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The expensive customary organisational structure of equity partners,
associates and support staff has been swept away, and in its place a
network of experienced solicitors are linked together using the very
latest technology.

The adoption of the very latest business software and services has
delivered not only tremendous flexibility for its lawyers but also high
cost savings, which can be passed on to its clients as reduced fees.

Their aim of being able to deliver specialised, top-class legal services
via a virtual team is a radical departure for a sector often seen as
highly traditional in its thinking and modus operandi. To be able to
achieve their aim the company had to have a first class IT solution that
would enable the virtual team to be connected seamlessly.

Given the overwhelming business imperative to become a virtual
operation, the option of implementing and managing its own IT was never
really an option for NetworkLaw.

NetworkLaw searched the market for the various centralised IT options
available. However, it rapidly became apparent that the choice of
partner was crucial. They needed a solution that not only matched its
needs, but also manage its IT infrastructure, provide technical support,
product upgrades and ongoing maintenance.

OnlineDesktop from Intercept is ’pay-as-you-go’ or subscription
computing, an outsourced model with Intercept hosting, and delivering
all applications and data centrally from its servers based in two secure
data centres.

Intercept not only installed the entire server infrastructure for
NetworkLaw, it also hosts the software applications and data in a safe,
secure and robust environment. These servers are then accessed securely
through a direct connection via the Internet to the data centre.

NetworkLaw now has a highly flexible, powerful solution for its
employees to access applications and data remotely, from an office, home
or from a remote location over the Internet. However, the only data that
passes over the communications link to the data centre are encrypted
mouse clicks, keyboard strokes and screen updates. This makes for a
lightning fast response, and ensures that the information is safe and
secure - a critical business driver for the legal profession where
client confidentiality is a compliance issue driven by The Law Society.

OnlineDesktop also uses the very latest Intrusion Prevention and
Detection technologies, combined with a multi-tired Firewall and
Anti-virus structure, so security is ensured. And as the technology
behind OnlineDesktop enables all data processing to take place at the
server level, data never needs to physically leave the data centre.
This means that NetworkLaw has minimal concerns about confidential
client information being removed from the office or even being stored on
users’ devices. This in turn has meant that it can deliver to its
clients the ultimate assurance on the integrity of personal information
it holds.