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How Law Firms Use IT Strategic Planning to Facilitate Digital Transformation
Today’s business ecosystem is digital. Information Technology (IT) plays a role in virtually every business unit. From sales and marketing to R&D and operations, business efficacy is guided by technology. For law firms, IT is intrinsically tied to billable hours,...
68th: The Honour And Prestige Of Winning An MSP 501 Award
The spirit of competition in the last decade has had a serious contender with psychology’s desire to boost the “broad strokes” morale of society. We’ve seen it in our schools where giant first place trophies have been replaced by dozens of participation ribbons and...
It Was an Honour to Be Nominated for Two Canadian Lawyer Readers’ Choice Awards
At Vertex, we dedicate ourselves to delivering top tier service, and today we are excited to announce that those efforts have been recognized as were nominated for two Canadian Lawyer Readers’ Choice Awards. This is our third year being nominated. This year we have...
3 Ways Law Firms Can Avoid Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks
Hackers attack every 29 seconds. 32% of all data breaches are phishing and social engineering spoofs. Given the pure scale of complex phishing campaigns, nearly every business on the planet receives phishing emails and spear-phishing attempts. In 2018, two-thirds of...
Improve Workplace Productivity With Microsoft 365
Microsoft Office 365 (now Microsoft 365) has come a long way since its introduction in the early 1990s. Back then, it included a simple toolset: Word for word processing, Excel for spreadsheets, and PowerPoint for presentations. At the time, Microsoft Office was a...
How Your Law Firm Can Leverage IT To Prepare For The Next Disruption
Despite virtually every business chasing disruptive technology, very few of us are prepared for actual disruption. Does your firm have a concrete plan for environmental, technological, economic, and societal shakeups? If not, your Managed IT service provider can...
Integrating Managed IT Services Into Your Business Continuity Plan
Make Vertex’s Managed IT solutions part of your business continuity plan and give yourself the peace of mind that you deserve.
Best information security practices for remote workers
Protect your remote workers with hosted Cloud solutions, Microsoft Teams support, and preconfigured laptops that fortify your company’s information security. On March 17, 2020, Ontario’s Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act imposed social distancing on...
7 Ways to Improve the Security in Your Zoom Meetings
You’ve likely read in the news recently about security concerns related to Zoom and “Zoom-bombing”. In response to this, on April 5th, Zoom enforced some security changes to enable the waiting room feature and require additional password settings for Basic and Free...
The Power of Microsoft Teams for Your Remote Workforce
The best way to stay on top of the COVID-19 crisis is to keep secure collaboration channels open for your remote workers. Microsoft Teams is a secure, all-in-one application that ties video conferencing, screen sharing, chat, and...
Coronavirus: Planning for Remote Computer Access & Business Continuity
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 strain of the coronavirus a pandemic on March 11, 2020. On that day, the business landscape turned on its head. Isolation became imperative and companies adapted by telling workers to stay home and work...
As the world braces for COVID-19, cybersecurity is in the spotlight
Most viruses related to cybersecurity are digital. But as of March 2020, every news channel ticker tape in the world scrolls statistics about a biological virus that’s fuelling panic. Panic has an unsavoury way of setting off cascading levels of collapse. The...