DPS Software Ltd

More and more law firms are beginning to use cloud based software for part or all of their business. According to the American Bar Association, 52% of all law firms used some form of cloud software in 2017, and the figure is growing. However, there are still a lot of firms in the UK who do not use cloud based software and one of the reasons given is that they hold a lot of sensitive information and therefore they can be a target for hackers. Many lawyers believe by holding the information on their own servers they are at less risk. It is true that there have been some high-profile security breaches of cloud platforms, but these have been largely due to human error rather than some sort of fault with the cloud. Read more at law practice management software

Over the last couple of years, an increasing amount of legal case management software has become cloud based. This type of software allows for greater flexibility and faster speeds than server based software, yet still many lawyers cling on to the server in the belief that it is more secure than having all their client information “out there” on a server over which they have no control. Yet, is this really the case? If so, why are so many lawyers opting for cloud based software rather than using their own server? The truth of the matter is that it is mostly psychological. With your own server, it is in your own office and nobody can attack it. But the fact is that, of course, it can be the target of a cyber-attack. In fact, the security of cloud based legal case management software is very likely to be greater than if it is based in your own office where it can be hacked or even physically attacked.  Suppliers of this software simply must take every precau...

Did you know that close to 50% of lawyers looking for a law firm case management system software have never used it before?  Now that we are well ensconced in the 21st century one might wonder why this is the case. After all, lawyers are pretty intelligent people so you might expect they would have grasped the technology that is available today, rather than staying with last century thinking and still operating their businesses with paper and ink. Let’s face it: paper is slow, and old-fashioned. Every single document has to be dictated and then transcribed by a secretary. Then it has to be photocopied so that it can be filed while the original is sent to the recipient. Incoming letters also have to be photocopied so that there is a duplicate in case the original is misfiled. How many lawyers can put up their hand and say that they have never lost a document? This can be just a minor annoyance, and rather embarrassing if you need to write to a client for...