John K Waters

November 30, 2009 | Legaltech News

Love it or hate it, Microsoft PowerPoint has infiltrated law firms and become a tool for creating everything from courtroom presentations to client pitches. More often than not, a PowerPoint project is a group effort, edited, revised and reviewed by several people. IT writer John K. Waters shows you how to compare different versions of PowerPoint slides with Workshare Compare.

By John K. Waters

8 minute read

February 11, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Office 2010 comes with a number of enhancements to its core applications, a suite-wide expansion of its new menu architecture, and the first ever Web-based versions of its most popular apps.

By John K. Waters

7 minute read

August 14, 2007 | Legaltech News

Access Smart has introduced a user authentication system which promises the advantage of smart-card security to solo practitioners and small law firms. John K. Waters unlocks the Power LogOn Password Administrator kit to see how well it delivers on its product pitch.

By John K. Waters

8 minute read

January 31, 2006 | Legaltech News

E-discovery services provider Fios is set to unveil enhancements to its evidence collection and analysis technologies at this week's LegalTech trade show in New York. Topping the list of new features is the Collection Manager's ability to gather evidence in encrypted form via the Internet. "This is a significant enhancement to our capabilities for enabling remote collection," says Fios' director of product management.

By John K. Waters

3 minute read

September 05, 2006 | Legaltech News

With systems increasingly built on open-source software teeming with other people's code, identifying your organization's code has become harder than ever. Freelance writer John K. Waters sees even muddier waters ahead in emerging Web 2.0 technologies, but finds hope in software applications.

By John K. Waters

8 minute read

April 04, 2006 | Legaltech News

What if the file formats we use to save documents aren't supported by future products? Could that cause a kind of corporate Alzheimer's, threatening our ability to recall critical documents? Commentator John K. Waters says the question of how to guarantee long-term access to data, free of the restrictions of proprietary software or the limitations of outdated technologies, is at the heart of a debate over open file formats being offered as a cure for a debilitating information-age malady.

By John K. Waters

8 minute read

October 21, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Since it was created by Adobe in 1993, the Portable Document Format has become a ubiquitous file type in virtually every industry that relies on final-form electronic documents. A PDF is a self-contained, cross-platform document that captures the formatting information from a wide range of desktop publishing applications to create a document that looks and prints the same on virtually every computer system.

By John K. Waters

6 minute read

November 15, 2005 | Legaltech News

Microsoft isn't currently offering products specifically designed for e-discovery processes, but some analysts say it's just a matter of time before it does. And it's no wonder: The burgeoning EDD market, which some folks expect to approach $3 billion by 2007, could hardly have escaped the software giant's radar. Industry watchers speculate on Microsoft's entrance strategy.

By John K. Waters

7 minute read

June 27, 2006 | Legaltech News

Open-source software licensing is freighted with twisted terms and quirky conditions. Columnist John K. Waters sorts through the language to limn a few guidelines. Now that open source is here to stay, it's time to learn some of the rules it runs by.

By John K. Waters

8 minute read

February 06, 2006 | National Law Journal

Software maker MetaLINCS unveiled the latest version of its flagship packaged e-discovery application at the 25th annual LegalTech trade show in New York last week, calling MetaLINCS 2.0 the first product of its kind to integrate guided analysis with document review capabilities. Corporate legal teams and law firms can use the software to uncover, organize and prioritize case content before manual review, widely considered the costliest and most time-consuming part of the discovery process.

By John K. Waters

4 minute read