A nasty virus has infected a handful of our client’s offices yesterday and today. We have traced the virus back to an email which appears to be a FedEx shipping confirmation from ADP Payroll: If anyone in your firm receives an email like this, DO NOT click on the attached .zip file, as it contains a .exe (executable) program […]

Are you still running Windows XP on your desktops in your organization?  The end of extended support for Windows XP is coming up quick. So what does this mean to you? On April 8, 2014, security patches and hot fixes for all versions of Windows XP will no longer be available. PC’s running Windows XP will […]

A lot of law firms outsource their Microsoft Exchange Server to a third-party provider instead of purchasing a server and hosting Microsoft Exchange internally. The advantages are that the third-party absorbs the cost of hardware, software, management, and leaves the law firm with just a monthly investment of $10-$25 per month per user, depending on […]

Announced at Legal Tech New York 2012, and releasing to the general public soon, Worldox GX3 is set to turn the document management software community up-side down.  Worldox is a document management system designed by World Software Corporation for legal and other professional service firms. It is highly regarded and known as a top tier solution for […]

According to a recent Cisco survey, seven out of ten (70%) young employees break their companies’ IT policies regularly. This is dangerous for your law practice for a multitude of reasons. Below are the Cisco stats; each will come with subsequent analysis so you know what this means for your law firm. The most common […]

Metadata, in its most simple definition, means “data about data”.  So what’s wrong with data about data? Leveraging metada­ta contained in a document contract created using Microsoft Word, you can learn who originally created a docu­ment, the names of the last ten editors (except in Office 2007), and the names of the com­puter and network drives […]

I stumbled upon an infographic which shows a timeline of events regarding the recent hacking of Sony’s online networks. This is pretty much the nightmare of a lifetime. Repeated attacks throughout the world, clients’ personal information stolen (including credit card numbers), servers brought down, and a 25 day interruption of services. Here’s the highlight reel: Hacking of […]

Lawyers need email – there’s no doubt about that. Not only does it serve as a vital link between attorneys, other firm members, and clients, but it also serves as a billables-generator; clients will email you and can charge them for the response. Email reduces material costs such as envelopes, ink, and stamps, while delivering […]

Courtesy of a rapid acceleration in Personally Identifiable Information (PII) regulations, banks are cracking down on their legal partners. The ensuing chaos has foreclosure and bankruptcy firms around the country scrambling to bring their IT up to snuff in order to prevent losing valuable relationships with the banks that send them business. Our clients are […]

Engadget reports that Symantec pitted iOS’s security against Android’s in an effort to help corporate IT staffs try to figure out which of the two devices is best to hand out to employees. Each had advantages and disadvantages but iOS got the best marks, this largely attributed to Apple’s App Store approval process. The study, […]

We are all aware of the theft of a massive list of customer emails from Epsilon, a third-party marketing company. We also know how damaging this can be for companies like Epsilon, and the companies that do business with Epsilon (companies like Walgreens, TiVo, Capital One Financial Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Verizon Communications, even Sears). […]