TAKING CLOUD COMPUTING TO THE NEXT LEVEL

FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALS

Lawyers are increasingly mobile

62%

22%

6%

1%

Use an iPhone

Use an Android

Use Blackberry

Use Windows Mobile

Throughout Throughout the the next next five five years, years, a a 44% 44% annual annual growth growth in in workloads workloads for for the the cloud cloud versus versus an an 8.9% 8.9% growth growth for for on-premise computing workloads is expected on-premise computing workloads is expected

2011

2012

2014

2015

$15.3 Billion $82.3 Billion

$150 Billion

$180 Billion

Data rented back from your provider

Data crosses international borders

Increased risk of intrusion

Responsible for servers and other infrastructure

Complete ownership of data

Know where your data lives

Increased security

Automatic system updates

IT Management No customization Backup or flexibility plans priced only with separately third-party vendors

Manual system updates

Inherent disaster recovery and business continuity

Full IT management

Flexible and scaleable

Reduced capital expenses & pay-as-you-go pricing

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Control

You own your data and know where it is at all times

Cutting-edge Physical, Network and Data security for your confidential case and client data

Security

Affordability

Zero capital investment for servers, software and network infrastructure

Accessibility

Anytime, anywhere access from any device

Remove IT Burdens

Included maintenance, monitoring, updates and upgrades

Quickly scale up or down and only pay for what you use.

Flexiblity

MORE LAWYERS LAWYERS ARE ARE MORE USING THE THE CLOUD CLOUD USING 70% of ABA lawyers 20.9%
who have used cloud computing will continue to do so
15.5%

31.7%

2011

2012

2013

40% of solo lawyers used the cloud in 2013, compared to 29% in 2012 and 23% in 2011.

Why are lawyers using cloud computing?

24/7 Access Ease of use

63%
Convenient access

73%

44%

Data backup

Affordability

56%

49% 41%
Reduced IT needs

When a service provider makes resources, such as applications and storage, available to the general public over the Internet.

Public Cloud

A software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider and made available to customers over a network, typically the Internet.

SaaS

A cloud computing platform that provides the mobility and efficiency of a public cloud but is built on infrastructure dedicated exclusively for your firm.

Private Cloud

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