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Discover Lexum's innovative approach to cloud-based services tailored specifically for legal information providers. As highlighted in Gartner's 2013 strategic technology trends, our offerings, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS), streamline operational efficiency and reduce IT dependencies. Explore our powerful search engines and versatile content management systems designed to enhance accessibility and confidentiality while providing advanced features like intelligent query algorithms and automated updates. Partner with Lexum for a seamless legal information experience.
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Blending In: Lexum’s Approach to Cloud-Based Services Pierre-Paul Lemyre <lemyrep@lexum.com>
Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2013 • Mobile devices and applications • Cloud computing • The Internet of Things • Big Data • Actionable analytics Source: Gartner (February 2013)
The Business Models of the Cloud • Infrastructure as a Service (SaaS) • Amazon Web Services, IBM SmartCloud, AT&T, Rackspace • Platform as a Service (PaaS) • Amazon Web Services, Windows Azure, Google App Engine • Software as a Service (SaaS) • Netflix, Dropbox, Salesforce, Apple ICloud
The Rationale • Organizations aiming for efficiency should: • Focus on their core business • Avoid getting entangled in IT issues
The Benefits • Savings • Hardware, software, support, management • Capacity increase • Resources on-demand, improved features, more focused HR • Improved availability • Uptime, response time
What About Legal Information Providers? • Decision making bodies, governing bodies, legal publishers • They share common outreach needs and objectives • They have archive of legal information (judicial, legislative, doctrinal) • They need to disseminate it for free or for a fee
What’s in it for them? • Back office • IaaS & PaaS • Pay & time sheet management, productivity tools, case management • Front-end • Are customized (handcrafted) websites the only solution?
What Legal Information Providers Actually Want • A powerful search engine • A versatile content management system (CMS) • Automated or very efficient update processes • Security and confidentiality
A Powerful Search Engine • Advanced full-text search algorithms • Sub-phrase querying, stemming, computing of citations • Intelligent features • Auto-completion, noteup, auto-correction • Display mechanisms • Snippets, keywords in context, side-by-side comparison
A versatile content management system (CMS) • No intervention from technical staff • WYSIWYG content editor, automatic document conversion, dynamic updates • Generic features • User access rights, versioning, current awareness • Specialized features • Adapted structure, fields, relationships
Automated or very efficient update processes • Data extraction tools • Parsing and ripping from file bodies • Data exchange tools • APIs • Outsourcing of data entry tasks
Security and Confidentiality • Physical safeties • Secure facilities, redundancy, backup sites • Coding best practices • Encryption, password policies • Contractual environment • User rights management • Redaction of documents
Lexum’sApproach to Blending In • A SaaS offer for legal information provider websites • Decisisa: for decisions • OyezOyez: for regulatory material • Zoupio: for books and manuals • Skinned to the look and feel of each client’s website • Accessible under each client’s subdomain