CloudHQ is one of the most popular data replication services, and many small businesses and professionals use cloudHQ for consolidation, collaboration and backup. It may sound complicated, but actually cloudHQ is VERY simple to use, and it's completely automated, so you can simply set it and forget it, and cloudHQ handles the rest. But what exactly does cloudHQ do? And how can cloudHQ help us lawyers be more efficient?

Case management for legal professionals can be frustrating, especially if you don't have an assistant to help you organized. There are many tools available on the internet that can help make case management more efficient. Basecamp, Google Drive and cloudHQ are just a few of such tools. By using these three powerful cloud services, lawyers can take control of case management and become more organized, saving time and money, and ensuring that you always have access to your files no matter what happens.

Securing your documents is a top priority for legal professionals, as any breaches could potentially affect the outcome of cases. Online storage offers lawyers easy, anytime access to their documents, but must be secured properly to avoid any security incidents. The onset of cloud services has made it almost too easy to toss documents into any folder and have them uploaded online within seconds. But how can you keep your document security as high as possible, while still having access to your documents from any location? In this article, we will show you how to create a sync between two powerful cloud services in order to have anytime access to your documents, and the best cloud security available. 

Collaboration for lawyers is more often taken for granted than actually thought about. Until you need to collaborate and something goes wrong that is. These problems can range from using a collaboration service that limits the number of users that can collaborate simultaneously to services that are not compatible with other collaboration services. Some cloud services only allow collaboration between two people, while others allow much more. And the majority of collaboration tools are not compatible for collaboration between multiple cloud services. In this article we will take a look at two of the top collaboration services - Google Drive and Basecamp - and we will show you how you can collaborate with clients, witnesses or other sources between these two collaboration tools, and others.

Cloud computing trends have been steadily increasing in the last several years and 2014 appears to be set to continue this trend. New cloud startups are being created on a constant basis, and existing cloud services are becoming more sophisticated. The power of cloud computing is pushing mobile trends to new heights as well, the two actually work very well together. Cloud providers are creating mobile apps that allow lawyers to access the cloud services from any mobile device. So if a lawyer creates a document database on a cloud service such as Box or Dropbox, these documents can be accessed quickly on a mobile device from any location that has internet access. 

With the advancements of mobile and cloud trends, the legal industry has taken notice of the many benefits. Cloud computing offers numerous advantages for lawyers, allowing them to quickly create and share documents, manage cases and projects, stay connected with other legal professionals through social networking, quickly access important files and documents, sync files between numerous cloud services, backup files to prevent data loss and much more. In this article, we will take a look at some of the top tips and tricks for mobile lawyers.

Technology has changed the way many lawyers operate, especially with the many added advantages that cloud and mobile has brought to the industry. Mobile apps and cloud services have helped lawyers work more efficiently by spending more of their time on important work and meetings instead of commute times to meetings, appointments, office equipment, to collaborate over files and documents, and much more. Here are the top 5 tech tips for lawyers.

With the surging popularity of mobile devices among lawyers, tablets have increasingly made their way into courtrooms everywhere. This makes it a simple task to show presentations, access information online, share and receive files and much more. If you keep notes in Evernote, they are easily accessible at any time. Documents and presentations created and stored in Google Drive can be quickly downloaded from any location with internet access.

Mobile apps are essential tools, especially when you're on the go much of the time. Some of the top mobile apps that should be in your toolchest include:

• Evernote: Lawyers can quickly create, share and store notes, audio dictations and snapshots from a mobile device.
• Google Apps: Documents can be created, revised, collaborated on, shared and stored in the cloud.
• Dropbox: The world's top-rated cloud storage provider allows easy file-sharing with no file size limits.
• Box: One of the most secure cloud storage providers as it is HIPAA and HiTECH compliant.
• SkyDrive:  Microsoft's cloud storage integrates with many Microsoft services and comes pre-installed on most newer computers and laptops.
• Basecamp: The best cloud project management service provides all the tools lawyers need to manage nearly all aspects of their cases.

A big, luxurious office is great for impressing other lawyers and clients, but it's not as necessary as it once was. Many lawyers have chosen to go the virtual route by creating an entire mobile suite of tools such as the one previously mentioned in this article. By using a mobile internet connection, a laptop, smartphone and tablet, a lawyer can create an entire virtual office that goes everywhere with him. This eliminates the need to have a physical office as meetings can be conducted over video chat; documents can be created, shared and legally signed; cases can be completely managed with other lawyers and sources; and much more. 

Most cloud services do not offer integration with other cloud services because they are in competition with them. This is why a third-party cloud integration service such as cloudHQ should be an integral part of any lawyer’s toolkit. CloudHQ is the glue that bonds information from various cloud services together. For instance, notes you keep stored in Evernote can be automatically replicated to Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and other cloud services. This way you don't have your information scattered across too many cloud services which can make things very confusing.

Lawyers deal with confidential and sensitive information on a daily basis. For this reason, cloudHQ offers their leading cloud backup service. All files that you keep stored in the cloud should be protected in case data loss was to occur. So if you keep all your legal data stored on Dropbox, you can keep a backup of it on Box. If an incident occurs on Dropbox and important files are lost, you can quickly and easily login to Box and restore your files. Don't wait until a data loss incident ruins your legal career, get cloudHQ protection now.

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If you are a lawyer that has interest in technology, you no doubt have heard of Software as a Service (SaaS) in the cloud. Many lawyers already use SaaS in the cloud,  and you probably already do in some form as well. Many lawyers that use SaaS are wary (and rightfully so) about a number of issues and challenges including security, cost, data backup and recovery and other possible disasters that could happen in the cloud. In this article, we will take a look at what SaaS is, how it is used in the courtroom and law firm and how to prevent any cloud disasters associated with SaaS from happening to you.

