Over the last few weeks, we have discussed the rapid rate at which technology for lawyers has been developing. With these rapid developments, come a slew of issues that each law firm must consider when determining what technology is right for them, such as: what is the difference between “hosted” and “cloud”; how secure is the cloud; what do the ethics committees say about technology; what is the cost; and what product truly understands the nature of our practices?
These are all critically important questions that we must ask ourselves before making any decision about which technology will best support our clients and team. To date, our Mastering the World of Legal Technology series has covered all of these topics, except what are the cost benefits of the cloud versus self-hosted systems?
What are Self-Hosted Systems?
Though you likely already know the answer to this question, let’s begin here to make sure we are all on the same page. Simply put, self-hosted systems are those systems that you have on your premises. They are the servers powering up your firm that sit right in your office space (usually a closet) and the PCs to which they are connected. With a self-hosted system, everything is within sight and under your immediate control. Smaller firms might not have a “server”, but rather a network of a few computers, though not as complex as a server setup, these computer-to-computer networks are still self-hosted systems.
What are the costs associated with Self-Hosted Systems?
To some degree, this will depend on the size of your firm. Larger firms require more computers, servers with more capacity and power, and more user licenses. Not to mention the ongoing support necessary to maintain and secure these systems. The costs for implementing and maintaining an on-premises system are not necessarily cyclical — sometimes they are sporadic and hidden. To maintain an on-site system, some of the costs include:
– The actual server and networking equipment.
– Computers for each work station.
– Server software and software for each PC, including ant-virus and security software.
– IT support — either in house or through a vendor, including ongoing support for daily issues, as well as bigger issues like hacks, accidents, lost laptops, etc.
– Server replacement: The “useful life” of your server is about 3–5 years and replacement costs need to be taken into consideration.
– Security personnel to watch over the physical premises 24/7/365.
– If the firm has more than one location (even a simple satellite office), individual servers are required in each branch, leading to a monumental hike in costs.
– Access to data is restricted and often not available across multiple devices or platforms.
We must highlight the fact that more important than the cost of security and maintenance of the system itself, the security of your data is under higher risk as it is contained in a singular location. Any act of god, a breach, power backup failure, etc. poses a serious threat to the safety of your data. To fully understand the security issues related to on-premises systems, please see our previous article “Is the Cloud really secure?”
On the other hand, Cloud based systems and technologies have undergone significant innovation and transformation over the last decade. These developments, led by the likes of Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Google, have seriously advanced the digital lives of individuals and businesses. You, your clients and your staff likely use the cloud multiple times a day, every day of the week.
What is Cloud based systems?
IBM defines “Cloud computing, often referred to as simply to as “the cloud” [as] the delivery of on demand computing resources- everything from applications to data centers- over the internet on a pay-for-use basis.” Cloud systems are extremely elastic, they can scale up or down as your organization require meeting your unique demands, which is a major plus for your organization.
All your data sits on remote server farms maintained by some of the biggest companies of the world such as Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Google and do not sit locally on your systems, thereby making your organization lighter and nimbler. Importantly, in addition to being secure, the cloud systems are much less expensive and include many features most law firms could not afford. Some of these benefits and features include:
– No on location server and office costs, which in turn leads to absence of maintenance contracts, in-house IT and special server security personnel.
– Data backups across many locations equal more security from breaches, acts of god, environmental factors, etc.
– 24/7/365 proactive security monitoring performed by cyber security experts.
– Anytime, anywhere, immediate all access across multi devices and platforms leading to greater efficiency in collaboration and tracking.
– Costs incurred on a per machine/per year basis which leads to significantly lower costs.
– Significantly less time and costs associated with setup.
– Perfect for meeting your client’s demands from anywhere, at any time.
Comparing the two, it is evident cloud based systems are superior in every aspect. They offer enhanced levels of security that even the largest firms struggle to afford. They provide all firms, no matter their size, with the latest cutting-edge technology that is constantly tested and improved upon. Finally, they accomplish all of these things for a fraction of the price of a self-hosted system, not to mention saving you from dealing with the countless headaches inherent to such systems. In short, you get significantly more for significantly less, all while having more time to focus on helping your clients. It is a win-win situation.
