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Why Law Firms Need IT Policies

Kraft Kennedy

The rules and procedures that govern how organizations use technology to conduct business, Information technology (IT) policies are crucial to security, efficiency and productivity and shouldn’t be considered optional, static or one-size-fits all. Each law firm should tailor its IT policies to suit its specific needs, goals, and risks.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Software Company to Think Like One

Harvard Business

Every business is, willingly or unwillingly, a competitor on a software playing field, no matter which sector it’s in. In a world underpinned by ever more powerful, affordable, and public technology platforms, software is still king. You may be thinking: but my company isn’t a software company.

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Why On-Demand Talent Is the Future

Comatch

And yet, a report from the Harvard Business Review on rethinking the on-demand workforce states that “despite the extent to which companies are now turning to [digital talent] platforms, very few firms have developed a cohesive organization-wide approach to their use.” . Hiring On-Demand Talent: The Strategies.

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Boards Should Take Responsibility for Cybersecurity. Here’s How to Do It

Harvard Business

While security executives have a reputation for stymieing operations and product development with the burdens of technical operations, their role is actually to enable business. Ensure that the organization develops and implements a cybersecurity curriculum for all employees. Their job, in fact, depends on it.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

But platforms and networks can be developed in many different ways. A platform can be a business platform (a multisided market), a software platform (a cloud-based subscription service), or an engagement platform, (a user-generated community). Intellectual capital. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

It may do to physical goods what cloud computing is now doing to digital services; what the PC, internet, and smart mobility have done to personal computing; and what outsourcing did to software development and business processing — take mass distribution and innovation to the next level while realigning the very geography of work and trade.

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A Short History of Radio Explains the iPhone’s Success

Harvard Business

The firm had been buying his intellectual property with stock. Armstrong returned to service, developing FM radios for the Army, and was promoted to the rank of Colonel. The FCC quickly developed a “public interest” rationale for the move: sunspots. ” It was not established AM, but FM. Then he paused.