Technology Strategies For Present and Future Legal Tech Needs
As with any investment, law firms need to work with a winning strategy when choosing technologies. We help law firms develop and implement technology strategies that lead to desirable outcomes both in the present and future.
We help our clients define and implement technology strategies with keen consideration of factors such as budgets, office admin processes, risk management, maintenance, and upgrades.
Our technology strategy also covers various departments of a practice, from accounting to HR, financing, and CRM.
We also help ensure that our clients implement technologies that are easy to adopt, with a keen consideration of the tech skill level of staff.
We’ll help clients determine which technological tasks should be handled in house and which ones to outsource.
Strategic Technology Roadmap
With a strategic technology roadmap, we offer recommendations for how to increase efficiency and minimize the costs of a firm’s technology infrastructure.
We’ll also recommend ways to enhance the flexibility and scalability of existing technologies in line with the company’s unique individual needs.
With our comprehensive technology roadmap, clients can avoid acquiring fragmented technologies that may be misfits and rather focus on building ecosystems that ultimately save cost, reduce redundancies, and increase productivity.
Umbrella Security Platform for Law Firms
Law firms have the responsibility of protecting their clients’ confidential data. Law firms also need to ensure that their systems are protected against downtime so their employees can remain productive. This is made difficult due to the rapidly evolving threats in cybersecurity. Phishing, ransomware and data breaches can expose client data and render law firms unable to work.
BMC has supported law firms for over 20 years, and we are experts on both cybersecurity best practices and law firms’ regulatory data requirements. We have developed a set of standard best practices and tools that provide law firms with piece of mind knowing that their data and operations are protected.
Infrastructure Audits
With our infrastructure audits, we help clients determine how best to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their technologies, from computers to peripherals like printers, network infrastructures like routers, telecom tools like phones and VoIP phones, office applications, backup tools, and legal-specific software.
We evaluate the health of each hardware and software, interview decision-makers and staffers using each technology, and then create a comprehensive report explaining the current state of affairs and a technological roadmap to a desirable future.
Virtual CIO
We provide law firms with a dedicated CIO who’ll see to every aspect of a technology strategy, helping eliminate guesswork, errors and downtimes while promoting productivity, security, and efficiency.
Our dedicated CIOs help clients set and pursue goals and evaluate how well each project aligns with overall company goals and industry-best standards.
They also advise executives on the pros and cons of each choice they make when acquiring technologies and also recommend the best vendors for each product.
Benefits
Customized Services
We’ll help you create and implement technology strategies specially geared toward the unique goals and values of your legal practice.
With our customized technology strategy, firms can adopt state-of-the-art technologies in their operating models efficiently and cost-effectively.
With us, your firm can upgrade to a future-proof infrastructure to support growth and productivity.
Legal-Specific IT Solutions
Our team of experts knows what it takes to provide technological solutions that help law firms manage files, secure digital assets, and execute workflows optimally.
Our legal-specific IT solutions help clients save overhead costs while adhering to the highest technology standards in Canada. Financial management, case management, and backup management become much easier and efficient with our streamlined technology solutions.
A Wide Range of Expertise
Our technology strategy covers every aspect of a client’s individual IT needs, helping optimize and coordinate the operations of all departments of a practice optimally.
Our steep expertise in various areas of legal technology helps fine-tune every aspect of the technology infrastructure to prevent redundancies, oversights, and downtimes that may detract from the efficacy of technology initiatives.
Testimonials
"BMC allows our boutique litigation firm to enjoy the benefits of an in-house IT department without the associated costs. BMC provides us with a level of service and expertise that would be the envy of many large, full service law firms at a fraction of the cost.”
John Logan, K.C.Jenkins Mazban Logan LLP
"BMC Networks created and maintains a Microsoft Azure cloud environment for our firm that is fast, reliable and secure. BMC understands our needs, and helps us plan for the future and make the most of our technology.””