To learn more about the latest in cloud technologies and legal tech. If you would like to see exactly how Legal Cloud can support your practice as you grow, you can schedule a demo now. And as always, please feel free to email or call with any questions you might have. We look forward to working with you and enabling you to exponentially expand your practice.
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Automatic Milk Collection System
The Dairy Industry in India is contributing to a huge percentage of the country’s economy. India is in one of the leading positions in the world with about 288 million bovine population of the total world bovine population of 1420 million. The population rate has increased from 62.90 million of breedable cows and 42.46 million of breedable buffaloes in the 1992 livestock census. This increased rate also shows a tremendous increase in the milk production from 17 million tons in 1951 to 155.5 million tons in 2015-16. Tamil Nadu, Bihar, and Haryana have contributed about 85% of the total milk production of the country. The present per capita availability of milk is 337 gms.
Besides knowing the statistics and contribution of dairy industry to the India’s economy, improving the milk quality becomes another major concern of the industry. In India, the price of milk is determined by fat percentage and Solid Non-Fat (SNF) in milk. This fat level is determined using Butyrometer method, which is, of course, one of the oldest technologies adopted by the milk cooperative societies and milk collection centers in India. However, with the advancement in technology, many societies have begun using advanced milk testers to test fat percentage in milk.
Automatic Milk Collection System
While talking about the Automatic Milk Collection System, with such large amount of milk being produced today as compared to the past decades, the use and importance of this system are inevitable. The automatic milking process or system is like an agricultural robot or robotic milking.
The main objective of using the Automatic Milk Collection System is:
To increase accuracy and efficiency of fat testing in milk
To reduce manual efforts by switching to automotive system and accelerate the process
This automated system in milk collection has brought significant development and profits to the milk societies and collection centers. To say, this automatic system in milk collection has revolutionized the dairy industry. It helps in every aspect of improving the efficiency, data analysis, record keeping, and much more with just the software performing all the required tasks with no or less human efforts.
Key Benefits of the Automatic Milk Collection System
With the introduction of this commercial system in 1992 in the dairy industry, it has now become viral and has been installed at many centers and cooperative societies across the country. This milking machine has brought more interest and expectations among the dairy farmers.
Here are some of the key benefits of AMS (Automatic Milking System):
Reduced labor
Improved / better social life for the dairy farm families
Increased milk yield because of frequent milking
Farm management has become simple and efficient
Manage regular milking times automatically
Visual control on the cows
Create opportunity for grazing
Helps to maintain somatic cell counts and bacterial counts below penalty levels
This system has also created the facilities to clean and separate abnormal milk.
Whilst talking about the quality of milk collected, AMCS assures expected quality and food safety. Although the Automatic Milking System requires higher investment when compared to the conventional systems, the increased milk yields with reduced labor requirements do make it profitable to the milk collection centers and dairy farmers. This system has, in fact, helped to reduce the cost per kg milk without compromising on the production level and quality.
Key Factors of Automatic Milking System
The AMCS is now globally recommended and used widespread across the country by a number of farms, milk collection centers, and cooperative societies. On successful installation of the AMCS, here are some of the issues that have been resolved:
Ability to work with computers
Realistic expectations
Instant measurement of fat in milk
Fast and economical
Spot payments for the farmers
Operational integration
Reduction in wastage
Transparency in activities
Flexibility in controlling the system and cows
Worthy support by the skilled consultants in the implementation of the system
Food management of cattle
Maintain cattle health as desired
Single and Multi-Stall AMCS
The AMC system features Single Stall Systems and Multi-Stall Systems.
To brief-
Single stall system: This system is integrated with the robotic and milking functions. With this system, it is possible to milk up to 65 cows several times a day.
Multi-stall systems: This system is integrated with transportable robot device and milking and detachment devices at each stall. With this system, it is possible to milk from 80 to 150 cows three times a day.
Mobile Automatic Milking System
While the AMC systems are mostly positioned in a fixed place, the mobile milking robots were recently developed and introduced in Denmark and Netherlands. This mobile system efficiently solves the problem of distance existing between the immobile automatic milk systems and grazing cow. This system has also created an opportunity to increase farm yield with regular visits and frequent milking. This system is equipped with all essential equipment such as vacuum pump, bulk tank, cleaning systems, AM system and other essential machinery. This system was
successfully tested in 2008 with 35 cows, and now it has gained a huge reputation in major countries across the world.
