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Michael Kemps

Michael Kemps is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Innovative Computing Systems, where he develops relationships with clients and partners and works with the management team. He founded the company in 1989 after developing relationships with several law firms that eventually became early clients. His interest in technology began when he was 13 years old and developed Bulletin Board Systems with friends and repaired hardware and software for family and friends. Today, Michael is involved in ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) and the ALA (Association of Legal Administrators), as well as several local non-profit organizations, and is on the advisory board of a community bank.

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Short-Term Remote Access for Clients with On-Premise Systems through COVID-19 Period

Posted by Michael Kemps

March 12, 2020 3:45 PM

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Yesterday, the World Health Organization formally characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. In light of this, there is an unprecedented move by employers to reduce the spread of the virus by turning to remote options for their employees.

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Topics: COVID-19, Remote Access

Email Management for Law Firms: Classifying Emails

Posted by Michael Kemps

May 17, 2018 4:53 PM

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Even though email is as ubiquitous at law firms as it is in other industries, few legal professionals pay adequate attention to the importance of effectively managing their emails. In a series of blog posts, we will look at the importance of classifying emails, archiving emails, mailbox management, getting legal professionals to comply with email management policies, data security practices, handling emails for departing attorneys or matter release and email retention and destruction.

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Topics: DMS, Email Management, Document Management, Microsoft, Office 365, Email Security, Outlook

Top 5 Legal Tech Developments in 2015

Posted by Michael Kemps

December 29, 2015 10:08 AM

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My company has been helping law firms design, implement and support innovative legal technologies for over 25 years. I have seen a lot of change in that time – some of it for the better and some . . . well, not so helpful. Below are five developments I noticed this year. Not listed is the sixth and most important change: the increasing interest in learning and sharing knowledge in our community.

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Topics: Security, Training, Malware, Technology Consulting, Cloud, IT Tips, Cloud Storage, iManage, DocsCorp, ECM, Our Team, DMS

Does Your Law Firm Need Locks or a Security Guard?

Posted by Michael Kemps

November 10, 2015 7:30 AM

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It’s time to mature our endpoint security focus!

With the rapid increase of ransomware, spyware and other aggressive and creative ways of destruction, Innovative Computing Systems is focused on ways to support our clients by increasing layers of protection across the network.

Historically, anti-virus vendors have focused on matching signatures at endpoints to stop the infection of a system or environment by viruses and spyware. The problem with this approach is that those who intend to do us harm are far more savvy today. Rather than watching for signatures and requiring constant updates, our preference is to have our client environments protected from behaviors. That's why we proudly partner with SentinelOne!

Think your law firm is safe from cyberattack? According to the ABA, probably not: 

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Topics: Security, Malware, Technology Consulting, Cloud, IT Tips, Partner Series

Tech Tip Tuesday: Verizon iPhone 6 & 6 Plus Users Get HD Calls and More with VoLTE on 4G

Posted by Michael Kemps

September 15, 2015 6:05 AM

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Do you have an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus and use Verizon as your carrier? If so, here's a pleasant surprise for you.

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Topics: Technology Consulting, IT Tips

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