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Work from Home Guidance for Working Lawyers If you haven’t seen it, there is a Zoom video that went viral recently. The video shows a virtual legal hearing in which one of the attorney struggles to remove a filter that turns his face into a kitten....

Law firm cybersecurity is a regulatory and moral obligation. While the challenges around preventing a law firm data breach recently increased due to social distancing requirements of the last year, the requirements to secure data remain stringent. The door to remote legal practice has now...

A cloud governance framework and written policies are essential to maintaining security, compliance and performance of a business’s IT environment. In this post we will start by defining cloud governance and then cover some best practices and methodologies for getting started. What is Cloud Governance? Cloud governance...

A Value Added Reseller (VAR) in technology is just what it sounds like—a company that resells software, hardware or networking technology at a markup in exchange for their value-add. For example, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is developed by a vendor such as Sage or...

The COVID-19 and resulting telework requirements spurred renewed adoption of cloud solutions. However, as we move forward into the “Next Normal,” a purposeful cloud enablement strategy is key to a successful cloud migration project. So let’s get started with a cloud enablement definition and then...

While Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have seen an increase lately in private users looking to improve privacy and subvert geo-locking and other restrictions, VPNs are rapidly falling out of favor as the “backbone” of the business network. Despite the growing number of downsides against VPN...

Weighing your options between Sage 50, 100 & 300. In general, the difference between Sage 50, Sage 100 and Sage 300 can be summed up like this: Sage 50 is more affordable for SMBs to manage accounting simply. Sage 100 costs a little more and is...

Closing the books is a perpetual headache for many accounting departments. Without some amount of automation it can be like herding cats. If you are relatively new to the process you’re in the right place. First, we’re looking at what closing the books means, why...

What you need to know about securing Microsoft Exchange. Multiple cyberattacks on on-premise Exchange Server instances were detected by Microsoft this month, according to recent updates from Microsoft. The attacks by “hacker” group, Hafnium, have targeted entities in the United States across a number of industry sectors....

Making the most of financial downturn and meeting the challenges of work from home. Of course the answer to the key question here depends on your business. However, businesses who invest in technology now are more likely to grow, according to research from SMB Group. So...