Greg PalmHamilton Duncan
"As a mid-sized firm with 90 computers, our goal was to reduce the time management spent resolving computer issues in order to improve service to our clients, and BMC has delivered on all fronts. Brian and his team are calm and professional, and their impressive and straightforward handling of service requirements and issues has instilled comfort throughout the firm."
Christopher Weafer and Harvey DelaneyOwen Bird Law Corporation
“BMC has provided our growing law firm with the support we have needed since 2016. They have been instrumental in guiding us through developing IT systems and policies that effectively supports a team of legal professionals working across the country and allowed us to seamlessly move into a virtual work environment. Their support is timely and effective and I particularly appreciate their strategic advice that has allowed us to move out of a reactive and into a proactive approach to our IT needs.”
Robert Janes, K.C.JFK Law Corporation
"Getting BMC to look after our IT needs was a terrific move for our firm. Our security flaws were fixed, our employees are always able to use their equipment, and the BMC team is available at a moments notice when issues arise.”
Jon WalshDuMoulin Boskovich LLP
"As a transactional law firm that depends on 24/7 uptime, security and remote accessibility, IT is critical to our business. BMC has brought much-needed reliability and stability to our systems, allowing us to focus on what we are best at – without the stress or distraction so often faced by firms of our size.
Adam M. DlinMogan Daniels Slager
"We have partnered with BMC Networks since 2011. BMC has assisted us with managing the firm’s IT infrastructure from day to day managed services and data backups to making recommendation on and implementing strategic IT initiatives. We have found BMC to be reliable and knowledgeable with a focus on client service. The BMC Networks team has a good understanding of the business of law. This helps us to provide efficient service to our clients.
Gavin ManningOyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP
"Branch MacMaster has grown up with BMC Networks since our firm’s establishment in 1998. More than anything, we appreciate their calming influence. Firms will always face technological challenges, but if you have a calm steady hand at the tiller, you will not run aground. Brian and his team provide that guidance and support with timely service, clear recommendations, and a long-range outlook.”
Ward BranchBranch MacMaster LLP
"Since switching to the team at BMC for our IT support I find that I spend less time worrying about my IT infrastructure and more time focussing on how I can improve my IT systems to help my firm efficiently provide better client service.”
Carl JacobsonSynergy Business Lawyers LLP
"Brian Mauch and his BMC team have been our sole I.T. providers since we opened our doors in June, 2002. They got us quickly out of the starting blocks and remain by our sides through the marathon of practicing law. BMC is conveniently located downtown to respond to our needs with appropriate priority.”
Delane KnightBernard LLP
"We have been using BMC Networks as of 2014 and have found their people to be very friendly and professional at all times. The relationship we have with BMC means that our professionals can work productively without annoying interruptions that can arise from “technology issues”. Our team would heartily recommend BMC to any other professional services firm.”
Robert MackayBlair Mackay Mynett Valuations
"BMC provided us with strategic advice in the setup of our technology platform and the operating systems for our new law firm. If you are planning to start a new law firm or are thinking of revamping your technology platform and do not have an inhouse IT Department, do yourself a favour and contact BMC.”
David MartinStirling LLP
"BMC Networks ensures that our technology is reliable, which is crucial for my business to operate effectively. They are efficient and responsive to our needs, and pleasant to deal with.”
Wayne SmithiesMartello Property Services
"Our firm has been using BMC Networks since 1999. Throughout this time we have found its service to be first-rate, and its staff to be knowledgeable, practical and client-oriented.”
John MendesLesperance Mendes Lawyers
"BMC has been a valued partner in our firm’s success since our opening day back in 1998. With their forward thinking in anticipating our needs, their spot-on recommendations, and their “always on” support, BMC has turned our IT challenges into one less thing to worry about."
Gregory GehlenGehlen Dabbs Lawyers
"BMC’s project management helps us to be proactive in our current IT needs and plan for future projects which inevitably prevents costly downtime. We have noticed a large decrease in day to day issues. BMC’s monitoring systems lets us rest easy and gives us confidence that they are on top of our information systems. Brian and the rest of BMC’s staff are very knowledgeable and they are a great team to work with."
Chris WatsonMacKenzie Fujisawa LLP