Legal Commentary

As technology guru Richard Susskind likes to say, the best way to predict the future is to create it yourself. Along those lines, Douglas Caddell, a longtime member of Law Technology News' Editorial Advisory Board and CIO of Foley & Lardner, says he's heard just about enough of the mantra, "IT must do more with less."

Those days are history, says Caddell. Instead, if you want your firm (and your IT department) to thrive in these tough times, you have to rethink and reinvent IT. The first step: go virtual, says Caddell. Check out his December Law Technology News  cover story here. And listen to him on our LTN website video here.

And while you're at it, you'll also want to read Jo Haraf's article "Align Your Agendas" -- which offers some insightful advice about how you can create an "IT Porfolio" -- and how the journey of creating that portfolio will help you align your IT department with the overall business goals of the firm.

Later this month, Haraf will be my guest on my Law Technology Now podcast. We'll letcha know when it's live!

Not surprisingly,both Caddell and Haraf are among the contributors to a new book from Thomson Reuters, "Achieving Excellence in Legal Technology Management" (West, 2009). Might be the perfect holiday present for your IT pals.