year period, reducing their recovery time objective from more than 34 hours for critical data to less than four hours. What were the requirements? What were the critical factors? How do you breakdown such a complex project? The case study will highlight the various tasks that were accomplished, the phases they followed and some of the pitfalls they would work to avoid the next time they undertake such a project.
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| eSentio presents at a regional ILTA event in Milwaukee, WI July 15, 2008, Breakfast Seminar |
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Bob Dolinsky, eSentio Manageing Director, will present a session on Organizing and Staffing the Law Firm Technology Function to local ILTA members in Milwaukee, WI. This session will assess different approaches and best practices of several leading law firms with regard to how they are staffing and organizing their IT function with a particular focus on the end user and litigation support areas. Find out what works what doesn't and learn about the latest trends and challenges for organizing and staffing your firm's IT department.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Nan Jeffries Contributes to February Peer to Peer
February 2008
Nan Jeffries, a Senior Consultant at eSentio, authored an article entitled, The Role of the Project Manager in Litigation Support, in the February issue of Peer to Peer, ILTA's quarterly magazine.
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| eSentio participated in a panel presentation on Network Connectivity and Offsite Storage at the 2008 LegalTech New York conference. February 6, 2008, 1:30pm - 3:00pm |
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As firms move toward moving systems and applications across multiple offices, offsite data centers and Software as a Service applications, the need for developing significant improvements in design and optimization of network connectivity becomes even more critical. There are various methods to solve these issues and a myriad of vendor options to connect these office areas. The goal of this session is to open up the newest and most challenging options to make these options work. A combination of vendor solutions and firm experience will provide additional information for the firms.
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| eSentio lead panel presentation on Matter Centric Computing: What Works? What's New? What's Next? at the 4th Annual Law Firm Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum February 6, 2008, 10:30am - 11:30am |
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eSentio joined a panel of CIOs who are tackling matter-centricity. The discuss topics included:
- What are our goals?
- What is the key success factors, regardless of the technology selected?
- What works?
- Where are we heading?
Click Here to learn more about the Annual Law Firm Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum!
eSentio presents at a regional ILTA event in Charlotte, NC
January 17, 2008, 12:00pm - 1:30pm - Ken Force, Senior Consultant, presented a session on Intranets and Extranets using SharePoint 2007 to local ILTA members in Charlotte, NC. The session focused on what firms have done to implement SharePoint-based Intranets and Extranets emphasizing integration with iManage, InterAction and other law firm applications.
Atlas Lee Gives Keynote Address at the Annual NALS (Association for Legal Professionals) Educational Conference in St. Louis.
October 12, 2007 - Atlas Lee, senior consultant at eSentio, was the keynote speaker Friday, October 12, 2007 at the 56th NALS Education Conference and National Forum, which was held in St. Louis, Missouri. The conference drew over 200 legal industry representatives from all over the US. Mr. Lee's presentation, A Broad Perspective of Contingency Planning and Disaster Preparedness, covered contingency planning, disaster preparedness and response, the people factor of planning efforts, and Pandemic planning. The audience was very receptive and appreciative, and many attendees stated that the presentation revealed a number of issues that they had never considered.
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Yvonne Dornic, President of eSentio, and Thomas Gaines, CIO of King & Spalding, Headlines Webcast on E-Mail Management
September 27, 2007 - Thomas B. Gaines, Jr., a partner and chief information officer of King & Spalding, and Yvonne Dornic, president of eSentio, are featured speakers at a September 27 Web seminar that highlights how forward-thinking law firms have managed the transformation from a legacy document management system to a comprehensive electronic matter file solution.
The program, entitled “Learning from Experience—How to Make the Right Choices and Optimize your Plans for E-mail Management and the Electronic Matter File,” is presented by Interwoven, Inc., a global leader in content management solutions. It is part of a series designed to provide professional services firms with a live, two-way dialogue for planning an e-mail management and electronic matter file project.
Gaines and Dornic will share King & Spalding's insights, best practices and lessons learned from optimizing the firm’s information management and staff efficiency, including how to deliver increased productivity, mitigate risk and address the challenges posed by the exponential growth in email.
Their presentation will discuss the following topics:
Initial drivers for moving to electronic matter files and whether those drivers remain true today
Approach to workspace design
Adoption and adaptation of the design and process by lawyers and other professionals
How to conduct and sustain user training
Lessons learned and best practices
To register for the Web seminar “Learning from Experience—How to Make the Right Choices and Optimize your Plans for E-mail Management and the Electronic Matter File” by Thomas Gaines and Yvonne Dornic visit http://interwoven.market2lead.com/go/interwoven/ks_pr
ILTA invites eSentio to Present its Industry Expertise
August, 2007
Again this year, eSentio consultants were asked to participate in the annual ILTA conference as subject matter experts and presenters. The following presentations were given by eSentio consultants and directors while attending the conference. All presentations took place at the Grande Lakes Resort in Orlando, Florida. For additional information on these topics and presentations, please email mary.richman@esentio.com.
