31 May 2016

Lawyers’ concerns with the cloud justified but not barriers – LawTechNZ, a different perspective.

Lawyers’ concerns with the cloud justified but not barriers – LawTechNZ, a different perspective.

Last month Simon and I attended the LawTechNZ conference organised by e-Discovery. LawTechNZ is a platform to educate, showcase and encourage greater adoption of technology by lawyers and their firms. We attended as exhibitors, so instead of the usual summary on the sessions, which you can find here, we thought to provide an overview from […]

24 May 2016

How did this Southland law firm transform their IT? [Case Study]

How did this Southland law firm transform their IT? [Case Study]

Preston Russell Law were facing the reality that much of their internal IT infrastructure was past its used-by date, and they knew replacing it would require extensive resources, but then they explored a cloud solution with Resolve.  Resolve’s SmartCloud IT platform for lawyers transformed PRL’s spending model, replaced the resources tied up in managing internal […]

10 May 2016

Developing an IT strategy [Part 2] – getting it started and getting it right

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Developing an IT strategy [Part 2] – getting it started and getting it right

In Part 1 of Developing an IT strategy we talked about the benefits of having a strategy and why aligning it with you business development plan is an important step. Here we’re talking about how. Getting started Take some cues from your business and marketing plans and layer an IT blanket over each element, including executive summary, goals […]

18 Apr 2016

Industry must work together to slow the tidal wave of SPAM [media release]

Industry must work together to slow the tidal wave of SPAM [media release]

The “hush-hush” attitude of professional services firms and their IT providers when they experience a data security breach is adding force to the tidal wave of cyber-attacks continuing to devastate New Zealand businesses. Wellington based IT firm Resolve managing director Simon Falconer said industry groups being hit with SPAM need to work together, alongside their […]

8 Apr 2016

Developing an IT strategy – Part 1

Developing an IT strategy – Part 1

Aligning your IT strategy with your business development plan. At the beginning of the financial year (just a week ago for the most of us) it’s likely you’ll be sitting down with your partners and senior team to map out the development and growth of the firm for the year ahead. You may be reviewing your […]