Migrate From Legacy Document Management Software

Many legacy Document Management Systems require powerful (and therefore expensive) on-premise servers. This translates to high cost-of-entry, ongoing IT maintenance costs and being in the business of owning servers.

Investing in technology is important for law firms, but legacy document management systems are needlessly costly. Legacy DMS applications are expensive unto themselves, and require costly servers and outside consultants. For most law firms: It’s simply not worth it.

Being premise/server-based, legacy Document Management applications offer little in the way of mobility. You’ll be forced to implement VPNs, LogMeIn or other, similarly clunky work-arounds to remotely access your matter documents.

Responding to pressure from competitors and clients, many legacy document management companies offer a “cloud” option… that really isn’t. They’ll host the same old, clunky software in a remote server, charge you a monthly fee and call it “cloud.”

Most legacy Document Management applications have a dated, cluttered look. They’re confusing, unintuitive, and difficult to use and navigate; this leads to frustrated users and failed adoption.

With on-premise Document Management software, your data is only secure as the infrastructure it lives on. Most small and midsized law firms simply don’t have the resources to implement 24×7 security monitoring, threat prevention and cybersecurity remediation necessary to keep their data secure.