Upcoming Speaking Engagements ILTA 2008 Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center Dallas - Ft. Worth, Texas Title: Managing Change Due to Acquisitions and Mergers Description: Mergers and acquisitions are impacting firms of all sizes.  More and more firms and their management teams are having to manage the numerous changes that come with such an event.  Our panel for this session is composed of CIOs who have been through this process and are prepared to share their lessons learned on a variety of topics.  The panel covers strategy issues, best planning practices, expectation setting, staff and departments retooling, facilities planning and the importance of up-to-date equipment and software inventories. Date/Time: Wednesday, 8/27/2008 9:00 a.m.     Location: Gaylord Texan Convention Center Fort Worth 5,6,7 Speaker(s): Marsha Stein - Ropes & Gray David Woodman - Blank Rome LLP John Tsiofas - Kraft & Kennedy, Inc. Stova Wong - Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP Learning Objectives: Collect a wide list of actionable recommendations on what you can do before, during and after a merger to avoid common pitfalls, reduce stress on you and your staff and position your firm to obtain the maximum value from the initiative. Title: How To Configure and Deploy Your Vista Desktop Parts 1 & 2 Description: This session covers methods to create, customize and deploy a standard Windows Vista desktop and other core applications, using the free imaging tools available from Microsoft.  Emphasis will be placed on creating a Vista Lite Touch Installation and how to leverage the Microsoft tools to simplify and streamline the deployment process from start to finish.  At the end of this session you will have a check list of best practices to help with your Vista deployment. Date/Time: Wedndesday, 8/27/2008     Part 1 - 9:00 a.m - 10:00 a.m.     Part 2 - 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.     Location: Gaylord Texan Convention Center Grapevine 1,2 Speaker(s): Ahsun Saleem - Kraft & Kennedy, Inc. Chris Wilson - Kraft & Kennedy, Inc Learning Objectives: Identify various methods and tools to control your Microsoft Vista deployment Gain the knowledge to set up a Microsoft Vista environment for testing. Understand the hardware and memory required for a basic Vista computer. Gain a basic understanding of managing a Vista environment. Title: Application Software Testing and Distribution Strategies Description: Deploying applications software is not always easy, and mistakes can be frustrating Whether it is a deployment that took too long or managing application dependencies, distribution to dissimilar desktops or to far-off lands, each project has a unique set of challenges.  What can be done when testing and quality assurance are constantly challenged by new application updates?  Hear how several firms have improved their processes to gain control over their testing and distribution strategies.  Date/Time: 8/26/2008 3:30 p.m.     Location: Gaylord Texan Convention Center Grapevine C Speaker(s): Cynthia Popek - Jones Day Carol Creagan - Baker & Hostetler LLP David Carlson - Kraft & Kennedy, Inc. Richard Harris - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Learning Objectives: Learn how your organization can benefit from a standardized application test and deployment process.  Identify and mitigate common application deployment challenges.  Develop best practices surrounding application quality assurance, deployment and maintenance. Title: Kraft & Kennedy, Inc. - Virtualization Today - Understanding and Leveraging Virtualization Solutions State of the Art Technology Demo Track Description: Virtualization technology has expanded from being used in development environments to running production systems in datacenters.  There are now many well-known vendors offering virtualization solutions including VMware, Microsoft and Citrix.  Customers are implementing robust and cost-effective virtualization solutions for server consolidation, disaster recovery and now, have even begun to virtualize their desktops as well.  Leveraging a virtualization solution can help firms develop reliable disaster recovery practices, reduce costs and have a more flexible and predictable datacenter. Date/Time: 8/26/2008 1:30 p.m.     Location: Speaker(s): Chris Owens - Kraft & Kennedy, Inc. Matt Liebowitz - Kraft & Kennedy, Inc.   Previous Speaking Engagements ILTA Road Show- MS Office 2007- Chicago   3/13/08 ILTA Road Show- MS Office 2007-Toronto   3/26/08 ILTA Road Show- MS Office 2007- Altanta   4/2/08 ILTA Road Show- MS Office 2007- Minneapolis   4/29/08 ILTA Road Show- MS Office 2007- Los Angeles   4/30/08 ILTA Road Show – MS Office 2007- Boston   4/9/08 ILTA Road Show- MS Office 2007- San Francisco   5/1/08 ILTA Road Show- MS Office 2007- Seattle   5/2/08 Interwoven GearUp 2008- San Francisco   April 22-24, 2008

ILTA 2007

Who's Driving the EDD Bus
Michael Worth
August 22, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

There are so many components involved in the electronic discovery process, primarily the individual business units, various technologies and the legal aspects surrounding the process. This panel discussion begins by introducing the concepts and issues surrounding the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as well as the legal department’s need to educate, orchestrate and guide the overall process. To ensure business units are making valid decisions and the IT organization is implementing technology in the proper manner, the legal department needs to educate these groups so they are aware of the repercussions of their decisions and are prepared to respond to electronic discovery requests. The panelists discuss their real-life experiences in this area, including both the right and wrong turns along the way.

