Businesses having trouble organizing legal documents may want to check out Document Depository Corporation, which has made a hosted service that handles storage, tagging, sharing and retrieval, while giving companies the benefits of .

"It's a really clean, easy way to do document management," Shipley says. "It really resonated with me because we were ripping through file drawers at DEMO."

Speaking of disaster readiness, a DEMO presenter called Transformyx is unveiling RallyPoint, a Web-based crisis communication system designed for businesses in hurricane-, earthquake- and terrorist-prone areas.

"By combining all modes of standard communication with the Web and a touch-tone-based phone system, RallyPoint can quickly and accurately provide secure communications and accountability between management, employees, clients, vendors and even the media," DEMO says.

Another business-focused product to be unveiled at DEMO is Pixetell, an online software platform that lets you deliver mixed-media presentations that combine screen recordings, voice, Webcam, rich text and attachments, through existing channels such as e-mail, blogs, wikis, instant messages and Twitter.