Managing your DMS in a Global Environment
Tuesday, August 21, 2007, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
The Inevitability of Service-Oriented Architecture for Law Firms
Tuesday, August 21, 2007, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Where the Matter-Centric Pioneers Are Now
Thursday, August 23, 2007, 9:00am – 10:00am
Extranets and Intranets Are the Information Hubs of Your Firm
Thursday, August 23, 2007, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Nestor Holynskyj Contributes to August Peer to Peer
August, 2007
Nestor Holynskyj, a director with eSentio, authored an article entitled, The Latest on Sharepoint in the August issue of Peer to Peer, ILTA's quarterly magazine.
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eSentio Delivers a Case Study at GearUp 2007
April 26, 2007
Due to the overwhelming response received from the Matter-Centric case study given at the 2006 GearUp conference, eSentio Technologies and King & Spalding LLP were again invited to share lessons learned and best practices with the attendees at the 2007 conference. The team discussed the evolution of matter-centric working within the firm and answered questions regarding what the drivers were, what lessons were learned along the way, and what real benefits were achieved.
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Project Management
February 20,2007 - ARMA Atlanta Chapter Meeting
Bob Dolinsky, eSentio Director, was asked to present on behalf of ARMA to a group of industry colleagues in Atlanta. His presentation addressed why projects fail and provided users with somehelpful tips on project management in the legal technology industry.
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ILTA invites eSentio to Present its Industry Expertise
August 2006
eSentio consultants were asked to participate in the annual ILTA conference as subject matter experts, panelists and presenters. The following is a list of the various presentations given by the eSentio team while attending the 2006 ILTA conference. All presentations took place at the Grande Lakes Resort in Orlando, Florida. For additional information on these topics and presentations, please email mary.richman@esentio.com.
How to Successfully Move to a Matter Centric Environment With a High User Adoption Rate
Tuesday, August 22, 2006, 10:00am - 11:00am
Managing the Mountain of E-Mail
Wednesday, August 23, 2006, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Educating Attorneys on E-Mail
Management - Panel Presentation
Wednesday, August 23, 2006, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Architecting I.T. Governance and Processes for the New Business Climate
May 24, 2006, 8:00am - 12:00pm, Interwoven LITLS Conference
Business and technology trends including centralized models, outsourcing, mergers and global reach are changing the expectations, structure and governance models of I.T. New models are needed to help the firm react quickly and consolidate effectively to merger-driven growth. This session explores new directions for today’s Legal I.T. organizations, including new structures and processes such as service management and ITIL, for improving the delivery of I.T. services. Attendees will discuss the impact of centralizing key business processes such as new business intake, and theimplications of this model for I.T. staffing.
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eSentio Delivers Case Study at GearUp 2006
April 3, 2006
eSentio’s Yvonne Dornic and Bob Dolinsky along with King & Spalding’s Thomas Gaines, presented a case study to a standing room only crowd at this year’s Interwoven GearUp conference. The session entitled ‘Adopting a Matter-centric Electronic File System and Achieving Wide-Spread Adoption in a Professional Services Firm.’ The group shared best practices and lessons learned from the development and implementation of a comprehensive records policy. The case study also detailed how King & Spalding was able to effect the business process change with attorneys and staff through comprehensive training how these efforts led to wide-spread adoption of electronic matter files using WorkSite 8.
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Bob Dolinsky Contributes to February Peer to Peer
February, 2006
Bob Dolinsky, a director with eSentio, authored an article entitled, Key Success Factors for Business Continuity Planning in the February issue of Peer to Peer, ILTA's quarterly magazine.
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eSentio’s Ken Force Conducts Webinar on SMS
January 19, 2006
Ken Force, a senior consultant with eSentio, conducted an ILTA sponsored Webinar on Thursday, January 19th entitled ‘SMS - Best Practices for Application Packaging and Delivery.’ The presentation provided an overview of SMS including a Best Practices analysis on both packaging and delivery. The discussion outlined the strengths and weaknesses of SMS and answered questions regarding how it works, what it can do for organizations and why it is useful. Package building tips included how to get standard file locations from the registry, how to repackage vendor installs, how to use virtual machines for package creation and testing and how to create packages with user specific settings.
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The Laws of Law Firm Technology Leadership
January 10, 2006, ARK Best Practice for Law Firm Management
eSentio was invited to act as the conference chairfor the Best Practices for Law Firm Management conference hosted by the ARK group in Miami, Florida this year. Bob Dolinsky, eSentio Director presented a session on the Laws of Law Firm Technology Leadership focusing on current trends and the need to align technology planning with firmwide goals. In addition to this presentation, eSentio CEO and President, Yvonne Dornic, had the pleasure of welcoming attendees to the conference and preparing them for the many discussions they would attend over the two days. In addition, Ms. Dornic, also presented a conference wrap-up, summarizing the best practices and lessons learned from the sessions.
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