Software as a Service apps are quickly becoming more popular in the courtroom and law firms everywhere. A SaaS app is software that is based in the cloud, so it performs the same functions as software installed on your computer, but you can access it from any device that has internet access instead of having to install software on all of your devices.

Some of the most popular SaaS apps that are used in law firms today are:

• Evernote: Used for taking notes, snapping photos, clipping web articles, audio clips and much more.
  

• Google Apps: This powerful document management suite allows lawyers to quickly create, edit, delete, share, sign and save documents, spreadsheets and presentations from any mobile device or computer that has internet access.
  

• Dropbox: The most popular cloud storage provider, offering free space, unlimited size file sharing, simple file sharing, strong encryption and security measures. 
  

• Box: Similar to Dropbox, it offers free space, but does have file size limits. It also offers the strongest security measures as it is HIPAA and HITECH compliant.
  

• Microsoft SkyDrive: Microsoft's cloud storage. If you have Windows 8, you are no doubt familiar with SkyDrive as much of the storage and apps are stored in the cloud on SkyDrive.
  

• Basecamp: That's right, the premier project management tool in the world is SaaS. Based in the cloud, Basecamp provides lawyers with all the tools they need to successfully manage cases and other projects from any location with internet access.
  

Well, there is good news and bad news. The bad news first: 1 out of 3 Companies Lose Data in SaaS. Okay, so now you're thinking that SaaS is not secure, right? Wrong. The sad fact is- human error still accounts for the number one reason for data loss in the cloud. And unfortunately, security cannot predict human error and therefore it is very hard to guard against it. But there is one cloud service that stands against human error, human stupidity and even purposeful malicious human deletion. This cloud service is cloudHQ. 

The cloudHQ backup and replication service works by providing a complete backup of all of your cloud data to a backup account on a completely separate cloud service. So if your law firm uses Dropbox for all of your cloud storage needs, the backup account could be on a separate cloud service such as Google Drive or Box. You choose which folders and files you wish to have backed up and cloudHQ does the rest. All new files added to the shared folders in the main account will be instantly replicated to the backup account. So now if you or your legal aide or anyone else with access to the cloud account accidentally (or purposely) deletes files or important documents, there will always be a secondary copy of all of your files and documents on the backup account. Recovering files is quick and easy and only takes minutes. Most cloud services offer file recovery, but only for short periods up to 30 days. After that period of time, your data is gone forever, unless you have a secure backup system like cloudHQ. Human error is prevalent and is still the number one cause of data loss in the cloud, but with cloudHQ, you can combat human error and defeat it easily.

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The bond between law firms and cloud computing has seen recent surges due to the useful features of cloud apps, as well as the tightening of cloud security. Mobile and cloud trends have helped push the legal industry towards a more mobile-friendly, remote use industry. Lawyers have searched for apps and services that will save them money while offering them flexibility to manage their legal duties remotely in the least amount of time possible. The cloud has offered numerous apps and services that do all that and much more. In this article, we will take an in-depth look at some of the best cloud apps for lawyers, and why cloud integration and backup are critical for lawyers.

As lawyers, access to document creation and editing software is critical. Google Drive is the choice of many and there are several reasons why. As a cloud service, Google Drive provides anytime access to the powerful document management suite of tools from Google Docs. As more lawyers are now working remotely, it is especially important that documents can be created and edited on the fly. Google Drive provides the perfect solution for lawyers that need to create documents, spreadsheets, presentations and more.

Google Drive provides some of the best collaboration features available in the cloud. Up to 50 users can simultaneously collaborate over a single file. This makes it simple to go over documents or case files with clients, legal aides or other lawyers, even when they aren't anywhere in the neighborhood.

Google Drive has many features, but there are some downsides. Google Drive has a file size limit, so sharing files can sometimes be more time-consuming and difficult because files must be split up into multiple sections. But because Dropbox has no file size limits, files of any size can simply be dropped into a shared folder and they will instantly upload to anyone who has access to that folder. 

First step- you sign up for cloudHQ, you can even get a 15 day free trial here. Once you have successfully become a member of cloudHQ, you can create a synchronization pair by visiting the sync wizard here. You will see a page with two boxes and a lot of cloud app icons below them. These are all apps that you can use to create sync pairs, but for now we will just focus on two of them- Google Drive and Dropbox.

Drag the Google Drive icon to the box on the left. Now you will be taken to a page where you will be asked to link your Google Drive account and choose which folders you want replicated. You can choose to have your entire Google Drive account replicated or choose specific folders. Once you have made your choices, you will be returned to the cloudHQ sync wizard. Now drag the Dropbox icon to the box on the right and you will be asked to link your Dropbox folder and choose which folder to export your files to. On the settings page you can choose two-way sync between Google Drive and Dropbox or you can choose one-way sync from Google Drive to Dropbox. By choosing the one-way sync, you can prevent any files in Google Drive being deleted if you accidentally delete important files in Dropbox.

Once you have successfully set up your sync pair, cloudHQ will start replicating all data from the folders you specified. The cloudHQ service runs in the background completely invisible to the user, so there is no disruption as the user works. All new files added to the Google Drive folder will be instantly replicated to Dropbox. Any revisions to existing files in the Google Drive folder will be instantly replicated to the Dropbox folder. CloudHQ is the perfect solution that binds the cloud together.

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