Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

One of the great things about channel-based collaboration is the ability to reach multiple team members all at once. Group notifications are an essential tool in your Mattermost communication toolkit, and are a great way to amplify your messages and ensure that they reach the right audience. Learn how to use group notifications more effectively in this installment of the Mattermost Pro Tips series!

With over 2 billion users, WhatsApp appears to be an easy way to get in touch with anyone, including your co-workers. However, using WhatsApp for employee communication can come with a host of security threats to your organization and the lack of appropriate features for collaboration amongst teams and performance tracking. For example, accessing an employee’s phone and stealing sensitive organization data is fairly easy, as WhatsApp does not have essential security features.

Bringing a new product to market is a complex task. There are countless steps involved in the product life cycle, from initial brainstorming and ideation through various prototype iterations, financial forecasts, and the development of marketing messaging. Product development also requires input and collaboration from countless cross-disciplinary teams. And to keep all of these teams aligned toward the same goal, companies use the processes and tools of product management.

The quantum era will not support traditional encryption anymore. We need a more secure type of encryption to combat the threat of quantum computers. We are fortunate to have brilliant minds working on the solution worldwide. And quantum cryptography is the answer.

Effective communication is crucial to any successful workplace. It sets the foundation for collaboration, productivity, and positive workplace relationships among colleagues. In the dynamic landscape of professional interactions, understanding the two primary modes of workplace communication, formal and informal, is essential.

Note: The following blog post originally appeared on the M-Files Ment website in late 2022—before the deadline of changes to Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) went into effect. However, we’re featuring this post to help those who may still have questions or concerns about SCCs changes. Changes to data protection regulations is an ever-evolving continuum across all continents.

In September 2022, current M-Files Vice President of Ment Kaisa Kromhof discussed how document automation impacts legal design with Hannele Korhonen, founder of Lawyers Design School. The discussion was recorded before Ment joined M-Files and offers some keen insights into the history of Ment prior to the acquisition as well as some deeper insights into the legal tech world. For a transcript of the talk feel free to access it here.

Those who are tasked with drafting contracts recognize the frustration of wasting time to get all the needed information before drafting a contract. Both law firms and in-house counsel have clients who need contracts—customers of the law firm or those in businesses relying on the company’s legal department for their contracting needs.

During the past couple of years, document automation and legal tech has become the talk of the town. M-Files Ment has taken a step up from the old ways of doing document automation. We like to use the term fully visual, no-code document automation for our solution. What does this mean in practice?

When it comes to no-code document automation, the question invariably arises: How much access should be given to clients when it comes to template questionnaires, especially as it applies to legal clients? This could include external clients for law firms, those who are paying the law firm for legal services, or internal clients for in-house, those who are requesting services from the legal department. You may be wondering why they need access to the template questionnaire at all!