You can’t step into the tech world without hearing something about the cloud. “It’s so cheap!” “You can access your data from a submarine!” “All you have to do is sign up!” “Once you’re there, you’ve made it to Valhalla!” The conversation is certainly warranted, but there are several key
Here’s an unsettling statistic for you: according to The Ponemon Institute’s 2014 Global Report on the Cost of Cybercrime, 2014 cybercrime incidences increased by 10.4% over 2013 numbers. Another from IBM: after a breach, an organization loses, on average, 29% of market mindshare due to reputation and brand damage, 21%
Where C-level executives are concerned, “CIO” is one of the newcomers in the game; not many associations were concerned about aligning their overall strategy with their technology resources back in the seventies. But as organizations become more and more dependent upon their technology, as data security and integrity becomes more
Law firms cannot function without intelligent, reliable technology systems. We’ve talked about this before, whether it’s within the context of strategic consulting, backup and disaster recovery, or just plain outsourcing IT. Firms must be up and running at all times, and cannot lose (or lose track of) any data
When it comes to outfitting your attorneys with new machines, the questions that come to mind can be flat-out overwhelming. Of all the machines out there (and there are a lot out there), which are actually equipped to handle their workload? Which features are absolutely critical to have, and
Office moves are a hassle. There’s just no way around it. Even if you’re moving up to bigger and better things, the process of picking up your entire firm and placing it back down somewhere new is incredibly complex and stressful–and that’s before money even enters the picture. Having served the DC
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