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Carbonite Users: Get a Year of CrashPlan for FREE

by Sam Glover on September 12, 2012 in Legal Technology

I’m a very happy CrashPlan online backup customer. I use it to back up my personal and work computers, as well as my wife’s MacBook, since she would never back it up if I didn’t make it automatic.

For $6 per month, we get unlimited storage space for up to 10 computers. But if you currently use Carbonite, CrashPlan is offering an even better deal: $0 for one year, or $50 for a year of the Family Unlimited plan that I have. Get the deal.

Not sure whether you should switch? Ask in the LAB. [via The Verge]

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File Sync is Not Backup

by Sam Glover on September 4, 2012 in Legal Technology

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If you are relying on a file sync service like Dropbox or SugarSync as your cloud backup, cut it out. It isn’t backup, and you are putting your data at risk. File sync is not backup.

Fortunately, it only takes a few minutes to improve your backup strategy. Read this post, then take a few minutes to properly set up both cloud backup and local backup.

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How to Secure iCloud — and Everything Else You Have in the Cloud

by Sam Glover on August 8, 2012 in Legal Technology

Until yesterday, the only information necessary to take over an iCloud account was (1) a me.com email address, (2) your billing address, and (3) the last four digits of your credit card number, none of which are particularly difficult to find. Depending on how your accounts are set up, that could lead to a breach of lots of other accounts.

Apple has stopped this practice while it works out a change to it’s procedures (so has Amazon, which was not compromised but played a key role in the hack). Still, I think it’s fair to put iCloud in the yellow alert category for security, for now.

Here is how to avoid a huge security breach and data loss like Mat Honan suffered.

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How Much it Really Costs to Start a Law Firm

by Sam Glover on June 22, 2012 in Starting a Law Firm

A few years ago, I wrote a post I titled Start a Solo Law Practice for Under $3,000. Boy, do I regret that title. Starting a law firm is a relatively inexpensive endeavor, but picking an arbitrary number and trying to stick to it is wrong-headed. I’ve met plenty of lawyers who have done just that, and many of them have struggled to keep their practices afloat — or failed — as a result.

Don’t let that happen to you.

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A Sensible Approach to Storing Client Files in the Cloud

by Sam Glover on April 23, 2012 in Legal Technology

When it comes to storing files in the cloud, there is a lot of fear, uncertainty, and doubt going around. Some of it is even spread by cloud-based software companies who are trying to get a leg up on their competition.

I try to balance security with utility to make sure I protect my client files while enabling me to access those files whenever and wherever I need them. Here’s the gist: Encrypt everything, use Dropbox wisely, use local backup, and backup to the cloud using CrashPlan.

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