President's Corner

Martindale Targets Corporate Counsel

John Lawler, chief executive officer, Martindale-Hubbell

MARTINDALE-Hubbell, best known for its comprehensive attorney directories, has launched a new program targeted at high-level corporate counsel.

The Counsel to Counsel panels will be held in seven major metropolitan areas, and will address various issues around the delivery of corporate legal services, including "how the integration of new technologies and services is changing the role of in-house counsel," reports CEO John Lawler. The invitation-only event will bring together about 20 counsel for each off-the-record discussion.

A June session on "Harnessing Your Company's Technology Resources to Increase Efficiency" will be held in Los Angeles; "Launching New Technologies and Services: The Changing Role of Legal Counsel" is planned for Atlanta in November.

Information: Reader Response no. 320.

Office Gear

Canon Unveils S600

CANON U.S.A. Inc. has unveiled its new S600 Bubble Jet Printer. It is targeted to the small office/home office market, says the Costa Mesa, Calif. company. It offers four-color printing at 2400x1200 dpi resolution, and produces laser-quality text at up to 15 pages-per-minute, says Canon.

It includes Canon's ThinkTank system for each color (CMYK).

Information: Reader Response no. 322.

Networking Software

Cognet 3.5 Supports W2000

COGNET Corp., of Valhalla, N.Y., says the latest upgrade of its namesake software helps administrators automate the installation and maintenance of software applications. The new version supports Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system, as well as widely used Windows and Office 2000 utilities and applications, including Internet Explorer.

Information: Reader Response no. 324.

Document Management

IManage Debuts Its WorkSite Suite

SAN MATEO's iManage Inc. has launched iManage WorkSite, designed to help firms "transform passive Web sites into interactive worksites."

The suite consists of the iManage WorkSite Server and four application components:

1) WorkDocs (document management);

2) WorkTeam (collaborative work space, with project document management, team calendaring, discussion threads, more);

3) WorkPortal (secure, single point-of-access to information from disparate sources and applications); and 4) WorkRoute (tools for routing business information through processing and approval cycles).

The suite works works on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT/2000 as well as Solaris and Linux.

Information: Reader Response no. 321.

Online Services

CorporateAffiliations Goes Online

LEXIS-Nexis has introduced www.CorporateAffiliations.com, an online version of its corporate "linkage" database service. The service incorporates information from The Directory of Corporate Affiliations, and helps researches find information about 137,000 parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions.

It helps users determine "who owns whom?" and establish a hierarchy of corporate ownership eight levels deep, says Lexis.

The service covers public and private companies worldwide. The directory is also printed annually, and updated quarterly on CD.

Information: Reader Response no. 323.