Everyone is taking a hit in these economic times. Major law firms that once seemed unsinkable are in-fact going under. The salaries of associates are shrinking and in-fact, most law school graduates are wondering if they will find a job. Law firms are increasingly looking to off-shoring and other solutions to reduce costs. Some lawyers see this as a chance to go solo and work for themselves, often from a home office to keep overhead even lower and use the services of virtual assistance, who also works from home, on a project basis, to eradicate the necessity of having employees. Some ways on how law firms are looking to change to to virtual just to save some money is via off-shoring, getting VA and working-from-home.
An area that doesn’t always come promptly to mind when one thinks of law firms is their IT needs. In fact many firms, even with only a few attorneys, have IT people on staff. Security requirements are absolutely important to the legal world, and with electronic filing, it is essential that computers do not go down.
Server Virtualisation is another method that law firms can consider if they need to save money. This has nothing to do with ordering food for lunch meetings, and everything to do with saving costs on their IT needs.
Virtualization basically means something that doesn’t exist in a hard, concrete, physical sense. With server virtualisation, this means that a server is basically created via software and doesn’t exist in a physical sense.
Because in law firms it’s essential that every one from the receptionist, to the clerks, secretaries, paralegals, and attorneys have access to computers, that means a big room filled with high-priced hardware. With server virtualisation a firm can get by with fewer physical servers by these means saving money on the hardware, same with the electricity and maintenance. If the saving of money doesn’t concerns the firm, as law firms are historically behind the curve when it comes to technology, then perhaps environmental greenness will be of interest. It is been proven that using server virtualisation cuts down on carbon emissions as well.
Since the life of a average firm computer is about three years, perhaps when a firm is next looking at making IT purchases, they can look into the advantages of using server virtualisation and learn how much it could save their firm.
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“Article by: John Black”
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