Cloud computing offers silver lining for Williamsons Solicitors

Williamsons is a new legal firm created by Michael Williamson who has more than twenty-five years experience as a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer, eighteen of those as a partner and owner of a legal practice.

When Michael started his new practice in December 2009 he wanted to establish an IT infrastructure to enable internal and external communication and the transfer of documents between the central office and remote locations. Key members of staff had to be able to share files and exchange data quickly and easily from different physical locations.

A combination of proven desktop applications, Microsoft Office suite and fresh-to-market hosted services such as Google Apps for Domains and Dropbox enabled users to share, advance search and version control documents and e-mails from day one.

Michael explained that “CETSAT were recommended as being reliable, knowledgeable and innovative; a reputation they have more than lived up to.”

The benefits of starting the operation with a hybrid system such as the one designed by CETSAT have been numerous, but included;

Accelerating the setup of the company’s IT systems.
Minimizing IT and training costs.
Maximizing the flexibility to meet changing business requirements.
Controlling and predicting costs.
Freeing up the organization to meet targeted objectives, and focus on core growth of legal services rather than system operations.

During the heavy snowfall of January 2010 some staff were unable to travel to the office. Unlike many other firms affected by transport issues Williamsons operated with minimal disruption as key staff worked from the comfort of their home offices.

The business continues to move forward apace. Williamsons has made a substantial early investment in specialist software designed for solicitors by one of the top legal IT providers. SOS (Solicitors Own Software) of Bath has been chosen to supply its Practice Manager and Connect software. Database, accounts and management programs are already fully functional and running on a Microsoft Small Business server supplied and configured by CETSAT.

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