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Cloud Computing Explained / General Cloud Computing for UK Lawyers / Guest Articles on Cloud Computing

Business Continuity, Lawyers and the Cloud

With our official LawCloud website due to launch very soon in mid-January and LawCloud itself launching officially on 2 February 2010 at Microsoft’s office in Edinburgh, we thought it may be appropriate to share a rather poetic introduction to the subject of cloud computing in the UK legal market with a focus on business continuity. This piece is shared as a guest article by Paul Humphreys, Technical Director of The Law-Writer Partnership Oxford UK. We hope you enjoy it.

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Cloud Computing Explained / General Cloud Computing for UK Lawyers / Social Media for Law Firms

Features and Benefits of Cloud Computing for Law Firms

Here are a few of the most important features which any legal cloud computing provider should make available:-

– Legal practice management software licences, including licences for cashroom & electronic case filing.

– No need for you to purchase and maintain an expensive on-premise server. The cloud computing provider should supply a secure, robust & scalable hosted server.

– Inclusion of Microsoft Office 2010 licences for all users (No need for you to purchase Office licences – i.e. Outlook, Word, and Excel)