Cann Consultancy newsletter - february 2011
Welcome to the first newsletter from Cann Consultancy. In each issue, we’ll have a mix of news, updates and information on topics relevant to today’s law firm – from business strategy and risk management through to IT and financial planning. The aim is to offer factual content, practical advice and helpful tools to those keen to address today’s core practice challenges.

Issue highlight: Cann-do case management

Cann-do case management
Focusing on case management and business and legal process, Cann-do case management offers clients a range of consulting and hands-on services designed to help firms fast-track: the roll out of new case management systems; the enhancement of existing systems for volume work; the development of practice-wide legal process/matter management solutions; the training of in-house case resources; and the creation and amendment of new and existing workflows and templates.

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Six reasons to outsource your IT now!
With cloud now dominating today’s technology agenda, it’s easy to forget that it’s nothing particularly new. Back in 2001, in my former role of head of finance and systems at Martin Kaye, I was brave – or foolish – enough to outsource the firm’s entire IT function to managed service provider e-know.net. I’ve had cause to look back at the reasons behind that decision a decade ago – and I believe that my reasons back then are even more valid today ten years on.

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Risk management and IT: a practical guide
In a culture of increasing risk management and regulatory compliance, it’s curious that many firms fail to identify their single biggest risk area – their clients. In this article, I offer up some practical advice on how to tackle this area with some proven best practice steps and process changes – easy to implement, quick to make an impact.

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iCann index: Risk

Confident you know your current risk profile? Use our simple iCann index to run through the fundamentals of risk management best practice and see how you measure up.

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Free consultancy offer

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