Sharing legal expertise worldwide

To accelerate knowledge sharing among its attorneys, Linklaters has deployed a rich media communications system from Accordent. The solution serves as the foundation for distributing best-of-breed expertise from 18 practice areas, ranging from capital markets to technology. With the new system, the large U.K. law firm can quickly produce and distribute multimedia training materials to its 30 offices in 23 countries.

The solution consists of multiple Accordent Capture Station units that are located at various training and meeting rooms throughout the organization. The units capture and synchronize video, audio and images, and publish them as dynamic, interactive rich media communication, which are then delivered live and made available for on-demand review on Linklaters' global corporate network.

Neil Thomas, Linklaters strategy consultant, says, "Accordent is an all-encompassing technology that allows the firm to create, publish and manage content—from start to finish. And because it's simple to use, it lowers administrative costs, since IT doesn't have to look after the publishing of all presentations."

In a recent news release, Accordent reports that its Media Management System is pivotal to the deployment, allowing Linklaters to centrally manage an expanding library of rich media assets via a customized portal. The solution also allows the firm to protect its intellectual property by controlling and authenticating viewer access, and to track and report viewer statistics to measure the effectiveness of training materials. Furthermore, the system provides search features that parse a wide array of presentation metadata, according to Accordent.