September 2, 2005
Law Firm Disaster Survival
We have a personal stake in what is going on in the gulf coast region. Juris, Inc. has in excess of 130 law firm clients in harm’s way from Katrina. Seventy of those are in the areas most affected by Katrina, including New Orleans. Katrina may well involve more Juris clients than any single prior event. The first concern for the people of Juris is for the individuals affected, including the employees of Juris law firms and their families. Juris, Inc. has made a contribution to the American Red Cross and many Juris team members are making individual contributions.
On the business side, the most important role Juris will play is helping law firms to recover data and resume operation when circumstances allow. The availability of usable backup data will be critical to the recovery efforts. In other disaster situations, we’ve seen first-hand the consequences of law firms using in-house backup methods as their primary data protection strategy. Given the wide area of destruction from Katrina, we are more concerned than ever about the backup issue. Even those law firms that took the extra step of storing backups in their bank or in the home of a trusted employee are at risk from damage or the loss of the backup media.
Katrina brings home the importance of a safe and secure backup. If you are still making your own backup, you are putting your firm at risk. Stop relying on error-prone and unsecured in-house backup procedures and spend the few extra dollars necessary to truly secure your system’s critical information. The way to do that is by using the services of one of the major suppliers of continuous online backup services. The additional cost is not that great, and it is a small price to pay to secure the continuity of the law firm and the preservation of the livelihood of every member of the law firm team.
Juris has partnered with LiveVault to provide Juris law firms with continuous online backup services. LiveVault is one of the best sources of online backup services but regardless of whom you use, please take the above advice—stop relying on in-house backup methods and use a secure online alternative from one of the major suppliers. It is one of the easiest steps you can take to help insure the survivability of the law firm. Your backup data will always be current, will be safely stored in a secure location and will be available when you need it, even if you are operating from an alternative location.
If you are a Juris licensee and would like more information about LiveVault, contact Juris, Inc. at 877-377-3740 or e-mail info@Juris.com. You can also contract LiveVault directly by going to
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