Conscious Solutions: Closing your office – will it kill your local SEO?

Well one thing is for sure, it won’t help it. As the UK officially enters the greatest recession on record it is inevitable that many formerly thriving businesses will soon find themselves in desperate times and looking for ways to cut outgoing costs. The legal industry has been incredibly successful at migrating into the “working […]

Software swap guide: four tips to protecting your data by Quill

The COVID-19 lockdown has forced all of us to be more reliant on technology and embrace working from home. But many legacy IT infrastructures are ill-suited or too outdated to handle all the demands of remote working. Cloud-based software is the solution, but where to start? Read on for four important considerations before making the […]

Databarracks launches season four of The Business Continuity Podcast

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery provider Databarracks today announces the release of the fourth season of The BCPcast. This season features guests who have managed Business Continuity and Resilience at Experian, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Ealing and Leicestershire Councils, the Cabinet Office and COBRA. The guests include practitioners, consultants and an expert on crisis leadership […]

sa.global: How law firms are reinventing themselves during the current Covid-19 crisis

The pandemic has clearly altered the way people across the globe live, work, and do business. No industry has been spared and every effort is now being made to steer us to the ‘new normal’. Covid-19 has demanded businesses transform themselves and adapt to the changing times if they are to survive. Take for instance […]

Building unstructured data solutions for today and tomorrow

Now that we’ve covered collections—what  I believe is a foundational component to an unstructured data solution—I  think it’s time to focus on easily the most important requirement: processing. Continuing with the concept of building a structure (haha, see what I did there?) one could argue that processing is the frame which everything else is ultimately built […]

Accesspoint Media Services talk pushing the boundaries with legal website integrations

At Accesspoint we understand that websites are becoming more vital to staying ahead of the competition, your website not only provides an online face to the firm, but it also acts as the initial point of contact for new and existing clients. However, without proper ongoing maintenance and upgrades, firms often face the challenge of […]

BigHand releases its latest whitepaper on the global pandemic

The global pandemic and remote working has increased the need for law firms to standardise document creation, new industry research says. A new industry whitepaper from BigHand, featuring commentary from several law firm experts, has highlighted the need for firms to standardise document creation and assess document tools in the current climate. Published today, the […]

Quiss Technology: The daunting task of changing your PMS

By Kevin Goosman, Baskerville Drummond. Law firms rarely change their PMS, doing so on average about every 15 to 20 years, and rightly so as the cost and effort involved is substantial. Furthermore, a firm can expect such a project to distract from the day-to-day operation of the firm and there will be disruption to […]

DMC Canotec: Do you have an up-to-date document security checklist?

Intellectual property, customer data, contract details, business strategies: there’s no end to the information at risk. Document security is therefore a key area for businesses to address. It’s important to appreciate how the risks occur and importantly how they can be addressed. According to Quocirca, an IT research and analysis firm, 59% percent of the businesses […]

Iridium Technology: Understanding profitability in the age of Covid-19

In our most recent blog post, we addressed a few examples of knowledge gaps that can impede law firms’ ability to understand their levels of profitability. It covered a few best practices that can help your firm collect the right data and make more informed decisions about clients and matters—and do so quickly. In this post, we will dive deeper into the information your firm should be tracking in real-time to potentially avoid painful decisions […]