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How IRIS Legal Hosted Services Can Save You Time & Money

Burdened with time consuming IT administration?Maintaining an in-house IT infrastructure is a time consuming process. The time taken in the administration and maintenance of any IT equipment will invariably have a financial impact.

If your company does not have dedicated IT staff to support an in-house system, it means that the administrator of the IT infrastructure may not be properly trained, or are taking time out of their day, which in turn prevents them from working productively in their normal role.

With IRIS Legal hosting services, you will not have to worry about security issues, setting up new users, or maintaining space on the system. Also, back-ups are automatically done for you on a daily basis to protect against system failures and data loss.

With rapid changes in the legal landscape shaking up the market, it is becoming more and more important to ensure that your business has the appropriate IT infrastructure in place to remain efficient, competitive and profitable whilst delivering the high-levels of service that many clients and staff now expect.

However, the resources required to deliver such an infrastructure can be expensive in both time and cost, often requiring specialist knowledge to deploy and significant funds to maintain.

Hosting solutions provide all the benefits of the latest technology without the significant capital investment and deliver an IT solution without the in-house headaches.

Investing in costly in-house IT skills?With an in-house solution, it is not only the infrastructure that requires investment. Maintaining on site IT resource also has a cost in recruitment, retention and on-going training for maintaining future IT “know-how”.

Through IRIS Legal hosting services, you have full access to highly-trained technical experts, so the resource implications of buying and maintaining your own IT network are eliminated.

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Facing a major investment in IT infrastructure?Ensuring your IT infrastructure remains up to date is a significant investment and often a challenge for businesses with a limited IT budget. All computer hardware is considered a cost not an asset and depreciation is high. A server or PC is typically worthless once it is about 36 months old and many firms do not realise the importance of a homogeneous and streamlined approach to IT.

Anti-Virus software is just one example of a technology that requires the use of a single product across a network. If it’s not streamlined across the organisation, contrasting and conflicting products can result in compatibility and support issues for the entire network, adding further cost.

With IRIS Legal hosting services, there are no large up front infrastructure costs, you do not have to invest in servers, software, security tools, system upgrades or backup facilities, it’s all included in your monthly rental fee.

“Our data is securely protected and aknock-on effect of this is improvedsystem performance, reducing anydowntime we may have previously

experienced, becoming more productivein the process.”

Northampton Chambers

Is IT downtime costing you money?Any business that relies on constant, real time access to their business information will, at some point, suffer from downtime or failure of their IT infrastructure.

Any disruption, specifically to file servers or email systems, can cause great disruption to the business, with most staff being unproductive while the system is restored.

The IRIS Legal hosting environment uses the latest server technology and will guarantee a minimum availability based on published SLAs. Users will always have access, as it is a ‘highly available’ system that is not compromised by a single server failure.

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Looking for a flexible working environment?With the rising cost of facilities management there is a growing desire by many companies to replace the model of one person/one desk with a “hot desk” environment and encourage “remote working”.

‘Hot desking’, and the security systems necessary to allow remote access to your network require a complex software infrastructure that ensures everyone gets the same level of functionality from each machine they use.

The IRIS Legal hosting service allows you to utilise communal PCs providing users with the same access to data irrespective of their location. A home office, hot desk, hotel or internet café, can all provide secure access to your hosted environment.

Concerned about your disaster recovery plan?A good disaster recovery (DR) plan will keep your company up and running through most interruptions like bad weather, pandemics and even power failures at your offices.

Ensuring a complete backup is available is a necessity that many see as a luxury. Without adequate protection, significant business downtime and potentially a loss of data could be experienced following a disaster.

The impact of such a significant period of downtime, combined with data loss can be terminal for a business, and as such looking to ensure a strong DR plan is in place should be a high priority for firms.

With IRIS Legal hosted services, the system will continue to be available in the event of business interruptions such as power failures or flooding at your premises. All you will need is a new location, an internet connection and PCs to access the network to continue operating.

In addition the IRIS Legal hosted service provides instant, real time protection so you never have to be involved in the backup process for your servers, which ensures your data in the hosted system will be protected.

Hosting 101A managed hosting service, such as IRIS Legal’s, allows you to use a server in a secure data centre leaving the management, maintenance and backup of the equipment to the hosting service provider. Access to the operating system, software and your data is via a secure internet connection providing anytime, anywhere access.

The service is completely scalable and provides all the technical expertise and resource that you are unlikely to get with an in-house server, without significant investment. Management of the server includes monitoring to ensure the server continues to work, backup services and installation of security patches.

“The hosted system is brilliant. It’s easy to learn and use and we have made huge

savings as a result.” MH Legal Solicitors

IRIS Legal Hosted ServicesIRIS Legal Hosted Services has been designed to host your core software applications on dedicated, powerful servers in a highly secure, scalable Data Centre, so there’s no need for any expensive server equipment in your firm. We have a straightforward pricing plan that delivers predictable monthly fees and includes software upgrades & licence costs.

We offer hosting solutions for IRIS Legal products, Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft Exchange for email, security software (anti-virus) and other desktop applications such as Adobe PDF, all delivered as a managed service over the Internet.

Our service ensures your IT systems and software applications are physically secure including protection from external threats posed by viruses/hackers. Regular maintenance is part of the service alongside complete backup services.

• Pay a simple monthly fee per user

• Anywhere, anytime access

• Device independent - access from Desktop PC, laptop, phone or tablet

• Eliminate worries about upgrades and licence costs

• Maintenance, development and support of business-critical applications and the infrastructure that supports them looked after by experts.

• Sophisticated physical and virtual security protects your data

• Access to highly trained IT consultants that ensure you are given the best technical advice possible

• Automated tape backup and off-site data backups provide additional security and peace of mind

• Highly reliable service - Planned schedule of maintenance to ensure systems are stable, secure and fast

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