Pandemic: Protecting Your People and Your Business
John Tsiofas
August 22, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

When planning for disaster, most firms focus on the technology, office space, communications and other crucial business functions. It is assumed that staff will be there to help the business recover. However, if a significant portion of your people are not available, then your strategy must change. We provide some background on the pandemic risk and what makes it quite different from other risks to your business. We then focus on strategies to protect and leverage your people. Changes needed to operational areas of the firm in order to protect your business will also be discussed.

The Latest Technologies in Law Firm Data Center Design
Charles Ottenweller
August 23, 10:30 AM- 11:30 AM

As several technologies have matured they are enabling more firms to benefit from centralizing their IT infrastructure. What technologies are impacting firms’ choices? What issues should you consider in planning your firm’s next infrastructure? What benefits have firms realized and what hidden challenges have they overcome? What are the costs and challenges in moving your data centers outside of your offices? How do the costs of a centralized data center model compare to the costs of a distributed network model? These questions will be answered and the technological advances that make this possible will be discussed: server advances; new entry-level SANs and data replication strategies; strategies to provide systems that are highly available; redundant networks; expanding data center options; network accelerators; metro area networks and Citrix advances.

Starting Your Own Practice - New York State Bar Association, June 5 and 12, 2007

Almost 40% of all private practitioners are solos and another 25% work in very small firms with one or two other lawyers. Jude Travers-Frazier is on a panel of specialists providing advice to attorneys interested in starting up their own law practice. This all-day CLE event, in New York City and Melville, Long Island, is designed to provide information on a number of issues that should be considered when beginning such a practice, including technology needs and concerns.

 

ARMA All-Day Workshop - ARMA MetroNYC Chapter, February 15, 2007

Karen Levy was a featured speaker at ARMA MetroNYC Chapter All-Day Workshop Event on February 15. This event, at the New York Flatotel , is designed to provide Records and Information Management Professionals, Executive Management, Students and Vendors with the latest information and tools to design, implement and manage an effective records management program.

 

Chief Information and Technology Officers' Forum - NY Legal Tech, January 29 and 30, 2007

Karen Levy is a faculty member of the third Annual Chief Information and Technology Officers' Forum, January 29 & 30 at New York Legal Tech in the Hilton hotel. Karen will be presenting at the lunch panel discussing Managing Critical Applications to Increase Your Firm's Efficiency.

 

The Evolution to Enterprise Content Management in the Law Department - ILTA '06: Evolving Together Conference, August 23, 2006

With the increasing volume of material and more convenient scanning, electronic data is replacing paper as the preferred format. This is leading to the redesign of traditional records management programs into enterprise content management programs to accommodate necessary workflow and policy changes. Enterprise content management (ECM) is the convergence of e-mail management, document management and records management. A panel moderated by Michael Worth, Strategic Consultant at Kraft & Kennedy, Inc., discusses how they are working toward implementing ECM and the challenges that they have faced along the way.  The panel consists of the following:

Jennifer Beaubis from Pfizer, Inc.

Lois Sell from United Technologies Corporation

Patrick Oot from Verizon

Gabrielle Townsend from DuPont

Robert Cohen, Managing Consultant at Kraft & Kennedy, Inc.

 

Merging, Moving and Expanding - ILTA '06: Evolving Together Conference, August 23, 2006

Today’s legal market is a complex mix of mergers, moves and expansions, all of which are essential to firms maintaining competitive edges. These initiatives have significant IT components relating to hardware and logistical challenges, but the firm’s strategic direction is becoming increasingly important to IT. John Tsiofas, Strategic Consultant at Kraft & Kennedy, Inc., and Michael Fick, CIO at Jones Day, share ways to make these initiatives effective vehicles for change and why they can’t be approached as pure technology projects because culture, egos and politics need to be addressed head-on to prevent problems that could linger for years.

 

Data Center Strategies: Consolidation vs. Decentralization - ILTA '06: Evolving Together Conference, August 23, 2006

Law firm data centers have cycled back and forth between centralized and decentralized environments, trending currently toward centralized, off-site data centers with various levels of redundancy. An experienced panel, consisting of Rob Stone, a Strategic Consultant at Kraft & Kennedy, Inc., and the three IT executives listed below present key components of what to consider when planning your data center strategy, including obtaining upper management buy-in, RFPs for vendor selection, agreeing on plans and designs, project teams/leaders/plans, realistic budgets and appropriate communication at all levels throughout the process.

Neeraj Rajpal, CIO at Bryan Cave

Peter Lesser, Director of Global Technology at Skadden

William Kyrpuz, Network Manager at Goodwin Procter

 

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