Cloud migration involves placing data and applications off-premises and online, shifting the focus from locally-based technology to remote access and deployment. While some legal practices and law firms are likely to continue buying hardware, the pace of cloud migration continues to accelerate as more applications become cloud-ready.

What’s behind the decision between embracing an in-house solution or cloud server hosting? A small to midsize legal practice reaches that fork in the road because it has pushed its local technology to the end of its useful life and now needs to do something about it.