Associate general counsel Mary Brennan Stitch credited a piece of software with helping her company settle a case by predicting the outcome of various moves during negotiations.

“Despite all the books and classes we may have consumed on the art of negotiating, too often we rely largely on educated guesses and gut instinct to dictate our strategy and negotiation tactics,” said Stitch in a statement. She serves as chief litigation counsel at San Antonio–based Rackspace Hosting Inc., which hosts companies’ computers on its hybrid cloud.