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"Working in the Cloud - Lawyers and SaaS"

Posted by Dennis Kennedy: "My latest technology column for the ABA Journal is out. It's called "Working in the Cloud" and it focuses on the area now known as Software as a Service (SaaS) or hosted services or cloud computing. In fact, it's my effort to make the concept of cloud computing accessible and understandable to the average lawyer. It's probably well-known than I've long been a fan of the SaaS approach, but this column is intended to provide a balanced discussion of the concept.

After sketching out some history, I cover the general benefits and concerns about the SaaS approach and give some suggested tips when considering this approach:

1. Ask "compared to what?"

2. Do your due dil­igence.

3. Know your SLAs.

4. Deal with confidentiality.

5. Plan for transition.

6. Start small.

The details about the tips are in the article, of course, which you should now check out here."

The active links are available at the source site listed below.

Source: DennisKennedy.com, 26 July 2009

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on July 30, 2009 (boomark / email).