Join us at one of our North American ILTA roadshows

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Michael Worth

On February 8th in Toronto, we will be launching the first of our North American roadshows. In partnership with ILTA, we will be hosting a number of events to discuss “Strategies for Client Extranets: Requirements, Platforms and Solutions”.

This open discussion on client extranets will begin by exploring the driving factors that have initiated client extranets and we will discuss the components of successful implementations (secure document exchange, team collaboration, knowledge management, client relationship sites etc.), best practices and business objectives. The presentation will also include a review of the various extranet platforms and how firms are using them today.

Ben Wightwick wins TheKnowList award for Legal IT Rising Star

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Ajay Patel

HighQ congratulates Ben Wightwick for winning Legal IT Rising Star at TheKnowList Awards 2012.

TheKnowList Awards for the legal technology community brings together over 300 technology professionals and senior decision makers to recognise their achievements of the previous year. More specifically, the award for Legal IT Rising Star acknowledges Ben’s individual successes to date and celebrates his contribution to the advancement of legal technology.

Top US law firms select HighQ for client solutions

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Stuart Barr

New York, 24 January 2012 – HighQ is proud to announce that since opening its North American office in New York City last year, it has been able to build on its success in the UK, Europe and Australia and establish itself as a leading provider of client extranet and collaboration solutions to top Am Law 100 firms including Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Holland & Knight LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP who have selected HighQ Collaborate to provide their clients with exciting new services.

Secure, social, cloud – mutually exclusive or perfect partners?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Stuart Barr

This article looks at two of the hottest topics in technology today – social software and cloud computing – and asks whether cloud-based social software is inherently risky for enterprises looking to take advantage of the new wave of technology innovation or whether it is possible to have your cake and eat it.

In the last five or so years, enterprise social software and cloud computing have both transitioned from the fringes of corporate IT policy to become serious business priorities.

The benefits of cloud computing and software as a service in particular are generally well accepted and represent an effective way for organisations to reduce the costs associated with running their own data centres and developing applications in-house.

In addition, the adoption of enterprise social tools is increasingly seen as an effective way of improving workforce productivity, communication and knowledge sharing both internally and externally. This is often characterised simplistically as “Facebook for the enterprise” and usually involves some combination of file sharing, blogs, wikis, microblogs, task management, people profiles and activity streams.

Leading Australian law firm Clayton Utz selects HighQ to provide an innovative collaboration platform for its clients

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Stuart Barr

Sydney, 12 January 2012 – HighQ is pleased to announce that leading Australian law firm Clayton Utz has chosen HighQ Collaborate to provide an innovative new extranet and collaboration platform for its clients.

HighQ Collaborate provides a unique set of capabilities to enable Clayton Utz to securely exchange documents, support client relationships, manage transactions and enable new ways of collaborating and communicating with clients through the use of innovative social tools such as wikis and blogs.

“One of the things we liked most about Collaborate was the fact that we can quickly set up and configure a site to meet a client’s specific needs with very little effort. A simple document sharing site can be built and shared literally in a matter of minutes. More complex sites take a little more effort, but that’s really just ticking boxes and settings to make it do what you want.” said James Kleinig, Technology & Innovation Manager at Clayton Utz.

HighQ partners with the SAFE-BioPharma Association to offer secure digital signatures to the life sciences industry

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Jacob Mathew

London, 6 December 2011 – HighQ today announced its vendor partnership with the SAFE-BioPharma® Association, a non-profit organisation that manages the SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and signature standard for the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Companies of all sizes within the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry use the SAFE-BioPharma standard in FDA Title 21 CFR part 11 compliant processes for signing SOPs, quality and compliance documentation, research and development documentation, corporate compliance documents and more.

HighQ provides the life sciences industry with a unified space for secure document exchange and social collaboration across a global network of employees, researchers and partners – both internal and external to the company. HighQ Collaborate, a secure cloud-based platform, allows users to disseminate information to discovery teams, CROs, investigators and business development partners world-wide. Users will have the opportunity to securely exchange documents using their SAFE-BioPharma digital identities on the HighQ Collaborate platform, ensuring their credentials are available anytime and anywhere.

HighQ to present on emerging collaboration technologies at the Genesis 2011 Conference in London

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jacob Mathew

London, 28 November 2011 – HighQ is pleased to announce that they will be presenting and exhibiting at the 2011 Genesis Conference organised by One Nucleus, to be held on 1st December at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK.

Stuart Barr, HighQ’s social computing expert, will speak to life sciences and healthcare delegates on the topic of “Making the world a smaller place” at the morning plenary session. The presentation will focus on how globally distributed teams can use modern, cloud-based platforms to securely exchange documents and collaborate more effectively in teams to improve efficiency and productivity, reduce costs and share knowledge.

HighQ ranked as one of the fastest growing technology companies on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Stuart Barr

For Immediate Release

London, 25 November, 2011 – HighQ today announced that it has been named on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2011, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa based on percentage revenue growth over five years. HighQ’s revenues grew 354 percent during this period.

Secure document exchange and enterprise collaboration for life sciences

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Jacob Mathew

Life sciences organisations globally operate in a demanding, constantly shifting environment. The intense competition, combined with stringent regulatory and compliance requirements, leads to long development and approval life-cycles, resulting in pressure to reduce costs and increased time to market.

Due to the nature of their work, life sciences organisations collaborate with a number of academic groups, universities, outsourcing companies, corporate researchers, health care providers and industry competitors around the world. Many companies are faced with the traditional problem of sharing sensitive confidential information, often across multiple teams and locations, both inside and outside of their corporate network. To manage these important but complex relationships, technology solutions must foster collaboration and ease the exchange of confidential data across technological and geographic boundaries. Companies need solutions that are flexible, easy to use and highly secure, so that intellectual property and critical data is available to the right people, at the right time.

HighQ to exhibit at Biotech Outsourcing Strategies 2011

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Jacob Mathew

London, 2 August, 2011 - HighQ, leading provider of enterprise-grade collaboration and secure document exchange solutions, recently announced that it will be a gold sponsor of Biotech Outsourcing Strategies 2011, to be held on 20th September 2011 at the Royal College of Physicians, London. HighQ’s secure collaboration and document exchange platform is poised to play a leading role in the biotechnology industry, building on its success in the Legal and Financial sectors.