Ritesh Sutaria holds over 15 years of experience in Product Engineering and leading an organization. He is a technical expert with sound knowledge on all Microsoft Technologies with a proven track record in technological developments for diverse customers' applications
Besides knowing the statistics and contribution of dairy industry to the India’s economy, improving the milk quality becomes another major concern of the industry. In India, the price of milk is determined by fat percentage and Solid Non-Fat (SNF) in milk. This fat level is determined using Butyrometer method, which is, of course, one of the oldest technologies adopted by the milk cooperative societies and milk collection centers in India. However, with the advancement in technology, many societies have begun using advanced milk testers to test fat percentage in milk.
Automatic Milk Collection System
While talking about the Automatic Milk Collection System, with such large amount of milk being produced today as compared to the past decades, the use and importance of this system are inevitable. The automatic milking process or system is like an agricultural robot or robotic milking.
The main objective of using the Automatic Milk Collection System is:
To increase accuracy and efficiency of fat testing in milk
To reduce manual efforts by switching to automotive system and accelerate the process
This automated system in milk collection has brought significant development and profits to the milk societies and collection centers. To say, this automatic system in milk collection has revolutionized the dairy industry. It helps in every aspect of improving the efficiency, data analysis, record keeping, and much more with just the software performing all the required tasks with no or less human efforts.
Key Benefits of the Automatic Milk Collection System
With the introduction of this commercial system in 1992 in the dairy industry, it has now become viral and has been installed at many centers and cooperative societies across the country. This milking machine has brought more interest and expectations among the dairy farmers.
Here are some of the key benefits of AMS (Automatic Milking System):
Reduced labor
Improved / better social life for the dairy farm families
Increased milk yield because of frequent milking
Farm management has become simple and efficient
Manage regular milking times automatically
Visual control on the cows
Create opportunity for grazing
Helps to maintain somatic cell counts and bacterial counts below penalty levels
This system has also created the facilities to clean and separate abnormal milk.
Whilst talking about the quality of milk collected, AMCS assures expected quality and food safety. Although the Automatic Milking System requires higher investment when compared to the conventional systems, the increased milk yields with reduced labor requirements do make it profitable to the milk collection centers and dairy farmers. This system has, in fact, helped to reduce the cost per kg milk without compromising on the production level and quality.
Key Factors of Automatic Milking System
The AMCS is now globally recommended and used widespread across the country by a number of farms, milk collection centers, and cooperative societies. On successful installation of the AMCS, here are some of the issues that have been resolved:
Ability to work with computers
Realistic expectations
Instant measurement of fat in milk
Fast and economical
Spot payments for the farmers
Operational integration
Reduction in wastage
Transparency in activities
Flexibility in controlling the system and cows
Worthy support by the skilled consultants in the implementation of the system
Food management of cattle
Maintain cattle health as desired
Single and Multi-Stall AMCS
The AMC system features Single Stall Systems and Multi-Stall Systems.
To brief-
Single stall system: This system is integrated with the robotic and milking functions. With this system, it is possible to milk up to 65 cows several times a day.
Multi-stall systems: This system is integrated with transportable robot device and milking and detachment devices at each stall. With this system, it is possible to milk from 80 to 150 cows three times a day.
Mobile Automatic Milking System
While the AMC systems are mostly positioned in a fixed place, the mobile milking robots were recently developed and introduced in Denmark and Netherlands. This mobile system efficiently solves the problem of distance existing between the immobile automatic milk systems and grazing cow. This system has also created an opportunity to increase farm yield with regular visits and frequent milking. This system is equipped with all essential equipment such as vacuum pump, bulk tank, cleaning systems, AM system and other essential machinery. This system was
successfully tested in 2008 with 35 cows, and now it has gained a huge reputation in major countries across the world.
Ritesh Sutaria holds over 15 years of experience in Product Engineering and leading an organization. He is a technical expert with sound knowledge on all Microsoft Technologies with a proven track record in technological developments for diverse customers' applications
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