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Re:62% of general counsels use Excel and email to manage con... by reaperducer on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:11AM (#22318277)
Exactly. Why break something that works? Because it's not "new?" Because it wasn't sold to you by a consulting company? Because it wasn't advertised in a jetway at the airport?
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Re:62% of general counsels use Excel and email to manage con... by cwyers on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:35AM (#22318497)
Because these systems often end up as a single point of failure -- whoever is the custodian of them is the gatekeeper to the information, and when they leave, you can be boned.
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Re:62% of general counsels use Excel and email to manage con... by reaperducer on Thursday February 13, 2020 @11:19AM (#22318888)
That's not a technology problem, that's an organizational problem.
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