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Litigation Technology: Strategically Supporting iPads and Mac OS

Litigation Technology: Strategically Supporting iPads and Mac OS 150 150 Nextpoint

A critical, strategic mistake I see law firms and corporate law departments make on a regular basis is to reinvest in litigation technology that isn’t future proof. It’s not that firms aren’t spending on technology – it is just spent poorly. That’s a direct result of the propensity to continue to reinvest in legacy technology systems far…

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Cloud Computing Security: Physical and Environmental Controls

Cloud Computing Security: Physical and Environmental Controls 150 150 Michael Beumer

Physical and Environmental Controls  As a further comparison to the typical on-premise solution you may be using to store confidential client data, here’s a closer look at physical and environmental controls of cloud data centers. The following precautions apply to nearly all large scale cloud vendors, but for this case we are specifically referring to…

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Cloud Computing Security Provisions: Two-Factor Authentication

Cloud Computing Security Provisions: Two-Factor Authentication 150 150 Michael Beumer

This week we’re going to take a look at a series of cloud computing security provisions to keep data safe. There are a number of reasons why cloud computing environments (including Nextpoint) can be inherently more secure than any solution hosted on-premise. One of the most basic and important provisions is two-factor authentication. If vetting any…

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Could newspapers be a lesson for large law firms?

Could newspapers be a lesson for large law firms? 150 150 Elizabeth Guthrie

Test As interest in cloud computing and our products is increasing, I’m doing a lot of eduction to lawyers on the internet. A joke I keep using to put into context cloud computing is to say, “I think this Internet thing will be big”. To further make my point about why the internet is important…

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