Category Archives: 2011

2011 surveys

Looking for the gems in the surveys. Symantec’s survey : Information Retention and eDiscovery Survey (international coverage) Can’t locate the Year Review from Kroll Ontrack Inc. Notes at Businesswire.com and at continuitycompliance.org (US coverage) Fulbright’s litigation trend (US & UK)

‘Tis the season

‘Tis the season – let the snow falls (on this website) and be joyous… For those of us who create applications (apps) or build systems we do so to meet business needs or to make a living or some other reasons. How we use the data subsequently (created by the apps) is generally not build [...]

why five principles?

I have not done a search for the original article or press statements on ‘the Commission’s concept for the future EU data privacy framework’ as mentioned in Development and revision of global data privacy and security laws on lexology. Why five principles? This principle – Privacy by design -  sounds great with the 3 words [...]

to do with technology or not?

Is everything I do, to do with technology? When I am asleep, I guess I have nothing to do with technology unless I am in a technological related dream. This will probably be the end of my spirited being. Here is an interesting question (or a dream question?) raised by someone at the Sociotechnology and [...]

interoperability agreements

Blogging from the UK and using a neat Toshiba Notebook – just for my personal record. Interoperability agreements with competitors in European Clearing, a new chapter in the security industry and a host of interesting developments in the making.

e-discovery process in SoLoMo

The new order of data -  SoLoMo for social, local, mobile data. Now this is what I call  ‘ediscovery rhyme’ ! Does this mean that Cloud Computing is now passé? To quote Paknad in the news at law.com: “There’s no easy button, there’s just complex and more complex buttons.” Complex buttons leading to more sore [...]

An early alert – come and join the dialogue

The British Computer Society Information Risk Management & Assurance Specialist Group Have you heard of Electronic Discovery/Disclosure? Tuesday 8th November 2011 18:00 Registration & buffet 18:30 Presentation 19:30 Networking Session Venue: The British Computer Society First Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA Speaker:  Cher Devey Event Details Have you heard of [...]

predictive coding technology – In the name of cost cutting or/and competition?

The ediscovery space is no longer just driven by ediscovery vendors but also by predictive coding technology which is being heralded as a ‘game-changing’ capability as highlighted by OrcaTec. Excellent posting by the author, Herbert L. Roitblat. Please note that I have not included the trademark symbol in this blog & in the blog’s title [...]

My code is ‘Code is messy’.

I have been re-mulling over lots of stuff lately as projects I have ‘killed off’ resurfaced, and projects that I have been working on got ‘killed off’ due to ‘messy’ events. For me the word ‘messy’ aptly describes the turbulence in some parts of world and strangely it’s a word that I frequently use in [...]