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Breakfast Briefings The Role of

Technology

in the Legal

Industry

www.e-mit.ie

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Eamon Moore

Managing Director E-MIT Solutions

Speakers

Finian Nally

Technical Director E-MIT Solutions

Donal Maher

Director Outsource

David Bell

Managing Director The HR Department

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Promote interaction

between legal and IT

professionals to explore

the current trends and

issues relating to

technology within the

legal industry.

Today’s Event

7:45 – 8:00 | Registration

8:00 – 8:25 | Eamon Moore, E-MIT Solutions

8:25 – 8:45 | Finian Nally, E-MIT Solutions

8:45 – 9:00 | Q&A & Coffee Refill

9:05 – 9:20 | Donal Maher, Outsource

9:25 – 9:40 | David Bell, The HR Department

9:40 – 10:00 | Q&A

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E-MIT Solutions

• 10+ years in business

• Passionate & diverse team with over 90 years

of combined experience across multiple

sectors

• Proven understanding of business

• Recognised by The Law Society in Ireland

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Our Philosophy

Helping businesses enhance the way

they understand, interact and engage

with their technology

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YOUR

FIRM

Your technology is our business

IT Strategy

Cloud Computing Solutions

Commercial Property Services

Social Collaboration

Outsourced IT

Management

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Technology in Your Firm Current View

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Cloud,

E-mail,

CRM,

Disaster Recovery,

Collaboration,

Mobile

Case Management

Dictation

Accounts

Your

Firm

Technology in Your Firm Current View

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Technology in Your Business Our View

Your Firm

Technology

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Discussion

What are the key issues for your firm at the moment?

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Our Experience

Risk Management

Case Management

Mobility

The Cloud Computing question

Cash Flow

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Finian Nally

Technical Director E-MIT Solutions

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Today’s Takeaways

1. Mobility - security

2. DR / BCP (Disaster Recovery/

Business Continuity Planning)

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Mobility One

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Mobile Workforce – Past

Your Office

Passwords

Antivirus

Web filtering

Firewall

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Planes Trains and Automobiles

Your Office

Passwords

Antivirus

Web filtering

Firewall

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Facts & Figures

16GB 50

63% of people do not have a

passcode on their phone (TSIQ - UK)

Average number of e-mails

received per day

Average storage space on a

smart phone = 1.5 million Word

documents

40 Smartphones stolen per day

(An Garda Síochána)

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Solution: Mobile Device Management

• Apply security policies – Force passcode

Force encryption

• Wipe the device in one click

• Easily deploy apps and settings

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Homework

How many of your staff have

smartphones?

How many have staff access corporate

e-mail on their smartphones?

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Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning Two

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Summary of a Disaster

1 Min. 1 Hour 3 Hours 1 Day 1.5 days

Business Continuity Phase

Disaster Assessment

and DR plan

activation

Data Backup

Restore Post

Recovery

Assessment

Normal

Business

Resumption

Disaster Recovery Phase

2.2 days 3 days

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Disaster Recovery Reality

40% 86%

51% of SMEs have an IT Business

Continuity Plan (CRN)

Of companies experienced one

or more instances of downtime

in previous 12 months (CRN)

Of business that experience

critical IT failure go out of

business within 1 year (USFST)

693.06 Average inability to work cost

per employee per annum (Lets Operate)

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DR/BCP – Make it simple

1. Document a complete DR and BCP plan

2. Appoint a DR/BCP Officer

3. Engage staff – make them aware of the plan

4. Test, Test & Test Again

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Homework

• Review your Current DR Plan?

• Do you know how long recovery will take?

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Questions?

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Donal Maher

Director Outsource

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David Bell

Managing Director The HR Department

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Thank You

Thank you all for your input.

Please be sure to fill out your feedback

forms once the session is completed

www.e-mit.ie @emitsolutions +353 1 831 8118