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LAC Group Launches Innovative Library as a Service Platform with
Manzama as Foundational Competitive Intelligence Partner
LOS ANGELES, April 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- LAC Group, the Leader in
Information Curation and Knowledge Management, today announces the
launch of its Library as a Service ("LaaS") platform for law firms and
corporations. LAC's LaaS includes a spectrum of capabilities
encompassing traditional on-site staffing and library management as
well as cloud-based content delivery platforms and LAC's distributed
network of North American and UK-based researchers, librarians and
information specialists.
Clients can access services through LAC's configurable Knowledge
Services Portal or via existing organizational resources (including
intranets, email or other internal portals). Library as a Service
leverages both client-side and LAC subscriptions to offer complete
end-to-end library management solutions and/or incremental offerings
that augment existing in-house capabilities. As an example, a specific
client-directed research request submitted through the portal is
securely routed to one or many LAC professionals. The research is
conducted using a suite of proprietary and authorized third party
tools. Answers/data are quality checked and ultimately submitted back
to the requestor. LAC Library as a Service maximizes a firm's resource
utilization, extends subject matter expertise and curates data streams
driving monetization opportunities.
"Organizational information management is undergoing a massive sea
change," noted Deborah Schwarz, Founder and CEO of LAC Group. "On one
hand, the availability of and access to data is at unprecedented
levels. On the other hand, organizations are coming under increasing
pressure to contain information related spending. Those that can
flexibly respond to these pressures while leveraging the power of
information will generate significant strategic advantages," she
concluded.
A cornerstone of LAC's Library as a Service is its Competitive
Intelligence Engine powered by Manzama. Manzama is a Listening
Platform that automatically scours the web for information and then
analyzes and classifies this information for relevance and importance.
Leveraging LAC's distributed work force of tested/trained researchers
and information professionals, Manzama delivers a turnkey service of
curated, on-point information-effectively culling the wheat from the
chaff-to each stakeholder within the organization.
"LAC rounds out our technology platform in that it will give our
mutual clients domain experts that will be well positioned to help
with a variety of strategic initiatives. This will be a game-changing
feature for firms that have the right vision, but lack the necessary
skill set and/or resources to execute on their vision. The LAC/Manzama
combination will give them a trusted solution to ensure they are
getting the right information at the right time," commented Peter
Ozolin, Manzama CEO.
"LAC's partnership with Manzama creates real strategic advantages for
both companies," added Tyler Leshney, LAC EVP-Strategy and
Development. "Coupling the power of Manzama's search and
classification algorithms with LAC's distributed labor pool creates a
unique, curated offering that we think will redefine the competitive
intelligence playing field."
In addition to Manzama's competitive intelligence capabilities, LAC
Library as a Service includes the Knowledge Services Portal,
integrated library solution (ILS) offerings, spend management
consulting services, rights clearance services, cataloging and
metadata services as well as a full suite of primary and secondary
research offerings.
About LAC Group
LAC Group has been helping its clients enact best practices and solve
library and archival challenges since 1986. From information sciences
staffing, to metadata creation, to consulting, spend management and
physical media storage, LAC Group has a complete suite of solutions
designed to help maximize the utility of real-time and archival
information. A WBENC-certified woman-owned business, LAC Group
continues to be the trusted choice of leading law firms, major
studios, broadcasters, government agencies, Fortune 500 companies and
universities seeking to manage the ever-increasing challenges of
information and knowledge management. The company operates from three
facilities in Greater Los Angeles (Century City, Burbank and Thousand
Oaks) as well as offices in New York, Rockville, MD, Chicago, Denver,
Boston and the United Kingdom.
About Manzama
Established in 2010, Manzama Inc. is a company founded by legal
professionals who've pioneered the legal industry's first Listening
Platform. The platform classifies and ranks thousands of legal
industry and client industry blogs, news sites, and other social media
applications to uncover the most relevant and important information in
support of a law firm's or legal professional's business development
and practice strategies. Manzama counts among its clients half of the
AMLAW 25, and over 90 additional law firms within the NLJ 350,
including firms both in the United States and based internationally.
John Fox LAC Group (408) 840-3692 johnfox@venturemarketing.com
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