The cloud and the law

Tom Koulopoulos had a return engagement at the ILTA conference this morning. He spoke to attendees about using technology in “the cloud.” He was ILTA’s keynote speaker last year and was asked back to share more of his expertise.

Koulopoulos, the president and founder of the Global Think Tank, Delphi Group, titled his talk “The Cloud and Law2020: Where Megatrends and Vision Collide.”

“We’re drowning in information and ideas that we’re just beginning to understand,” he said. He discussed the various impacts of finding new ways for businesses, and the legal industry, to work. These “are radical and disruptive changes” but will feel natural in time. He stressed the cloud is not about technology, it’s about a way of doing business.

As he closed, he talked about three trends for the future of the cloud.

One, that we can all “forget about forgetting” because the cloud will have a “a perfect memory” of everything that’s posted to the cloud.

The second, is the cloud creates an environment for “ageless work,” that work is not tied to life expectancy.

And his term “everynuership,” in which everyone has a stake in their individuality on the Web.

We talked with Koulopoulos for this video interview, and he told us how law firms can address and make the most of the cloud:

Tom Koulopoulos has written eight books (including The Innovation Zone) focusing on innovation, knowledge work, Web economics and globalization.

He has a blog and is on Twitter at @TKspeaks. His website is http://tomkoulopoulos.com.

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