Corporate birthdays are generally of less significance than human ones, although Anacomp is rightly making much of the fact that it has been in data storage for 40 years. In general, this is a young industry, and few companies can yet claim a decade.
I bring up the subject of Trilantic’s birthday because it seems to have been around forever and yet has just celebrated its third anniversary. MD Nigel Murray, of course, has been around for ever – I misread a press release of his recently as saying that he was a “25 year-old veteran” which seemed unlikely, if only because I have known him in the industry for what seems like most of 25 years. It was in fact “25-year veteran”.
Nigel was host at a party following on from the Legal Week Litigation Forum last week which included a good mix of those who had been at the conference and Trilantic’s own guests.
It is interesting to speculate as to who will still be with us in, say, five years’ time, and what new players will have made their mark. At ILTA in Dallas last month I saw booths bearing names which I had never heard of. One or two will break through in this expanding market; some will fizzle out quickly.
Trilantic is likely to be a stayer.
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