The challenge of searching for and retrieving relevant information across the enterprise has become a real issue now that myriad solutions have saturated the marketplace. According to the market research firm IDC, the average knowledge worker spends 9.5 hours per week simply looking for information. The firm also reported that 61 percent of knowledge workers access four or more systems on a regular basis to get to the information they need to do their job, and 30 percent need to access seven or more systems.
All of this clicking around is costing companies. The loss of productivity is a huge problem across organizations and industries. In the latest of many new partnerships and integrations designed to raise the bar of the modern workflow, BA Insight and LexisNexis Legal & Professional have announced an alliance that integrates Lexis Search Advantage natively into law firms’ Microsoft SharePoint environments to elevate legal research, drafting and review processes.