MANAGED IT SERVICES
FOR LAW FIRMS

Adopting and managing legal software in the cloud can help law firms drive efficiencies and enable secure remote working for both fee-earners and admin staff.

Atlas Cloud are depended on by UK law firms large and small; our technological innovations are helping the sector increase billable time, boost scalability and retain top talent.

EXPERTISE RECOGNISED BY THE INDUSTRY

The thoughts and opinions of our CEO, Pete Watson, have been published in various legal sector magazines and online news sites.

Our pioneering research during the pandemic was the first to realise the changing attitudes of UK lawyers, confirming that hybrid working is now the preference for the majority in the legal sector.

PRIVATE CLOUD OR
AZURE VIRTUAL DESKTOPS

We know that performant virtual desktops – or Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) – are vital for law firms. If they don’t perform, then fee earners can’t earn. Additionally, having all client and case data secured in a SRA compliant datacentre significantly increases security which is the number 1 concern of law firms.

Understanding the changing needs of law firms is why Atlas Cloud are constantly innovating and providing new solutions to the market. Building on the success of our long-standing, traditional Citrix-based Private Cloud Virtual Desktop solution; in 2019, Atlas Cloud launched Azure Virtual Desktops – also powered by Citrix – to unlock the additional benefits of public cloud, as described below.

Private Cloud DaaS

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

Infrastructure Location

can be implemented globally if required

Infrastructure Uptime (SLA)

99.9% SLA

industry standard

99.995% SLA

can be boosted to 99.99999999999999% SLA

Infrastructure Resilience

Single resilient failover

16 global resilient failovers

Infrastructure Ownership

MSP (Managed Service Provider)

data stored on MSP-owned servers

Client Owned

data stored on client-owned servers

Infrastructure Management

Single MSP

complex migration required to change provider

Any MSP

no migration required to change provider

Infrastructure Performance

Fixed or Flexible

provision usually for current requirements only

Flexible

provision easily modified for new requirements

Infrastructure Cost Model

Normally Fixed

unchanged with modest usage fluctuations

Variable (but predictable)

scales up/down by user volumes and their usage

Infrastructure Scalability

Good

limited by procurement and hardware upgrades

Excellent

instant provision

Infrastructure Architecture

Single- or multi-tenant

based on client preference

Citrix-based

recommended for enhanced performance

Single- or multi-tenant

based on client preference

Citrix-based

recommended for enhanced performance

Licencing Cost Model

Pay per user/month

Private Cloud DaaS

Some firms will prefer to stay with what they know and trust, or perhaps their CMS is dictating their choice. Atlas Cloud understands this and that’s why our private cloud data centre isn’t going anywhere. We remain committed to provisioning and servicing highly performant Private Cloud Virtual Desktops for our law firm customers.

Azure Virtual Desktops

This emerging technology can dramatically reduce the cost of ownership of IT and its ability to scale quickly and easily will help accelerate M&A transition. Azure’s uptime provides greater business continuity – especially assuring for conveyancers on those all-important Fridays.

FREE

Test-Drive Your On-Premise Apps In Azure Virtual Desktops

At Atlas Cloud we’re experts in hosting applications in the cloud. Cloud-hosted applications can allow for secure access anywhere, on any device.

If you have an on-premise application, legal or otherwise, that you’d like to test out in an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), contact us now and we’ll arrange a test drive.

TRUSTED BY LAW FIRMS OF ALL SIZES

While the nature of each relationship might differ, we work with small law firms through to the UK’s Top 100, such as Ward Hadaway.

Whether your firm is looking for cloud consultancy, outsourcing first line operations, or seeking a new partner to manage everything; Atlas Cloud can and do help some of the most ambitious law practices around.

HYBRID WORKING EXPERTS

Since forming in 2010, Atlas Cloud’s mission has always been to “enable great work from anywhere”. It’s no surprise that we became early advocates of virtual desktop solutions due to the greater agility and compliance they provide.

Over the course of the Coronavirus pandemic, we’ve surveyed 8,000 UK-based office-turned-home workers to learn how best to implement Hybrid Working.

We’ve also hosted a series of virtual events featuring hybrid working thought leaders including Bruce Daisley. Our legal sector special event featured speakers from Acritas (part of Thomson Reuters), Baskerville Drummond Group, The Cashroom and Lawyer Checker, as well as of course Atlas Cloud’s own specialists.

SERVICES TO OPTIMISE FEE EARNING

All fully-managed services benefit from Atlas Cloud’s award-winning service…

24/7 Support

For P1 incidents and infrastructure

Proactive

Dedicated team for optimising, not just fault fixing

Transparency

Comprehensive monthly reporting and continual service improvement processes

Our comprehensive monthly reporting shows business leaders everything they need to know to understand both how we’re performing as a partner, but also to identify fee earning pinch points.

MORE THAN A VIRTUAL DESKTOP PROVIDER

While virtual desktops are our core service, we wouldn’t have become the law firm partner of choice if we didn’t offer other essential cloud-based IT services such as device protection, email security (incl. archiving and continuity), and disaster recovery.

Our complementary market-leading solutions are popular with law firms.

Device Management Services

N-Able N-Central & Microsoft Intune

Email Security, Archiving and Continuity Services

A top Mimecast reselling partner

Backup and Disaster Recovery Services

Services from Microsoft Azure, Skykick and Zerto

IS YOUR EMAIL SECURE TO 2021 STANDARD?

| Take the test to find out.

Our simple self-service email security assessment form means you’re just ten questions away from working out how protected your email system is.

It’s designed for anyone to be able to answer, with a score-based outcome from 1 to 5+. Based on your score, you’ll learn about any threats that your current email system is exposing your firm to and how to mitigate those risks.

SPEAK TO OUR LEGAL CONSULTANT

Our specialist Legal Sector Consultant, Andy Lewis, has years of experience helping law firms use technology to tackle challenges like cashflow, productivity/turnaround times, security, M&A, Cyber Essentials certification and more.

If your firm has challenges that IT can solve, book a free consultation with Andy. From questions about your email security self-assessment score through to large-scale infrastructure migrations, we’ll be happy to help.