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Solving the dropbox problem

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Dan Pryor

Senior Consultant, HighQ

•  Background in technology, social, legal Slaughter and May and JP Morgan

•  Currently working primarily with smaller law firms

Introduction

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About HighQ

•  Started as a Virtual Data Room provider

•  Now used by 60 of the top 100 UK firms

•  Offices in 7 countries

•  Incorporating feedback since 2001

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•  File sharing has come a long way

•  Technology has been commoditised

•  Traditional complexities have been simplified

The rise of consumer tools

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•  People use simple tools at home

•  Accessible, usable technology

•  They want them at work as well

•  Staff now have a “DIY” attitude

•  IT lagging behind, needs to adjust

The rise of consumer tools

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The rise of consumer tools

Today's highly mobile, social cloud

has set everyone's expectations for

how easy, powerful, and simple IT can

be. The genie will never be put back

into the bottle.

“"”"Dion Hinchcliffe

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•  Sign-up and use is free

•  Premium services chargeable

•  CIOs don’t control or like them

•  Often blocked at the firewall

•  Proves demand for better tools

Consumer grade in the enterprise

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The rise of consumer tools

Somewhere between 15% and 30% of IT

spending now occurs outside the

standard consolidated budget of the IT

department.

“"”"PwC estimate

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•  Where is my data?

•  How do I enforce security?

•  How do I audit activity?

•  But how do I meet user demands for simplicity?

Consumer grade in the enterprise

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Can I have my cake AND eat it?

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•  Take best ideas from consumer tools

•  Put them into the enterprise

•  Add high-grade security and control

•  Combine consumer and enterprise

•  File sharing and social tools

The best of both

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•  Enterprise-grade security

•  More control & auditability

•  Secure private clouds

•  Choice of hosting locations

•  Single-tenancy deployments

•  ISO27001 certification

What to look for

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Just like HighQ

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Any Questions?