Cloud-Based Software For Solo Lawyers
Cloud based computing for the legal profession has arrived. There are a wide variety of solutions currently available. "Overwhelmingly wide" you might be thinking.
How to get started? How to make sense of it all?
Talk to colleagues who may already be using cloud-based software. Read articles and discussions online. I recently read an article that suggested lawyers do what they do best... research, investigate and distill the available information.
To get you started, here is one program to consider... Time59.
Time59 is cloud-based time and billing software for solo lawyers. It's software that's easy to use and very affordable. Just enter your billable time and expenses. Time59 takes it from there. It keeps all of your information perfectly organized.
Here are some of its features:
- Cloud-based, runs in your browser (like Gmail).
- Use it on your Computer, iPhone, iPad, or Android Phone
- Track Time (for multiple timekeepers)
- Track Expenses
- E-mail invoices to your clients
- Record payments and maintain client balances due
- Trust Accounting
- LEDES Invoicing
When discussing cloud-based software, security concerns are often raised.
In many ways cloud-based computing is the safer option.
Here's some information about Time59's security infrastructure:
- 24/7 building access security
- Video monitoring
- Temperature and humidity control
- Server racks enclosed in locked cages
- Redundant UPS power systems
- Fire and smoke detection and suppression
- Daily off-site backup
- Firewall and Anti-Virus
- Datacenter located in Louisville, Kentucky
- All data hosted and backed up in U.S.A.
Since your data is stored in a secure environment it will be safe and available if:
- Your computer is stolen
- Your computer gets a virus
- Your computer's hard drive fails
- You get a new computer
- You're away from your computer
If you're still reading then you are probably more than a little interested in what cloud computing can offer to your practice. So do your research and make some decisions. You're sure to find a way to get more done in less time and be a happier camper in the process.