Legal Commentary

ILTA and InsideLegal have released the results of the 7th annual "ILTA Member Technology Purchasing Survey." The 43-question web-based survey yielded 109 firm responses, with 84% from the U.S. and 16% from Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil.

Among the highlights of this year's poll:

? 45% of respondents report that their firms are already back to normal financially

? 6% expect to be there in another year

? 17% have implemented cloud computing;

? 49% use Microsoft's SharePoint internally, and 24% use it as a collaboration tool for clients and other external communications;

? 69% were offered vendor discounts last year, and 20% received free services from their tech vendors;

? biggest challenges: e-mail management, staffing, and storage.

For a free copy of the survey analysis, visit www.InsideLegal.com.