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William Pate

William Pate was Innovative Computing Systems' Marketing Specialist from June of 2015 to August of 2018.

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World Economic Forum: Cybersecurity Problem No. 1 in COVID-19 Era

Posted by William Pate

January 21, 2021 9:41 AM

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) just published their recent survey of worldwide corporate leaders. When asked about technology objectives that have become a greater priority due to COVID-19, they elevated information security to the No. 1 position, with business continuity and resilience following right after. These days, that's practically all in the IT domain. 

 

Here is a list of the five main cybersecurity challenges that global leaders identified should be tackled (better) in 2021. Cybersecurity is a board-level issue now for many firms:

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Topics: cybersecurity, Business Continuity, COVID-19

U.S. Courts Modify Filing Procedures After SolarWinds Hack

Posted by William Pate

January 13, 2021 8:41 AM

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The ongoing breach affecting thousands of organizations that relied on hacked products by network software firm SolarWinds may have jeopardized the privacy of countless sealed court documents on file with the U.S. federal court system, according to a memo from the Administrative Office (AO) of the U.S. Courts.

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Topics: cybersecurity, Hacking, Information Security

National Tax Security Awareness Week opens with warnings as holidays, 2021 tax season approach

Posted by William Pate

November 30, 2020 10:33 AM

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The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners today issued warnings to all taxpayers and tax professionals to beware of scams and identity theft schemes by criminals taking advantage of the combination of holiday shopping, the approaching tax season and coronavirus concerns.

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Topics: Security, cybersecurity

Where Law Firm IT Budgets Should Focus in 2021

Posted by William Pate

November 18, 2020 4:59 PM

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Don't miss Innovative founder and CEO Michael Kemps' latest essay with advice on legal technology budget planning for 2021 in Legaltech News:

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Topics: Technology Consulting, Cloud, Articles, Business Continuity

⚠️ Advisories for macOS Users

Posted by William Pate

November 12, 2020 9:15 AM

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Clients with macOS in their environments should be aware of two recently released important advisories:

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Topics: Alerts, macOS

Treasury Department Warning on Ransomware Attacks & Payments

Posted by William Pate

October 12, 2020 2:01 PM

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Topics: Security, cybersecurity, Ransomware, Information Security, Privacy

The Benefits of Moving More of Everything to the Cloud for Law Firms

Posted by William Pate

October 1, 2020 4:04 PM

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Topics: Technology Consulting, Cloud, SMB

Law Firm Operational Resiliency in an Age of Uncertainty

Posted by William Pate

August 20, 2020 11:35 AM

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Over the past several months, we have worked closely with many in the legal community to help them overcome obstacles to providing services to clients after the unexpected issuance of stay-at-home/shelter-in-place orders throughout the United States. This has given us an opportunity to listen and gain insight as to how to best position law firms for operational resiliency in the face of uncertain times.

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Citrix Perpetual Licensing Update

Posted by William Pate

August 19, 2020 2:59 PM

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Citrix recently informed Partners that they are retiring their perpetual licensing model and replacing it with a subscription-based model. 

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Topics: Technology Consulting, Alerts, Citrix

Critical HPE Gen10 Server Controller Update Required

Posted by William Pate

August 19, 2020 2:50 PM

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We have been alerted that HPE strongly recommends upgrading their Smart Array Gen10 Server Controllers to the latest firmware to prevent potential data inconsistency on select RAID configurations at your earliest convenience. 

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Topics: Alerts, HPE, Servers

iManage Update Required by Oct. 1, 2020

Posted by William Pate

August 19, 2020 2:41 PM

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Please be advised that clients using Macs to access iManage must update their clients by October 1, 2020 to address certificate expirations due for versions 10.1.3 to 10.2.3 of Work Desktop for Mac.1

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Topics: Technology Consulting, Alerts

How to Prioritize Your Legal Technology Investments

Posted by William Pate

August 13, 2020 11:39 AM

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Prioritize Your Legal Technology Investments

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Topics: Articles, Innovative Cloud Solution, Business Continuity

Visit us at ALA Today!

Posted by William Pate

June 25, 2020 9:16 AM

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Innovative Computing Systems, Inc. is proud to sponsor and exhibit at the Association of Legal Administrators' ALA Today: The Virtual Conference on June 25, 2020.

 

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Topics: ALA, Events

Law Firm Business Continuity & COVID-19: Results from Our Survey

Posted by William Pate

June 16, 2020 12:22 PM

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As it has for large swaths of the economy, the novel coronavirus pandemic offered many U.S.-based law firms their first opportunity to truly put their business continuity plans to the test. Whether firm leadership relied on established, written-down plans or winged it with ad hoc fixes as problems arose, the sudden issuance of various varieties of stay-at-home/shelter-in-place orders (and the still-ongoing reopenings) has driven home the need for planning to continue operations under a variety of less-than-ideal or expected conditions.

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Topics: Disaster Recovery, Survey, Business Continuity, COVID-19

Law Firm COVID-19 Business Continuity Preparedness Survey

Posted by William Pate

April 27, 2020 3:33 PM

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We invite individuals employed by U.S.-based law firms to reflect on your firm's response to the COVID-19 pandemic by completing our survey. Your responses, in addition to the results of your colleagues' feedback, will help you evaluate your firm's ability to deliver client services during crisis conditions.

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Topics: Survey, Business Continuity, COVID-19

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