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What really matters in the adoption of technology in legal? What has ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ learned over the years, in helping legal teams and law firms navigate new digital change?

Richard Crouch, Director of Research Solutions at ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ, has many years' experience developing technology-based solutions for lawyers. In this article, he discusses what he deems to be truly important in the technology discovery and  deployment process:

Trends in Information and Technology - Richard Crouch, Director at ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ

Trends in Information and Technology - Richard Crouch, Director at ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ

Firstly, a confession.  I’m not a technologist. 

That’s a strange thing someone writing about trends in technology to say, I know.  You see, I am a solutionist.  I understand problems.  I work with my teams to create solutions.  Technology is almost always part of the solution – but it is the enabler, not the end result. 

Drive for efficiency

Deliver more for less.  Sound familiar?  ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ commissioned a report at the end of last year looking at key trends around technology in the In-house sector. 49% of those companies who were in the early stages of implementing a technology strategy predicted cost saving opportunities.  Of those who already had sophisticated technology strategies, 58% expected it to drive savings.  [...]