by Nigel Stott | 20 May 2020 | Articles, Implement, M365, Our Insights, Select
In the first blog of a four-part series, we will take a detailed look at Microsoft 365 and what it has to offer for law firms. In 2011, Microsoft announced their Office 365 cloud-based product suite (as it was known then – it was only in April 2020 that Office...
by David Baskerville | 20 May 2020 | Advisory, Articles, David Baskerville, Our Insights, Review, Select
As we see an ever-increasing stream of high-profile data breaches and regulatory fines Sean O’Brien, Director DVV Solutions, takes a look at one of the most common weak links in law firms’ data security and GDPR compliance programs – the risks posed by third parties...
by David Baskerville | 7 May 2020 | Articles, David Baskerville, Implement, Our Insights, Select
Mention CRM and you’ll get an eye-roll from me. Why? Because most firms have had a play at this holy grail and only succeeded in spending money on overhyped – and unlikely ever to deliver – technology-focused solutions rather than grasping the nettle of what CRM...
by Kevin Goosman | 6 May 2020 | Articles, Implement, Our Insights, Review
Kevin Goosman, Associate at Baskerville Drummond Consulting Ltd, offers a perspective on the benefits of undertaking an independent IT review. It’s good practice to monitor and review all aspects of your business. But with IT change happening so quickly and technology...
by David Baskerville | 4 May 2020 | Advisory, Articles, David Baskerville, Implement, Our Insights, Select
The following article is based on an interview I did for Extech Cloud back in August 2019. In this COVID-19 world it strikes me even more that the barriers of not wanting to change the status quo, feeling that staff need to be controlled and the fear of change have...
by David Baskerville | 1 May 2020 | Advisory, Articles, David Baskerville, Our Insights, Select
In 2017 Sir David Attenborough’s Blue Planet brought the challenge of our use of plastics to mainstream conscientiousness. Whilst most people were aware that use of one-use plastic was bad it was only the visualisation of the problems which caused a wide-spread desire...